Surf, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, 2012

Surf, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica, 2012

I am back after a long unscheduled hiatus from updating this photoblog. I have not been feeling very photographically inspired recently, but I just got back from a trip to Costa Rica, and have a few photos to share.

A beach on the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of Puntarenas province, Costa Rica.

Moose, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada 2010

Moose, Algonquin Provincial Park, 2010

Just as the light was fading, we came across this cow and calf alongside the track portion of the Track and Tower trail, causing a stop that meant we had to make the last of the trip in the dark. The light was almost gone, the rain slanted into the lens of the camera, so I was not able to get the quality of photos I would have liked, but it was wonderful to see the moose in such a natural habitat, and at such a reasonable distance.

Water-bearers, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

Water-bearer #1, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

Water-bearer #2, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

Water-bearer #3, Axum, Tigray, Ethiopia, April 2009

 

These girls were carrying water from the “Queen of Sheba’s Bath,” a reservoir that has been in use since ancient times, to their homes. Before the advent of cheap plastic goods, local pottery would be used, and in rural areas, one can sometimes still see women and children with large ceramic jugs strapped to their backs in the same fashion as these plastic ones. 

The traditional jug is similar to the one I photographed here, in Southern Ethiopia:
Child, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007

Holy Water Splashing About, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009

Holy Water Spray #1, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009

Holy Water Spray #2, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009

Holy Water Spray #3, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009

Holy Water Splash, Timkat (Epiphany), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009

I have been having computer problems (now hopefully fixed) for the last week, and was unable to post images.

I would like to share a few more images of the holy water being delivered to the crowds (you can see why they use hoses!).