While traveling down a country road recently I came across a seemingly endless run of huge rolls of hay strewn throughout one fenced acreage after another. I pulled to the side of the road to scope out the best vantage points for shooting but everywhere I looked I found I would have to cross a…
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Motion In English Bay
I’ve been working on my backlog of images and I came across this photo from a recent trip to Vancouver, BC. When I’m traveling I like to explore the unfamiliar places early in the morning when the light is just perfect and before a place is teaming with people rushing to work or out sightseeing….
Art Deco House In Ferrara, Italy
Have you ever walked passed a house or a building that just left you with a feeling that something amazing or horrifying must have happened there before? Like a crazy lady with only a glimpse of who she once was left in her eyes, she draws you in without saying a word and you can’t…
Stay On The Path
The thick fog added a mystery to the already beautiful but haunting forest ahead of me. It reminded me of the fairy tale Hansel & Gretel. Stay on the path, the further you walk in the more disoriented you become. Since I didn’t have a slice of bread with me to leave a trail I decided…
Battistero di San Giovanni
If you visit Siena you will likely want to stop by Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena). It is designed in black and white, the colors of Siena which symbolically link the Cathedral back to the black and white horses of the city’s founders, Senius and Aschius. And after touring the Cathedral it is an easy walk…
The Rolling Hills of Siena
I’m banished to the house this weekend with a nasty headache so I started going back thru all of the photos I took during our recent trip to Europe. This photo was taken on our way back from a day trip to Siena in Tuscany. We had a hard time leaving, but had to be…
Lost in Amsterdam
Today is our last day of travel in the great land of Europa. Looking back on our trip, we have met some amazing people and seen some amazing things and places. We only wish we could be lost in Amsterdam so we didn’t have to come home. Amsterdam is great city and is very well…
Amsterdam
Amsterdam really is a beautiful and interesting city. The architecture and the canals are so nice to walk and the cultural diversity, social tolerance and way of life here is really refreshing. There must me more bicycles here than on the entire west coast, maybe even all of the US. I could come back to…
Estate of Versailles
Today we visited one of the most amazing disappointing places that we’ve been. We woke up early to try to get to the Estate of Versailles before the long lines. We actually specifically selected Thursday as our day to visit because it was supposed to be one of the lower traffic days to visit the estate….
Curious Bike Man
Today we did some more walking in one of the many interesting neighborhoods of Paris. As we were exiting the rue des Rosiers after partaking in one of the districts famous falafels, we ran smack dap into the “curious bike man” of Le Marais. He was an odd but very cool dude with the most…
Crossing the Pont Notre-Dame
Today we had crazy weather again in Paris. Wind, sun and rain intermittently throughout the day. Since we’d heard about the crazy long lines at some of the more popular Paris sites we thought we’d go check out how bad they really were before we opted to actually attempt to visit. We hoofed it on…
Beat The Heat And The Crowds
Today I was up early to beat the heat and the crowds. The light in the early morning and the evening is just so much better for enhancing the details of these intricate building and places and most of the wanderers are still tucked in their cozy little beds sleeping, so I can get to…
Rooftops and Antennas
Yesterday we made it to our last stop in Italy – Florence. We are here for 4 days and as our luck would have it the temperature has just reached the high 80s and will climb into the 90s before we leave. It’s a little too warm for my liking, but we are making the…
Our Last Night In Manarola
Tonight is our last night in Manarola. This gem of a town should not be missed if you visit the Cinque Terre. It’s so beautiful here and peaceful in spite of the tourism. There’s great hiking (whether you want to hike or not!), great views, a soft ocean breeze, clear blue pristine water for swimming,…
Colorful Manarola
Today we left Spoleto and took the train to Manarola, the second smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns on the Italian coast. I couldn’t really imagine that any place could be more beautiful than where we had come from, but low and behold “welcome to Manarola”. We arrived in time for a nice walk…