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Dead Ted’s
28 Feb 2024

Dead Ted’s

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, History, Tales From Dead Teds | 0

For a very modest price Ted dispensed Courage, Intelligence and Love; Ted was a veritable Wizard of Oz.

Click on the star for a link to “Dead Ted’s Bar”.

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Arcola, Hotel, Ted Muldoon
Upside Down Darwin
15 Feb 2024

Upside Down Darwin

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 0

Too much living to do, no time to write. Here is another photo collage….

Click on Store security for details….

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Galápagos, Ecuador
The Ancient Mariner
14 Feb 2024

The Ancient Mariner

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 2

Albatrosses are said to be the reincarnated souls of dead sailors.

Click on this mariner spirit for details…

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Albatross, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Primordial Soup
12 Feb 2024

Primordial Soup

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Science and Reason, Travel | 0

“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” – Charles Darwin

Click on the loveable creature on the left for details….

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Ecuador, Galapagos, Darwin Day, Adam Paton.
The Curse Has Been Broken
11 Feb 2024

The Curse Has Been Broken

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 3

“If you go to the Galápagos with bad intentions, the tortoise will curse you.”

Click respectfully on the Giant Tortoise, for details.

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Tortoise, Galápagos, Santa Cruise Island
Let Your Imagination Run Wild
9 Feb 2024

Let Your Imagination Run Wild

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 1

Some of the greatest empires on earth once existed twenty meters below our feet.

Click on the Incan princess for details.

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Eciador, Pre-Colombian Art, Quito, Anthropology
Within
8 Feb 2024

Within

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Travel | 3

A beautiful young lady, having lunch with her mother in the market, with a pig’s head in the background.

Click on the photo for more images of life in Ecuador.

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Ecuador, Otavalo, Market, Colour
The Son of the Sun
7 Feb 2024

The Son of the Sun

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 6

Bear and I split up today, one of us went to the southern hemisphere, the other stayed in the north, but we both spent the day in the sun.

Click on the one who didn’t wear sunscreen.

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Sun, Equator, Inca
City of Legends 
6 Feb 2024

City of Legends 

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 1

This rooster killed a man in Quito.

Click on Gallito De Quito for details.

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Ecuador, Quito, Legends
The Root of the Problem
5 Feb 2024

The Root of the Problem

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 1

The people who produce and distribute drugs are not responsible for the treachery it causes.

Click on this image to find the real culprit.

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Ecuador, Noboa, Drugs, Cartel

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  1. Russ Paton on Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk2 March 2026

    Liz, How adventurous! Neither Timbuktu, nor Russian aircraft, are accessible these days. You are fortunate to have made the trip…

  2. elizabeth Seale on Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk2 March 2026

    Russ: I am lucky to have been to both Timbuktu in 2000 and Tuk in about 2019. We actually drove…

  3. Russ Paton on Tin Foil Underwear2 March 2026

    Thank You Liz, A friend of Autumn's is a friend of mine....

  4. elizabeth Seale on Tin Foil Underwear2 March 2026

    Great piece. I was very fond of your dad and I see you have inherited his skill with words. Liz…

  5. Russ Paton on Taphephobia1 March 2026

    Now, there’s a topic for another time! 🤩

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