By Johna Till Johnson
Photos by Vladimir Brezina
<— Previous in Everglades Shakedown
Start: South Joe River Chickee.
Finish: East Clubhouse Beach.
Distance: About 15 nautical miles.
Paddling time: Roughly 7 hours; average pace 2.1 knots.
Stop time: Roughly 5 hours (including portage at Flamingo).
Posted in Kayaking
Tagged Everglades, Everglades Challenge, Florida Kayaking, Kayak Camping, Kayak Expeditions, Photography, Sea Kayaking
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Yellow.
New York City’s yellow taxis are world-famous.
And ubiquitous! We can’t get away from them even when we are paddling around the harbor.
We’ve always wondered what it would be like to have one pass right over you. It could easily happen, in the dense rush-hour traffic. After all, they have schedules to keep. And we do hear them on the radio referring to us as “speed bumps”…
Here one of our friends is trying to get a feel for it ahead of time ;-)
(The first “Yellow” post was here.)
Posted in Kayaking, New York City, Photography
Tagged Ferries, Kayaking, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Water Taxi, Weekly Photo Challenge, Yellow
By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Yellow.
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Channeling Georgia O’Keeffe…
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Flower, Lilies, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Yellow
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Selfie.
Me, myself, and I… and I… and I…
At the Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, CA. More photos are here.
Posted in Photography
Tagged Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Reflections, Selfie, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Looking around the kitchen and in the refrigerator and freezer, our collection of fats, many of them the residues of repasts past, seems to be remarkably varied just now…
From left to right—
Front row: lard (pig), bacon fat (pig), butter (cow)
Middle row: olive oil, beef marrow fat (cow), coconut oil, goose fat
Back: duck fat (and stock)
Each of them will be used, one day, in its own best way… Julia Child would approve!
By Vladimir Brezina
… from NYC’s Central Park.
And more snow is on the way…
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, Snow, Winter
By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge from “The Daily Post” is Object, and Ailsa’s over at “Where’s my backpack?” is Dry.
So, here are a few Dry Objects…
More photos taken (in NYC’s Central Park) on these days are here and here.
Another interpretation of “Object” was here, and another of “Dry” here.
Posted in Nature, Photography
Tagged Dry, Dry Weed, Object, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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