Beautiful Maasai Women

Many years ago, when I was in Kenya for the first time, I was fascinated by the Maasai.
In particular it was the women, their beautiful faces and their elaborate jewellery which grabbed my attention.

Just outside their "Boma" a mother and her two children

is a bit reluctant at first, but a little later she agrees to pose alone.

From somewhat of a frown, her face changes into a bright smile.

Artfully strung together coloured beads make a 

wonderful neckless.

Posing as she did, Gladys called her the Sarah Bernhard of Africa.

Curious about the bottle under her left arm

I examined this picture with a magnifying glass!

It says: "Milk of Magnesia"

This woman relied less on coloured beeds, and more on 

natural decorations: Much of her Jewellery is made from 

Porcupine quills.

WORLD'S TALLEST TOWERS

# 1:   the Tokyo Sky Tree
# 2: the Canton Tower.
# 3: The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada.

The CN Tower tops out at 553.33 meters
Its constrfuction commenced in 1973 and it was completed in 1976.

In 1973-76 the cost of building amounted to $63,000,000.- 
taking inflation values, this, in 2015, would be a handsome $258,000,000.-
talk about inflation..... should be spelled with a capital I.

Just a very few images of this oft visited structure:

Oh, Yes ! There is a connection between this Seagull and the 

CN Tower.

I took its picture at the very foot of the tower and they do not only have their first names ("C" )

in  common, but the "C" gull loves to sit on the reeling of the observation platform of the "C"N Tower at a height of over 330 meters.

Taken from street level

Framed by two Condos.

Taken from the Restaurant on the 330 meter level..

Piercing the sky at 553.33

The River "DRAU"

The spot from which these pictures were taken is called 

"Draublick", 

(View onto the river Drau.)

I thought that I'd treat you to this scene, before the snows fall.

 a hazy day on the Drau

Tonc Feinig and Klaus Lippitsch

Two great musicians: 
Tonc on the Piano and Hammond Organ 
Klaus on percussion.
Those two exceptional musicians creat a style of music, all of their own.
You can't call it "Classical", you can't call it "Jazz"
But you sure can call it "Music"!
Beautiful, interesting, challenging new music.
If ever I have regretted not to have a sound channel on this Blog, it surely is now.
So, here they are:

The tall guy is "Tonc" ( pronounced: Tontsch )

Tonc on the Organ and on the Piano 

Klaus is a percussionist in the truest sense of the word.

Above: Klaus rings a cow bell and then slowly

submerges it into a pail of water.

The effect of the changing ring is quite remarkable.

Drums, Cymbals, Bells, Whistles, Rattles, Blocks

and whatever creates a sound, Klaus uses it to create rhythm.

A most enjoyable, challenging evening was created by

Tonc and Klaus.

.

Christin x 3

Christin  at  Lake  Erie

Lunch at 'Chez Piggy in Kingston

Christin swimming in Lake Huron's Georgian Bay.

First Snow of 2015

The,

 very first

Sugar Coating

applied to a steep slope

of coniferous trees on the 22nd

day of November. I hope that it will

go

away

soon

again

What else is Gnu ?

(The German word for "Wildebeest" is Gnu ! )

well, I can tell you what is Gnu !
having been in Africa a number of times, I have learned that 
"the opinion of an elephant carries a lot of weight."

Hohohoho
Bertstravels 
is developing a stomach ache for laughing.