Day two with Tennessee waterfalls - more challenges and some frustration.
Falling for Tennessee – Part 2
Hjørundfjorden cruise
A three hour tour, a three hour tour. Just kidding. It was longer and we made it back!
Gone to California
A couple of beautiful mornings up on a hill in the back of Paso Robles wine country.
Pounding the Pavement in Porto
You thought I forgot about Portugal didn't you? Well I did, kinda. I got through processing all the photos I initially chose to work on and I put them up on my hosting sites, but that's about as far as it went. So here is my final post about my terrific trip. Our hotel was... Continue Reading →
Quinta da Regaleira
I could have spent days in this elaborate, enchanting and somewhat weird garden.
Muddy Knees – Louisiana swamps part 2
Back to Jean Lafitte only with more mud and fewer alligators.
The Trees with Knees – Louisiana swamps part 1
My first experience of a cypress swamp - moss, alligators and rain, oh my!
Dakota Zoo
Killing time at the Dakota Zoo in Bismark.
One Saturday in North Dakota
Some images from my day of aimless wandering - lovely landscapes and lots of dirt roads.
Lassen Volcanic National Park – Part 2: The Cinder Cone
Is my relationship with Lassen on the mend?
Lassen Volcanic National Park – Part 1: Boiling Mud
Ah Lassen, my old nemesis!
European Vacation 2015
Will it be shocking to admit I'm a uni-dimensional photographer? Yeah, I can hear you all gasping and muttering that it can't be so. It's not as if I don't admire or appreciate other forms of photography, like the shots below, but that I really don't enjoy cities. They're loud, crowded and smell awful. Lots of people... Continue Reading →
Beyond Human Scale
One of the big reasons I wanted to go to Northern California is to experience the redwoods. Sure, I'd been in forests in Big Sur. Alfred Molera and Garapatta State Parks, but those groves, while precious, are small and made up of all new growth. I wanted the big forests and if I got lucky,... Continue Reading →
Crater Lake National Park
In September, my husband and I headed to southern Oregon on vacation. We'd never been there before and our modus operandi is to find an area that interests us and find out what we can see and do in that area. Southern Oregon has a lot to do and see and I think we tried... Continue Reading →
I’m Back
Didja miss me? Yes it's true. I'm a bad blogger. Autumn is almost over (well photographically speaking) and I haven't posted ONE shot yet. Haven't even posted anything from my California trip either. Considering I was inspirationally and creatively pooped out was part of the problem. Several times I didn't even bother taking the camera... Continue Reading →
Ohio Weekend
Hey all. I haven't posted in a while, but today I'm back with some shots from last weekend when my husband and I flew to Ohio to spend a weekend with some friends. It wasn't a photography trip per se, but I did shoot a little bit. We visited Killbuck Marsh which is a very... Continue Reading →
It’s the little differences
Ah that famous scene in Pulp Fiction where Vincent enumerates the little differences between the US and Amsterdam. I had a similar experience recently and no, it didn't involve Burger King either. As you've probably gathered by now, I practically live in the woods. It started when I was a kid. No amount of fairy... Continue Reading →
Ghost Train of Versailles
Phew. It's been a "rough" four days. Rough only in a strict first world sort of way. I was without the internet at home for four days. Oh noes! Yeah, we had a wicked noreaster come through and dump a foot or two of snow on us. Some got more, some got less, but a... Continue Reading →
Distill My Heart
I was in Kentucky and Tennessee this past weekend. My husband had a seminar in Nashville on Monday and since he had to go down on Sunday anyway, we decided to go a day early and see what we could see. Having never been to either state before it was a new experience for both... Continue Reading →
Desert Blooms
May in California is wildflower season and the high desert of the eastern Sierras is no exception. I took tons of photos, but due to the harsh light, relentless wind and time constraints (who can wait forever for the wind to die down on every single shot?) most of them are for my reference and... Continue Reading →
Mono Lake and Musings on Travel Photography
So I’ve been thinking about this blog post and putting it off because I didn’t have an angle, a theme or a cohesive idea to pull it together. As with a lot of my writing it just needed time to brew, like a good pot of French Press coffee. (Four minutes with 200 degree water... Continue Reading →
I’m not Ansel Adams but…
An online photographer friend said that he doesn't do much black and white landscape work because he feels he needs the color to be there because it was there. I agree with him up to a point. No, I'm no Ansel Adams, but I do like how a black and white photograph can work when... Continue Reading →
Bodie, CA – The Disney World of Ghost Towns
This was the first place we visited on our way down from Reno. We planned to go there during the trip, but not so soon. However, we found ourselves very near to it so decided to switch up the schedule. I knew going into it that it would be kind of a zoo, tourist-wise (worse... Continue Reading →
Strange Photos from the West
To paraphrase Clutch a bit. I'm back. Phew. Challenging was the watchword for this vacation. Between the weather and the accessibility issues, my photography skills were put to the test. Sometimes I passed, sometimes I failed, but overall it was a good trip. I just heard a weather update for the Eastern Sierras and the... Continue Reading →
The Intimidation Factor
Finally we've decided on where we're going on vacation in May. We've booked the airline flights and have a general idea of where we'll go when we land. Unfortunately it's only one week, but we've had great vacations before with only a week. So, where are we off to? Eastern Sierras! Mono Lake! Mountains...desert...wide open... Continue Reading →
