CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT WINDSOR CASTLE
Our winter trip to London included a day trip to Windsor Castle. We took the District Line from our hotel near the High Street Kensington Underground Station to the Paddington Train Station. From Paddington, we caught the train to Windsor, with an easy change at Slough Station. Windsor was still decorated for the Christmas holidays […]
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
Here at 51.5 degrees north latitude, on this day of the year, the sun rises at 8:06 am and sets at 4:00 pm. By 2:30 in the afternoon, you can already sense the sun beginning its low-angle wane into the golden hour. I read that the short days of winter can reduce levels of melatonin […]
Number 9
We are in London, thanks to an invitation by one of the granddaughters to be here for her high school band performance in the New Year’s Day parade. I was reminded of the “Number 9” song from the Beatles White Album when we were told to take the Number 9 to get to Harrod’s Department […]
Faces of Lisbon, Portugal
Nossa Senhora da Saúde Procession – Lisbon Portugal This is the story of a public procession honoring “Our Lady of Health” in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday, May 6, 2018. I see that my blogging has been silent for over two months now. Marcy and I have been working on our image galleries day and night and with […]
IT’S FIVE O’CLOCK ON A SATURDAY
I’ve still have a regular day job, so rolling out of bed before 5 AM on Saturday is a bit taxing, but the promise of adventure and the notion of getting a new image or two for our galleries usually gets some adrenaline pumping. This morning my feet hit the floor without too much grumbling. […]
THE NOT SO NOBLE ELK
Our Facebook feeds were lit up a couple weeks ago with reports from fellow photographers about their elk sightings. In our area, the best places to see elk are Oconaluftee and Cataloochee, both of which are on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Marcy and I had never been to […]
