T-shirts from (where else?) Ireland.

A creative proprietor with a less-than-optimum location found a clever way to entice shoppers to visit her boutique. (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in Provence, France)

Ladies’ and gents’ toilet signage. (Matera, Italy)

On a visit to the Turkish Airlines Training Facility, I had a rather disheveled seatmate. (Istanbul, Turkey)

From left: Poster at a coffee shop; my husband with his iPad in bed at our hotel – under a huge mural of a naked man – which he never noticed until I showed him this photo!; police car; Pope Francis bobblehead doll – subject of my “most embarrassing” story (published Nov 22, 2013). (Rome, Italy)

My husband is a pilot, who took me up in a plane in Maui. I was so impressed to see how technologically advanced they are about predicting weather conditions.

Familiar retailer in Hanoi, Vietnam. Do I hear “copyright infringement”?

No caption needed. (Kandy, Sri Lanka)

Elaborate towel sculpture on the bed in the Presidential Suite at the Taj Exotica Resort. (Maldives)

Who needs an Armani bag when you can carry an Armadillo handbag? (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France)

Poster in a hotel’s fitness room. (Istanbul, Turkey)

Front-page newspaper article about the challenge of hiring hangmen to operate the gallows. (Columbo, Sri Lanka)

T-shirts for sale. (Venice Beach, CA)

From left: Malnourished security guard in an art gallery; “Bob Marlin” bar sign; blanket factory on a dark desert highway; unusual folk-art angels (flabby tourists?) displayed amongst more traditional religious ornaments. (Todos Santos, Mexico)

A group of electrical contractors, upon seeing such substandard wiring, were alternately horrified – and excited – about the potential to do business here. (Havana, Cuba)

Silly shots of me, from left: Modeling an “I’m the Boss” bib (Ireland); mimicking a scary-face mask (Sri Lanka); smoking a stogie (Havana, Cuba).