tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post30448652899838440..comments2024-03-27T17:03:57.341-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Galapagos 1991Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-33747669853457413772018-08-26T07:17:54.497-04:002018-08-26T07:17:54.497-04:00Thank you so much, Sharon. I miss you very much. I...Thank you so much, Sharon. I miss you very much. I will do a China blog too, soon. Love to you!!<br />Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-27028611095961838962018-08-26T07:13:56.084-04:002018-08-26T07:13:56.084-04:00Thank you, Bro. {{blushing}}. I am not sure what D...Thank you, Bro. {{blushing}}. I am not sure what Darwin would have thought of me, but I know that he was brilliant and a splendid prose stylist to boot!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-40154928163149943162018-08-26T07:08:33.748-04:002018-08-26T07:08:33.748-04:00Yes, Kathy! Male aggression =strength, leadership...Yes, Kathy! Male aggression =strength, leadership Female aggression = Bitchiness. ‘Twas ever this in men’s eyes. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-60663621729937722292018-08-25T18:58:04.503-04:002018-08-25T18:58:04.503-04:00I love the the pics, I also remember China. I miss...I love the the pics, I also remember China. I miss you both so. Stay well. I think of David and you often, our trips, dinners, visits. XOXO SSharon and Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415817073347547285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-62624757788142256082018-08-24T07:44:16.649-04:002018-08-24T07:44:16.649-04:00Those are some times you shared, Sis. God bless yo...Those are some times you shared, Sis. God bless you both. I couldn't help but smile at your "whiskering moment" with the she-seal, because all creatures, two-legged and up, seem to find you irresistibly charming. I wonder what Darwin would have to say about that? Hmm, perhaps it would be better to ask Dr. Dolittle? Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45677472995182670162018-08-24T04:01:48.300-04:002018-08-24T04:01:48.300-04:00Men! What behavior! Even by seals. No manners.Men! What behavior! Even by seals. No manners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17270394154550645572018-08-23T10:05:01.791-04:002018-08-23T10:05:01.791-04:00Thank you, Kathy. That photo is a favorite of min...Thank you, Kathy. That photo is a favorite of mine. I had an even closer encounter with a seal: The people on the trip including David, were all snorkelling, something--though I love swimming in the sea--I never got the hang of. I stayed on the beach alone, sitting on a log, and and writing in my journal. There was a bull in the water having an amorous tryst with one of his ladies, when another bull came on to the beach. The guy in the water, seeing his harem invaded, came out, barked like crazy, chased his females in my direction, and challenged the intruder.<br /><br />One of the females hurrying by, stopped right in front of me, her nose only a few inches from mine. My heart was pounding. But her eyes were so beautiful and sweet. I said, "Hiya, Sweetie." She moved her head from side to the side, dragging her whiskers across my face. And she toddled off. <br /><br />Later I watched the female greeting each other the same way she greeted me.<br /><br />When the Desiree Cruz, our naturalist guide, came back with the other passengers, I told her that, though I followed the rules and never tried to touch an animal, that other animal evidently had not read the flyer on how to behave in Galapagos.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41921633659190974032018-08-23T07:24:22.519-04:002018-08-23T07:24:22.519-04:00Such wonderful photos. Thanks for posting them.
...Such wonderful photos. Thanks for posting them. <br /><br />The one of you with a seal is great.<br /><br />Love all of the animals, and the blue-footed boobies are famous. Glad you saw all of these creatures. What a trip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-58681760861250904442018-08-20T13:27:01.076-04:002018-08-20T13:27:01.076-04:00Right, EvKa. Tempus fugit? The only antidote is ...Right, EvKa. Tempus fugit? The only antidote is Carpe Diem. I was really fortunate to have learned that at a young age. Lucky me, as I say VERY frequently. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8845724526805361782018-08-20T10:43:31.830-04:002018-08-20T10:43:31.830-04:00Thanks for sharing your memories, AmA. Ah, youth....Thanks for sharing your memories, AmA. Ah, youth. It seems it will last forever while you have it, then once it's gone, you realize how fleeting it was.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-29502123726794977832018-08-20T09:36:05.640-04:002018-08-20T09:36:05.640-04:00Thank you, David. I am now in the process of gett...Thank you, David. I am now in the process of getting videos converted. But they are of events, not travels. It's the travels I am so thrilled to recall. And, under the circumstances, so very happy that David and I went so many places when we were young. Next week, I think I will repost my blog urging people NOT to have a bucket list. If David and I had put off our heart's desires, he would have missed out completely. I think it was Kipling who said, "Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest of all: it might have been." None of that for us!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66179934693999386902018-08-20T09:28:11.186-04:002018-08-20T09:28:11.186-04:00Michael, when we were together in Olifants, I thou...Michael, when we were together in Olifants, I thought of how much you --with your encyclopedic knowledge of birds--would love Galapagos. At least as it was when David and I were there. It was nesting season for the boobies. They were laying eggs out in open, right in the middle of the path we trod. Not one picture of a was-bird. The birds seemed to be watching us as intently as we were watching them--but out of curiosity, not fear.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73312446068132681872018-08-20T08:27:42.957-04:002018-08-20T08:27:42.957-04:00A wonderful adventure. I'm glad you've rec...A wonderful adventure. I'm glad you've recovered those memories.David Magaynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856263673051372800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-6694825493942211832018-08-20T05:55:16.231-04:002018-08-20T05:55:16.231-04:00Great pictures and great memories! Thanks for shar...Great pictures and great memories! Thanks for sharing them with us. I regret not having been to the Galapagos myself...Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.com