Category Archives: ROAD TRIP

ELEPHANT APPRECIATION DAY ~ An Up Close and Personal Encounter

Posted on September 22, 2026 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

When you meet an elephant up close—close enough to drop a peanut into her trunk—close enough to graze her tongue with your fingers when she opens wide for a treat—and close enough to catch your reflection in her chestnut-brown eye, … Continue reading →

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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART – Thank You Dr. Dave!

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

If you were unable to experience the total solar eclipse a few days ago, you might like to check out Dr. Dave’s experience from a village outside Barcelona. This awesome celestial event and the crowd’s display of excitement certainly spoke … Continue reading →

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COOL MEMORIES IN HOT TIMES ~ A Greenlandic Escape

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

UGH!      Looking for a moment of relief from current events and summer’s scorching heat? When our beaches, lakes, and pools are overflowing and the world at large is an inferno of WTF crazy, I take a moment and … Continue reading →

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There Are No Dragons On This Road Trip…

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…except for the ones in the photos documenting our recent escapades during two weeks galavanting about in Germany, Ireland, and  Morocco. First stop, the Frankfurt Book Fair for the announcement of the winners for the 2024 🥳  German Children’s Literature Award … Continue reading →

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Milton C. Gull

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

White-capped waves lap the red sands of Cavendish Beach. As Prince Edward Island’s tourist season draws to an end, so too does the foot traffic on the isle’s rocky shore nearest to the Anne Of Green Gables Heritage Place. Historically … Continue reading →

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UN-BELIZE-ABLE

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

My inner twelve-year-old’s spirit for adventure soared a few months ago when a friend suggested I join her on a cruise. The Pirates of the Caribbean theme song immediately dropped into in my head as I envisioned the wind blowing … Continue reading →

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WHERE THE LONE LOO LOOMS

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

After the last bout of rainfall, Black Angus dot a green Sonoma county field at the edge of the San Pablo Wildlife Refuge. A short distance further, a most curious structure looms in the vast marshland on the east side … Continue reading →

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HAPPY NEW YEAR from MY PLANET

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

If there were a planet between Earth and Mars that took 415 days to orbit the sun and we were blessed with living on it together, this New Year’s greeting would be on time. It would still be the evening … Continue reading →

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IT’S DECEMBER? WHAT HAPPENED TO NOVEMBER?

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I woke up this morning, with my back to a tree wond’ring how on earth my chin hairs had grown past my dimpled knees. The last thing I remember, someone cried out, “trick-or-treat!” Now it’s suddenly December? Are those gnomes … Continue reading →

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ODE TO ME BONNIE BLUE PLAID WELLIES

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Oh, y’ve done me well, me bonnie blue plaid wellies,   always keepin’ me from sinkin’ deep in bogs squishy, black, an’ smelly.     I’ve enjoyed our strolls across lush fairy glens, twistin’ up trails o’ sweet smellin’ heather,

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