LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Tenerife, Spain: Mount Teide projects.

'LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HIKE-ABOUT?'

Hike-about is an adventure that commenced June 2010. After storing our household movables, ridding ourselves of a house but retaining our 'home' together, we set off with the purpose of hiking in different parts of the world, not forgetting the home country, the USA.

Our primary focus is hiking to mountain peaks but any challenging hike will do just fine. Extended stays enable us to enjoy and experience living in various places amongst differing cultures. Hike-about has evolved into a way of life. It's also a process of discovery, both the world and ourselves.

We work and live 'on the road' but return to the city in which our grandchildren reside, every couple of months. This provides us the wonderful opportunity to be with them as well as a child or two, even three and of course, friends.

By the end of 2023, the blog contained over 1,560 hikes (less than that actually undertaken), each a set of pictures with stories and anecdotes from the trails. An index to the right allows the viewer to identify earlier experiences.

Finally, we are often asked about the journey's end.
O
ur reply, as accurate as we can state, is: "When we are either forced to cease through health issues or the enjoyment level no longer reaches our aspirations, we will hang up the boots."

"A Life Experience As No Other: Dare to Seize the Day Together", published by Fulton Books, depicts our life on the road and mountains until the beginning of 2017. It has developed 'exponentially' since then.

Jenni and Jeffrey Lazarow

Whereas we continue to update the blog regularly, we circulate email notifications infrequently.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

16.08 And now for something completely different...or birds in (of) paradise.



We noticed two Nene geese through the window of the cabin and decided to observe their behavior.
We had no idea what to expect but nevertheless, they are interesting subjects so we thought, why not.
Within seconds, it became clear they were not about to fulfill their typical daily function of eating.
With this short background introduction, we have set out a collection of pictures together with our
interpretation of the little event. We think some may even relate to this.

Oops, we nearly forgot. This is for mature viewers only. If you are under 17, you should be sitting next
to an adult or, if older but somewhat immature, call Mom for a ruling:





The fellow on the left, we presume the male, undertakes what we've noticed many humans do, particularly,
the male gender. He begins by checking out the equipment. Logically, we would think this is an appropriate
approach. Truth be told, they all look alike to us, the birds, the winged ones, of course.


We did notice that both birds underwent a process of bending their necks for a minute or so. We have no
idea what that means so we put it down to necking, not unlike the term used during the last century
by affectionate couples.






Not satisfied with a cursory glance, the fellow thinks he'll check out front and back. We know the Nene
mates for life so we suppose he wants to make sure. Obviously, she is not a feminist and so she puts up with
his nonsense.




A little time elapsed and then the male took to the air. Our first thought: he was disappointed
and had smelled something 'off', for want of a better term. Continue below:








It turns out he was not taking-off but flying into position. We've heard of rushing these situations
in excitement but we think flying in low for the action has a certain style. Something to think about for
those wishing to improve their techniques.




Within ten or fifteen seconds, it was over, somewhat premature, we thought.




We would prefer not to comment on this picture as we feel somewhat embarrassed for the lad. However,
we hope he'll get dressed soon, at least don a pair of shorts.






It's time to clean up. Let's hurry it up, I think that's your Mom approaching.





Are you still cleaning? You can redo your feathers later... Have you had lunch yet? How about a side of worms?





Us? You're not serious. We've been...um...standing around. Join us for lunch, Mom.



Something's going on in her mind. Yes, we can see the image.





She imagines the family running around on the plot, a little grass covering, an attentive hubby...and
darling chicks. Does life get any better?




We believe we were fortunate to witness the above episode. Should we have misinterpreted what we witnessed, we offer
apologies to those two ninnies, um...Nene geese.


Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

1 comment:

Lionel Greenberg said...

Sibale you guys have a serious sense of humour. Birds of a feather flock together