A few years ago I posted several blogs focusing on specific colors; blue, green, and red, are a few I focused on. However, I kept putting off sharing photos in pink since it’s not one of my favorite colors. However, spring makes me think of pink with the abundant beautiful cherry and magnolia blossoms found... Continue Reading →
Travel Quote
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain (or possibly H. Jackson Brown Jr.) Visiting Crichton Castle with... Continue Reading →
Earth Day, 2023
Tomorrow, April 22, 2023 is Earth Day, a day set aside to bring awareness to the damage that has been inflicted on our suffering planet. In honor of this important day, I am sharing some photos of the amazingly beautiful places around the globe I have been fortunate enough to have visited. Grand Teton National... Continue Reading →
Travel Quote
To move, to breath, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live. Hans Christian Anderson Forty-nine Palms Oasis, Joshua Trees National Park, CA
Rodin Museum, Paris
We enjoyed a visit to the Rodin Museum and gardens on our trip to Paris last month. We have visited this beautiful museum multiple times before but never tire of seeing the works of France’s most famous sculptor. Housed in a stunning manor house built in 1732, it was called Hôtel Biron when Rodin rented... Continue Reading →
Dan’s Thursday Door Challenge
theTravelsketcher found this door challenge when browsing through posts on Jetpack, and thought I might be interested since I love taking photos of doors. So here’s my entry for today. I love this gnarly old door in Avignon, France. The smaller door in the center reminds me of something from the Lord of the Rings... Continue Reading →
Travel Quote
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. James Michener Jogyesa Temple Chrysanthemum Festival, Seoul, South Korea
Alcazaba de Málaga, Spain
Located on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, is the beautiful city of Málaga. It has lovely beaches, great food, interesting history, and is the birth place of Pablo Picasso. Founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, it is one of the oldest cities in the world. As you wander through the... Continue Reading →
Travel Quote
There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. Robert Louis Stevenson Tokyo, Japan