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…
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…
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…
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 – Did You See It?
Did anyone else see this unique cloud formation drifting over the Friday afternoon sky? In honor of the UN’s International Day of Peace, I would think. You didn't see it?...…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary
Finding a few moments of solitary time in crowded Kolkata, India, a city of over 15 million people is no easy task. But this man has done just that. He…
Travel Theme: Texture
The texture of an object is often what makes it photographically interesting. That play of light and shadow along with color is what makes for a successful photograph. The surface of everything,…
Watching for Evil Spirits
Weekly Photo Challenge – Every Day Life Along the Mekong River, Vietnam
The Mekong River delta covers a large portion of southwestern Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the South China Sea. Daily life revolves around the river and many villages are accessible only…
Sailboat and Sunrise
A dead calm at sunrise on San Carlos Bay. Come sail away with me. I have watched this ketch tug restlessly at her anchor for years. Though her sails…