Dogs for your cat. These sculptures were placed in front of the Las Palmas Cathedral more than 110 years ago. The Canary Islands name is derived from dog; and dogs are featured on their flag. Only after the islands were named did someone see the bird on the islands that has become known to us as a canary.

Ash covered snow on Mt Etna in Sicily.

Red and white lighthouse --- here's one. Assateague Light House from when we were there for the famed pony penning where wild horses are driven from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island where some of the horses are auctioned off to control the herd size and to raise money for the care of the rest of the wild horses. Here the lighthouse can be seen in the background as the cowboys are starting to drive the wild horses into the water for the short swim to Chincoteague Island. Here are some of the ponies after the swim. Some of the ponies are selected to be returned to the island for the good of the herd, these are "auctioned" off anyway to raise money, but the person "buying" the horse is essentially making a donation to the organization in question. This is the horse that my wife "bought", where the money was being donated to the local hospice organization. She did so because of how helpful hospice was for her mother in the preceding couple of years. We decided the foal should be named "Papa Bear" after her mother's nickname for her father.

I think that is the "South Creek Trestle" in Oscar Scherer State Park along the Legacy Trail When I was first on the trail in 2008 it ended before reaching Venice I guess they felt this bridge over Roberts Bay wasn't suitable for cycling. The next time I was there cycling there was a new expensive looking bridge crossing the waterway leading to Venice.