The Quotation of the Week (June 24-30, 2012)

A quotation on 'flower' by Luther Burbank 

Flowers at a Costco superstore in Toronto

Photo (April 1, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (June 17-23, 2012)

A quotation on 'example' by Henry Miller

Nick Wallenda Crosses the Niagara Falls On a Tightrope

The Niagara Falls as it looked last night

Nick Wallenda walking on the two-inch thick wire from US side to Canada

Nick Wallenda walking through the wind and heavy mist coming from the Falls

Happy Nick Wallenda on the Canadian side after completing his feat successfully

Photos courtesy: CTV, Canada

Nick Wallenda, an American high-wire walker, successfully walked from the US side to the Canadian side on a high wire last night in spite of strong wind and heavy mist. His 1,800 feet high-wire feat was witnessed by about 100,000 spectators on both sides of the US and Canada border near the Niagara Falls and millions of TV-viewers all over the world. 

Between 1857 and 1896, five men and one woman crossed the Niagara Falls gorge on high wire, Nick Wallenda is the first person to cross it over the Niagara Falls. 

To know more on Nick Wallenda and his feat, you may read the National Post write-ups.

The Quotation of the Week (June 10-16, 2012)

 A quotation on 'dreaming' by Walt Disney
An elongated motor rickshaw -- an ingenious way of carrying more passengers -- on a road at Bandura Bazar of Dhaka District, Bangladesh

Photo (January 12, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa

The WestJet Promotes Trips to New York

A girl, on behalf of the WestJet airlines of Canada, helping promote trips to New York by imitating the "Liberty Lady" statue of New York

Photo (Yonge Subway Station, Toronto: June 8, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (June 3-9, 2012)

A quotation of Mahatma Gandhi on use of arms, compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (Toronto: April 5, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa