Category Archives: Travel

Ireland – A short day in Dublin

We spent a recent short, very long day in Dublin on the front end of a two week tour of the Emerald Isle.  Fighting jet lag and trying to stay up to get in the time zone, we took a … Continue reading

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But is it real

This is an excellent article in a recent issue of Outdoor Photographer by photographer Elizabeth Carmel,  entitled “But Is iI Real.”  http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/fleeting-vistas/but-is-it-real.html A minority of photographers, a very vocal minority, assert that the photograph is what comes out of the … Continue reading

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Savannah Daydreaming

The song is actually “Havana Daydreaming” by Jimmy Buffett (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sp3PMOQIhg), but a little literary license never hurt anyone.  We took a short weekend visit to Savannah in the fall last year, for the wedding of the daughter of old friends. … Continue reading

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Bodie, California, a town frozen in time in a “state of arrested decay”.

Bodie is late 1800’s mining town in central California.  Here  is a link to the website: http://www.bodie.com/ A few images from a trip there  last summer. Moon-like landscape in the Stanilaus Forest. A derelict house. California rangers live there to maintain … Continue reading

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Upper Truckee Marsh

We stayed at the same house this time at Tahoe as we did in 2008.  The house backs up to the Upper Truckee Marsh, a beautiful wetland area on the south end of the lake. http://www.laketahoerealestateblog.com/2010/08/05/south-lake-tahoe-ca-the-wonder-of-the-upper-truckee-marsh/ I spent several hours … Continue reading

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