Under Gray and Lowering Clouds
This morning I hoisted my camera backpack, and headed out into gray weather with lowering clouds. During the course of this day I was to experience torrential rain, steady hail,…
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April 30, 2018
Walking in the Gardens of Galicia
Today I walked from Morgade to Portomarin, a somewhat bigger town. Portomarin seems like an interesting place. It was completely rebuilt, brick by brick, in the 1960s, when the original…
April 29, 2018
First Day on the Camino
Yesterday was my first day hiking on the Camino de Santiago. I walked roughly twelve kilometers from Sarria to Morgade, a small hamlet. Twelve kilometers is about seven miles, and…
April 29, 2018
Beginning my Compostela
Today I arrived to begin my pilgrimage walking to Santiago de Compostela. I am to start tomorrow morning from Sarria. As you can see in the image, the River Sarria…
April 27, 2018
Geometry
This is the ancient and magnificent Pont Valentre in Cahors, France and its reflections in the Lot River on a clear day with still water.
April 24, 2018
Dandelion in Calvignac
Wherever I am, I cannot resist a nice dandelion! This one was in Calvignac, in the southwest of France.
April 22, 2018
Morning at the Mas de Garrigue
Waking up at the Mas de Garrigue, out my window I saw the soft light of morning on the wisteria vine on the tower. Every detail here is close to…
April 21, 2018
Carmelite Chapel Ceiling
I photographed the ceiling of the Carmelite Chapel in Toulouse, France with my 8-15mm fisheye set to rectangular fisheye mode (meaning the 15mm setting, at 8mm this lens captures a…
April 19, 2018
Blue Bottles
At the Brasserie where I had a late lunch of poached salmon and ratatouille after flying in from Madrid to Toulouse, I saw these blue bottles lined up on the…
April 18, 2018
Above the Gran Via
The grand hotels and stately buildings in Madrid have to be seen to be believed, and they are often best seen from above the ground floor. This image of the…
April 16, 2018
Stamp Lady
I got into Madrid this morning about 10AM, and with my door-to-door transit time approaching 24 hours, and the +9 hours time zone shift, I am definitely feeling asleep on…
April 15, 2018
Apple Blossoms
From the median strip of nearby Arlington Avenue we clipped some branches from a beautiful, blooming apple tree. Arlington Ave is too busy for my taste, and one has to…
April 13, 2018
Oxalis
Oxalis is a modest plant, considered more weed than flower. The Oxalis shown here is Oxalis stricta, also known as yellow woodsorrel or sourgrass. In season, this Oxalis grows in…
April 12, 2018
Garden Flowers with Proteus
Most of the flowers in this light box arrangement come from our garden, except the Proteus. We do have a beautiful Proteus bush in my garden---Leucospermum 'Scarlet Ribbons'---grown from infancy…
April 11, 2018
Yum and thanks!
These wonderful chocolates arrived today! Truly, I did nothing other than dispensing a little photography advice to deserve them. So thanks Jarek! Photographed with my iPhone and processed in Snapseed.…
April 10, 2018
Leaving on a Jet Plane
In about a week I'll be leaving on a jet plane, and resuming the life of a peripatetic photographer after several months as a "homebody". I am looking forward very…
April 7, 2018
Street Grasses
These images show common street grass stalks, probably in the Digitaria family, and most likely a variety of "crabgrass" (any botanists care to weigh in on this?). I harvested the street…
April 5, 2018
Window and Shadow
Wandering through an open house in the neighborhood, I came across this window and shadow, and photographed it with my iPhone, the fun camera I always (at least mostly always)…
April 4, 2018