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Guatemalan Green
This week’s travel theme from Ailsa of Where’s my Backpack happens to be the color green in honor of Spring and St. Patrick’s Day. I know I’m rather obsessed with Guatemala and have used my photos for...
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1st place winner in Let’s Be Wild Photo Challenge
I’m thrilled to say that I’ve won my first ever Photography Challenge outside of WordPress. I got the news last night that my entry called “The World in Black and White” won the award. Thanks to Lisa...
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Desperately awaiting Spring
I should understand by now that the long-awaited arrival of Spring in Minnesota is a temperamental thing. Last year at this time, it was unseasonably warm and we were basking in the sun wearing shorts...
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Spring beckons….
I went for run around my beloved lake today and felt the first signs of a long awaited Spring. The sun was beaming down brilliantly, birds were singing in joy and the winter thaw was finally beginning...
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Eye candy: A glimpse into the Painted Garden
Today I decided that I’d had it with winter. I picked my daughter Sophia up from Kindergarten and we headed to downtown Minneapolis for the Macy’s Painted Garden Orchid Show. It was exactly what the...
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A visual feast at Macy’s Painted Garden
This year’s Macy’s Flower Show is a definite stunner to the senses. The theme is The Painted Garden and is inspired by the colorful, brilliant flowers, jewels and market hues of India and Southern...
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Big Sky Bliss
“I’m in love with Montana. For other States I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it”. – John...
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Finding liberation at Liberty Bowl
“We have always been dreamers in Montana”. – Brian Schweitzer Big Sky trail map. Photo credit: bigskyresort.com Day three skiing at Big Sky meant it was time to pick it up a notch and hit the bowls....
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A Spectrum of Color
Perhaps one of the most stunning things about traveling is the vivid hues of colors you find, oftentimes in the most unexpected places. From the aquamarine blues of the inside of a glacier in Iceland...
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The pale clouds and plains of Montana
I left my heart in Montana. “Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life...
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The wisdom of a bench
This week’s travel theme by Where’s My Backpack is benches. The beauty of a bench is something sometimes easily missed. Yet for me, as I live in Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes and many beautiful...
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Looking up in Paris
In Paris, so many incredible things can be found when you simply lift your head and look up. Here are some of my favorites. This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Up. To see more...
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From Above
This week’s photo challenge is to capture a photo or set of photos which are taken from above an object. Just coming back from France, I could hardly resist these photos I took looking over some of...
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Paris through an Olloclip lens
“Look at everything as though you were seeing it for either the first or last time. Then your life on earth will be filled with glory”. -Betty Smith Before heading to France, I purchased an olloclip...
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Rooftops
This week’s photo challenge happens to be a favorite of mine: Pattern. I adore the patterns of the brilliant rusty orange-colored tiled rooftop found in homes throughout the world. Two places in...
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A walk through the right bank of Paris
Our first full day in Paris was spent walking. I find walking to be the best way of exploring a city old or new. I had spent six months living in Paris over twenty years ago and have been fortunate to...
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Riding a rickshaw through the streets of Old Delhi
There is no better way of seeing and understanding India’s capital than by taking a ride on back a rickshaw through the streets of Old Delhi. Built in 1639 as the Mughal capital Shahjahanabad ( شاه...
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The feet of India
“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”. - Khalil Gibran For some reason, when I was in India I became rather obsessed with...
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The foreshadowing of an Arizona Monsoon
Two years ago, I spent a week in August visiting my parents in the White Mountains of Northeastern Arizona during the height of the monsoon season. I have experienced lots of thunderstorms in my life...
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Photography: Tour de Vanoise- One shot, Two ways
Exactly a year ago today I was on a seven-day hiking trip through Vanoise National Park in the French Alps. It was a fabulous trip through gorgeous terrain with postcard perfect views every step along...
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