2012 has been a quiet year since January compared to other recent years.

I spent most of the year at homein Athens working on my laptop and

the internet occasionally wandering around Athens and its various sites to see.

I did some internationally traveling and wandering beginning in March.

March I drove to Sarasota for the 9th

Florida Creativity Weekend and thenacross Florida to Palm Beach County

and Boynton Beach to spend some timewith Scott.

August I flew to Brasil for the first timeand spent two and ½ weeks in 3 cities:Recife, Aracaju and San Paolo thanks to

a mix of Brasilian creativity friends. Thosewere two and ½ wonderful weeks filledwith walking, wandering and making

presentations in the 3 cities.

I walked beaches, wandered throughseveral parks, toured museums & several parts of

Recife, Aracaju and San Paolo

After returning from Brasil in AugustI traveled to Geneva Park, a YMCA camp 3 hrs

north of Toronto to be part of the 10th Mindcamp.

The park is surrounded by water on 3 sides and is heavily forested. People came from Canada (mostly) some from the US and some from Europe. It was a

beautiful place to walk each day from sunrise to sunset.

In October I flew once again to South Africa to wander, travel and to be part of 3 creativity conferences

that friends put on:

18th ACRE, 7th ACRE Edn and 1st ACRE-Namibia.

After the program in Namibia 3 friends and I traveled to Swakopmund, Namibia on the Atlantic Ocean coast

where we wandered around and played on quadbikes on giant dunes.

In South Africa I walked beautifullyresidential landscaped streets, cable-carred

to the top of a mountain, climbed mountains.After the conferences I spent 7 days with friends

at their beautiful Casa Lee and Casablancawedding and events country estates enjoying the area and great meals.

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me getting ready to ride the duneson a quad bike with 3 friends

posing with the 50+ ABA staffafter my ½ day workshop inRecife, Brasil at their headquarters

Kobus Neethling and I as he ishanding me a plaque. Notice the reminders of my fall at Klein Kariba

view of part ofOut of Africa where we heldthe 1st ACRE in Namibia

sample view of animalsat Glen Afric where Lynn &Kobus Vermaak took me fora surprise Sunday Bruch

Girl Scout Headquarters site of9th Florida Creativity Weekend

Opening Night session of18th ACRE at Klein Kariba

entrance to Klein Karibawhere 18th ACRE and 7th ACRE EdnConferences were held.

view of one of the venuesat Out of Africa at the1st ACRE Namibia

view of the daily Flea Marketin front of our hotel in Swakopmund, Namibia

view one of the bommas at Casa Leewhere we ate dinner on Monday.

montage of the speakers at2012 FCW in Sarasota.

view of the WELCOME dinnerheld for the internationalpresenters for the 3 ACREconferences.

one dining area atCasablanca

my first special breakfastat Casa Lee served on mypatio at my chalet for the week.

sample classroom scene at2012 SRCUS, a conference I havepresented at every years since 1980

sample photo of one of the hundreds of crocs we sawat the Croc Ranch we touredin Namibia near Out of Africa

one of the idea generation roomsat the “Aha Idea Catalyst Centre”at Casa Lee

my lunch in Recife, Brasil withFrancisco and Eduardo from ABAat their favorite country club.

view of the Conservatory atthe UGA/GA Botanical Gardensoutside of Athens, GA

tracks in the sand along the Oconee River in Athens at the GA Botanical Gardens

view from the cable carcoming down from one of themountains near the dam westof Pretoria, South Africa

courtyard at Out of Africa justoutside of my Rm #5.

sample view of one of the manygarden areas at Casa Lee andCasablanca east of Pretoria, SA

feeding elephants at Glen Africwhere we had Sunday Brunch

old train tressel east of downtownAthens, GA near Momma’s Po Boyrestaurant I go to for a specialbreakfast treat some times.

Momma’s Po BoyPeach French Toast, 1st course.

my view during our ride onquad bikes in the giant dunes near Swakopmund, Namibia

me at the knee of Nelson Mandelain the courtyard of a giant mallin Sandton, a suburb of Johannesburg.

view of my FULL breakfaston my patio of my chaletat Casa Lee

here the 4 of us are makinga stop during our quad bike rideMe, Nico, Ed, Annalie

here I am with friend: Tim Hurson from Toronto after we gave our talks at the monthly Creativity Cafe meeting with our rewards of fancy cupcakes

at the main entrance ofGlen Afric near the damwest of Pretoria, SA

another of the wonderfulmeals I was treated to in Brasil.

interior view of my chaletat Casa Lee.

sample FULL breakfast atthe Guesthouse at 314 Clarkewhere stay for a few days in Pretoriaeach year.