Travel Theme: On Display and in Color
Visiting local markets is near the top of my list of things to do when traveling. One can learn so much about a country's culture and customs just by wandering…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Big – and Pink
As I was contemplating what to enter in this week's Big photo challenge, guess what? This really BIG, really pink, really tacky plastic flamingo came strolling through the yard. I grabbed my…
Travel Theme: Animals – The Wildlife of Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater, near the Serengeti Plain in northern Tanzania ,contains one of the most magnificent wildlife reserves in Africa. This volcanic crater is home to about 25,000 large mammals. Formation of…
Photo Challenge: Smiling Faces Make Me Happy
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion _Â Dalai Lama This weeks Photo Challenge asks what makes me happy? A lot…
Travel Theme: Animals – Singing Koi
I am thrilled to introduce what is quite possibly the world's first ensemble of singing carp. They are called Koi in Japan, you know. Unfortunately their album is not quite ready for…
Charlie Pass – My Favorite Spot
My favorite spot? That’s easy. Charlie Pass, where I can slow down, find solitude, and reconnect with nature. Something special happens here where the sun, sand, and surf meet. Something…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine – Free to Travel
As I reflected on the theme of this week’s Photo Challenge, Mine, I asked myself what I truly cherish. What is my most prized possession? Interestingly, what I appreciate more…
Travel Theme: Foliage – Bamboo on Fuchsia
I was stopped dead in my tracks recently by this image at a nearby botanical garden. A clump of bamboo unhappily growing in a bed in front of a fuchsia wall caught my attention.…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary
A solitary fisherman on Halong Bay, in Vietnam, surrounded by limestone karsts. Little has changed for centuries. Though small groups of families raft their floating homes together into small communities life…
Travel Theme: White – Cattleya Orchid
The delicate, exotic orchid is the most highly coveted flowering plant. It is said to represent strength, love, beauty, and luxury. The cattleya orchid is the queen of orchids, the corsage…