• Black and White,  Travel,  writing/reading

    This is My World

    June 8, 2010
    My World

    Wow, I’m sneaking up on my 60th birthday this summer. Gasp!  Where has the time gone? Even at this age I ask the questions about where I’m at in life and where I’m going. The life I live is not what I dreamed or envisioned in my youth. I know I cannot live in the past nor in the future but every once in a while I venture to those places. The only life I can live is the present. I must always remind myself to stay here.

    I’m nomadic at this time in my life. After my divorce and selling the house I drove away from that chapter of my life with all my belongings in the back of a small pickup. It was a freeing moment. Of course, I’ve since added a few items to carry around with me so I may need two truck now. I spend half my month living in hotels and flying with passengers in a long metal tube. For the past year I’ve started carrying a laptop, an iphone and my journal along with my camera wherever I venture. I search out images of the world in front of me, the people or places or objects or patterns I see. This is the present, this is my world.

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  • flowers,  Plants

    It’s her Birthday

    May 23, 2010

    Her Tulip

    It’s my youngest sisters birthday so I wanted to tell the blogosphere all about it. I could make a long list of qualities about her but those would only fall short. She has really been wonderful to have in my life. She is a beautiful and wise woman. Whether she knows it or not I consider her to be the instrument that helped me get back on my feet during my separation and divorce a few years ago. Life is going well for her and her hard labor spent in her yard has produced a wonderful haven/sanctuary. While out in Colorado for my daughters wedding I was able to stay at her house and enjoy her yard. This is one of her Spring tulips.

    Happy Birthday, Sheree!!

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  • lifestyles

    Sweet Dreams

    December 21, 2009

    Sweet Dreams

    One of the things we look for as a frequent traveler is a good bed and a good pillow. Much needed rest will help us function better the next day. It’s sweet dreams we are looking for.

    Today we acknowledge the winter solstice and I acknowledge my youngest granddaughter birthday. So Happy Birthday, Madie!

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  • Avian

    Rainbow Lorikeets

    December 1, 2009

     

     

    Rainbow Lorikeets

    The Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus is a species of Australasian parrot found in Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. In Australia, it is common along the eastern seaboard, from Queensland to South Australia and northwest Tasmania. Its habitat is rainforest, coastal bush and woodland areas. I figured most of you would not be able to continue through your day unless you knew the above information. 🙂 This image was take an year ago at the Columbus Zoo.

     

    Today is my oldest granddaughters birthday, the daughter of my oldest daughter. Hope you followed that. So I want to say, “Happy Birthday, Abbie!” I love you!

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  • landscape

    Shenandoah Fall Colors

    November 30, 2009

    Fall Colors

    This is from a couple years ago during a short visit to Shenandoah National Park. I had one day there and found everything shrouded in fog making for some interesting images.

    Today is also my oldest daughters birthday, so I want to say “Happy Birthday Christine!” I love you!

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  • Family

    Mom's Birthday

    October 30, 2009

    No photo today as I’m down in Phoenix to celebrate my mothers 78th birthday. Good times as I relax and eat way too much food. We will head over to Casa Grande today and eat, yet again, with my sister and brother-in-law. Hope everyone enjoys their day!

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  • People/Portraits

    Kimberly

    July 14, 2009

     

    Kimberly
    Kimberly

    This is my friend, Kimberly, the lovely Kimberly. She caught my attention in a coffee shop, stopped me in my tracks. She was struggling with some things in life at the time, physical ailments and job loss. Life is much better now, things such as a special man in her life, she now has work, which is pretty important now a days. As time moves on so did we. Her new job took her to Washington and my new job brought me to Ohio. We keep in touch through phone calls, text messages and facebook. I was lucky enough to have a couple of photo sessions with her and this is from the first session.

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