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I'm Etienne, the 'traveler with rose tools'. I'm always looking for great rose gardens, authentic & talented individuals, good regional food, and cultural discovery away from tourist crowds.

Me & my welcoming host at the Madrid train station

Since travel can be life-changing, I'm trying to share my own stories of discoveries about roses, gardening, art, and travel that'll get you off the sofa and out & about. This search cloud will help you find topics quickly.

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Recent thoughts . .

  • TBI: Learning Hope and Resilience
  • TBI: Omaha’s best kept secret?
  • TBI: The Emotional Toll
  • TBI: Seattle’s Harborview Hospital
  • Outsmarting Weeds & Invasive Plants
  • 6 beneficial pests in your rose garden
  • Up close & personal
  • Colorful light rail in France . . .
  • Monet's home, Giverny France
  • Big Ben, London
  • Maltese summer shading
  • The main canal & citadel in Perpignon, France
  • Gnarly seaside succulents . . .
  • Great wall climbing rose in Oxford's Botanic Garden
  • Dorothy McKibben from the Los Alamos days
    Nuclear Age hero, Dorothy McKibben from Santa Fe
  • The Royal Procession of King Charles III
  • Jurrasic Valletta in Malta
  • Aerial view of St. Catherine's garden, Malta
    St. Catherine's sunken garden, Malta
  • Working as a MLB groundskeeper in Cactus League Baseball
  • Venemous snake warning sign at our library in Arizona
    Arizona urban reality check
  • Anti-fascist European street art
  • Among some of the oldest set stones on earth
  • America's Rose Garden painted & carved entry sign
    ARS gardens, Shreveport
  • Catbot, my AI chat avatar
  • Grave of romantic poet John Keats, Rome
  • My 6 ft garden friend, Phoenix
  • Bogey with the Maltese Falcon & cast from the movie
    The Maltese Falcon back story is real
  • Environmental street art celebrating the bees
    European EcoArt warning from the bees
  • Talk to the marble hand, Capitoline Musuem, Rome
  • Big red Hop-on, Hop-off bus
    I start in large cities with the big red bus . .

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