November 2, 2024
So after getting called away from the coffee shop, they had me for 5 days–tacking on flights and overnights like I was the only flight attendant in existence. In all I overnighted in Des Moines, Iowa; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Greensville, South Carolina and finally Melbourne, Florida. Here are some pictures Read more…
October 23, 2024
How would guess that I was in the Pacific Northwest? Would it be a horizon dotted with coniferous silhouettes, like a Bob Ross painting? Would it be the prevalence of drive through espresso stands and their foot-tall coffee cups? Or the grey? The wash of a cloudy web of gauze Read more…
October 22, 2024
This is it, the reason of my long journey West: The Hoh Rainforest at Olympic National Park. Though surrounded by the glorious Sitka spruce and Douglas Firs, this piece of surreal temperate rainforest beckoned me into its mossy arms. I was ecstatic that the sky was clear and the sun Read more…
File this under sublime. A tree suspended in air by eroding land digs its roots into… the air. It carries on the functions of a tree: growth, photosynthesis, other tree processes, including looking gorgeous for my pictures. Here’s a collection, including some by a slightly surly visitor to Olympic National Read more…
I wanted to treat myself to a gift for my birthday… one of my favorite things… a beautiful place. Olympic National Park on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsular has an abundance of all kinds of beauty. One can spend weeks in the range of landscape wonders in the park, but I Read more…
October 17, 2024
From my new huge bedroom window in Maryland (Yes, now I am temporarily living in Maryland!) it caught my eye. So I decided I’d go out to shoot it. I mean, it practically invited me. Plus I wanted to see how it was outside. Is this the kind of place Read more…
October 10, 2024
I’m not a jealous person. I love when other people are beautiful and adventurous and well-adjusted and successful, contrary to petty haters whose lack of confidence pervades all their behavior and rottens their head and heart, poor things. But I’ll admit… when the Aurora Borealis starting showing up vividly near Read more…
October 2, 2024
Overnights are a highlight of the job. Sometimes they last only for a good night’s sleep, others last a couple hours short of an entire day. Even quick overnights offer at least some good natural light from the large hotel windows to take selfies. Others offer at least the palm Read more…
September 19, 2024
Just a quick drive from Madison, Wisconsin is Verona–headquarters to the software company Epic. The sprawling campus is quite the draw as it features structures meant to evoke the imagination. Both the exterior buildings and the inside workspaces are themed! Though I just walked about on my own, opting to Read more…
September 14, 2024
It was time for another trip… this meal prep would be easy peasy. Bread, almond butter, jelly Fruit is a necessity … these kiwis only lasted a day. I ate them all up one after another! Long time, no uniform! An abandoned hotel on my walk in Albany, my first Read more…
September 11, 2024
DogTown‘s veggie burger Our favorite, Swillburger This year’s portrait session. I really love how they came out. Hope to see you soon, Home.
September 3, 2024
You know I love a sunflower field… even a dying field of sunflowers. Because in my history of stumbling upon sunflowers who’ve had their fill of sun and bow their heads to wither away, folks do some fun things to their cute faces. And it was no exception in Tennessee. Read more…
September 2, 2024
Where in the world am I? With a workplace up in the sky, sometimes I forget the where and the when. It’s an occupational hazard… But today, I’m in Memphis! And here are some pictures from my quick stay. Like other cities in Tennessee, Memphis is a musical place: Al Read more…
August 27, 2024
When the stars came out at City of Rocks National Reserve, I saw the Milky Way right away… a gauzy spread of stars right above our campfire. I set up and used the glowing light of the fire to paint the interesting rock formations around us. This is why I Read more…
“This City is walled in on every side with towering granite mountains, some peaks shooting athwart the sky like towering domes. While hundreds of piles, peaks, steeples and domes, of all shapes possible in the distance looking like an old dilapidated City”– Emigrant journal entry from Dr. John Hudson Wayman – July Read more…
August 26, 2024
Running back out to Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve when it was dark enough gave us a sliver of time before the clouds rolled in to capture the vivid stars. And a sliver is all we had left having taken two flights and driving several hours after Read more…
This land used to be lava… oozing, moving, drying and once again holding life. Having briefly stopped here at Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve in 2016, I wanted to shoot the stars at this wondrous landscape. But first, a visit during the sunshine. The colors of time Read more…
August 25, 2024
When I reserved a room in Arco, Idaho from the comfort of my bed in Washington DC it was because of its proximity to Craters of the Moon National Monument. When we arrived, the small town had plenty of wonders to wonder about. Like why were there a bunch of Read more…
A quick stop at Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, Idaho. Taller than Niagara Falls, Shoshaone is often referred to as the “Niagara of the West.” Though beautiful, the 900 foot width is far less than Niagara’s and therefore a bit static and less exciting to photograph. I recommend it as Read more…
August 23, 2024
With more work means more places to stayover. To follow: Norfolk, VA; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Stamford, CT and sites and eats. It is a joy to be able to combine my love of “going places” and “eating places” with my job. But it has me spending a lot Read more…
August 2, 2024
Though I visiting White Sands National Monument a few years back, today’s weather would create a very different experience. The desert storms darken the sands and sky, creating dramatic landscapes. Also because of the weather, I was isolated. The usual park goer’s with their sand sleds and disks were far Read more…
Once I settled in at the City of Rocks State Park campground, an unsettled sky darkened the distance. Thunderstorms with bolts that illuminated and crackled beautifully but worried me. I sat them out in the tent wondering if the tent was a careless place to hang out in a thunderstorm. Read more…
Wanting solitude and wanting stars, I took a couple of flights to reach the City of Rocks State Park campground in New Mexico, not to be mistaken with the City of Rocks in Idaho–which I plan to visit later in the month. In one of my most favorite states, this Read more…
July 14, 2024
I am always excite to fly to Florida–for palm trees and proximity to the beach. But here in Tallahassee, the beach would not be an option. But there was plenty to fill my time during my stay. Colorful murals all about. I love when the hotel is actually close to Read more…
June 20, 2024
Though I first saw it as I headed into Staten Island by way of the Goethals, framed quite beautifully under dusk’s pale pink and blue, I couldn’t stop until I made it to my destination. And there it became like most of the full-ish moon shots I have done, with Read more…
