Turning over a new leaf

This is it! I've thought for a long time about creating a blog to post thoughts, photographs and travel stuff on (and really anything else of interest). The name "195 Countries" reflects the total countries in our one world at the moment. Unlike the U.S., I prefer to recognize them all. Who am I to judgewho can be a country or not. I just want to get out there and meet people and see their place in the world. Today is the first day of spring in Canada and it seemed as good a time as any to plant the seed of something which I hope will grow.