Dear Reader (2025-12-09 – published simultaneously to FB)Many weeks you and I began this tour of Algeria with a beverage post. It is therefore fitting the Algeria series ends with a beverage post in five sections. IslamPlease ignore this section if you are a religious … Continue readingAlgeria – 26
Dear Reader (2025-12-06 – posted simultaneously to FB),I think you and I are getting close to the end of the Algeria series of posts. That said, there are still two or three things to share with you. The three structures that are clearly identifiable on … Continue readingAlgeria – 25
Dear Reader (2025-12-04 – posted simultaneously to FB),In today’s post you and I complete our visit to the Casbah of Algiers. The Casbah was built on the side of a hill. Over the centuries it grew down the hill towards the sea in a web … Continue readingAlgeria – 24
Dear Reader (2025-12-02 – posted simultaneously to FB),Many weeks ago you and I began this Algerian walkabout. Now it is time to return to Algiers for four or so posts. There are still places to see. As I mentioned I was on two back to … Continue readingAlgeria – 23
Dear Reader (2025-11-30 – photos also posted on FB),Besides living in my cave, getting distracted, and creating the Algeria set of posts, I have been out on the gravel roads and highways of the prairies. Most of the roads have been local. There was though … Continue readingInterlude – 2025-11-30
Dear Reader (2025-11-30 – posted simultaneously to FB),Here is the last full set of images from the South Sahara desert in and around Djanet. Notes on Photos~ 02 – When it is too hot to travel, we stop for shade and I gaze up.~ 03 … Continue readingAlgeria – 22
Dear Reader (2025-11-25 – posted simultaneously to FB)Let’s continue on our drive through, across, and by desert vistas of all scales. By the way the desert context post was “Algeria – 20” on 2025-11-23. Notes on Photos – Desert Views~ 01 – (2nd Tour) 3 … Continue readingAlgeria – 21
Dear Reader (2025-11-23 – posted simultaneously to FB)It was a stop-the-car moment. Before travelling to the desert I had envisioned a photograph of a sharp sweeping S of a sand dune against a blue cloudless sky. And there it was. Minutes later I was looking … Continue readingAlgeria – 20
Dear Reader (2025-11-17 – posted simultaneously to FB)Context later – photos now (and for a while to come).
Dear Reader (2025-11-15 – posted simultaneously to FB)It is time for another interlude from the Algeria collection called On The Road. Notes On Photos~ 01 – A roadside attraction in the parking lot of an unattractive hotel. To the left of this photo is a … Continue readingAlgeria – 18
Dear Reader (2025-11-13 – posted simultaneously to FB)In today’s post you and I have a last look at Ghardaia, and then stop briefly in Tindjillet. As you know, I like to give you a bit of a context for the images I share. Today, I … Continue readingAlgeria – 17
Dear Reader (2025-11-09 – posted simultaneously to FB)In today’s post you and I continue to explore Ghardaia(area) beginning with an outside view of one of the villages mentioned in yesterday’s post (Algeria – 15). My phone wasn’t entirely welcome in the market (04), but it was … Continue readingAlgeria – 16
Dear Reader (2025-11-08 – posted simultaneously to FB)It has taken me longer than usual to write today’s post and the next post, as my thoughts were even more jumbled than usual. In these two posts you and I are visiting the M’zab Valley where there … Continue readingAlgeria – 15
Dear Reader (2025-11-04 – posted simultaneously to FB)In today’s post you and I visit Timimoun. The town is located in south-central Algeria, and is known for its red ochre buildings. It is also a gateway to the part of the Sahara called the Grand Erg … Continue readingAlgeria – 14