We have a huge magnolia tree in our front yard. It keeps getting bigger, but as it ages, bits keep dropping off – it seems particularly at risk during ice storms. It’s actually a little late this year, but each spring we get an amazing display of blossoms. And »
When I returned from Scotland in February, this past weekend was marked on the calendar as “surprise trip”. Jill had decided she needed a “get out of dodge” trip in her future, and we hadn’t talked about the trip to Petoskey at that point; she did a pretty »
Last weekend we went up to Petoskey. We had not been there before, even though I would have liked to make it up for the opening of the photography exhibition at the Crooked Tree Arts Center. Now the show was over, and the print needed to come home, »
I’ve started using Adobe’s Behance since it comes with the subscription. You can create projects, so a way to collate related photographs and explore ideas. My new project is called “Forestry, Woodlands and Trees“, and it is concerned with the impact on the land, visually as well »
I wanted to see a lot more of Scotland, and I certainly did that; and while, unfortunately, far too much of it was viewed through a car window, it was still all great. Again I met lots of wonderful, nice and helpful people; especially after I sprained my ankle!
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When I arrived at Moffat the night before, I had a vague idea I’d been here before, but I didn’t recognize anything. In the early morning of a new day, I realized I had, but last time I had approached from the south, not the north, as it was »
One of the things I became very focused on even before, but more so after, my trip in March, 2017, was the whole idea of, if you want “endangered species” to survive, and hopefully prosper, then you needed to protect, and hopefully grow, endangered environments, or more particularly, the »
Today is a day for moving my base, from Dundonnell to Gairloch. It started out bright enough, and I had a great time climbing up alongside Ardessie Falls. It was as if the whole hillside was alive with water, with the actual occasional falls as highlights. Perhaps most amazing »
Here I am in Scotland again, and without any thought of this before I left home, I have started by photographing a couple of scenes from when I was here in the spring.
Rogie Falls is just a stone’s throw from Inverness, plus a short hike. This time I did »
Our original plans for this trip centered on meeting people, rather than getting out and about, but none of these plans came together in Washington state. Jill’s nephew decided to leave Seattle the week before we arrived, and our friend in Vancouver, BC had to cancel our meet in »
