Goodbye 2019 2019 began with some challenges. Treatment for a second cancer diagnosis loomed on the horizon. Cancer is a reminder of how short life is and how we don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Photography has become a passion. When I look through the viewfinder of the camera, I am transported to a different world. The…
My Personal Favorites
It’s 2019 and it is off to interesting start. More on this in a future blog. At the beginning of a new year, it is a common practice to reflect on accomplishments of the year past. Today, I decided to reflect on my photographic accomplishments by selecting my best photos of 2018. I took a lot…
New York City From the Inside
We are in New York City for five days, hoping to stretch our photography skills by shooting things we don’t normally shoot. Instead of the gorgeous landscapes of the Southwest or the recently visited Iceland (if you haven’t read our posts or seen our photos of Iceland, you are missing out), we wanted to try…
Iceland Pop Quiz
We hope you read and enjoyed our posts on Iceland. Hopefully, the information in those posts can help you with this short pop quiz to see how well you know Iceland. (T/F) Icelandic horses are prisoners in their own country. (T/F) It’s possible to circumvent Iceland by bicycle. (T/F) Hallgrímskirkja, the largest church…
The Icelandic Marshmallow
Iceland’s national animal is the Gyrfalcon. It’s national flower is Mountain Avens. We also discovered it’s national confectionary. It is the marshmallow. They are everywhere, hanging out on hillsides, farms, and along the roadside. Each type, designated by its color, has their own personality. Some of them are confident and extroverted while others are timid…
The Cotswolds Experience
We are visiting “The Cotswolds” in the town of Chipping Campden, hosted by our cruising buddies, Norm and Trish. They live in the Cotswolds in a typical Cotswold town called Chipping Campden. Is there a better way to see and experience the Cotswolds than with Cotswoldians? I think not. Norm and Trish hosted us for…
Through the Windshield
After 36 days and 8,219 miles of driving, we are finally back home in Arizona. Our trip combined great photography (Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Bad Lands), reconnecting with long lost friends, and many family visits. Along the way, we spent a lot of time in the car, gazing through the windshield at whatever came our way. Here…
Trust Your Gut!
Just like in most things, sometimes you do best when you trust your gut. Here’s my story: We’ve been up since 4:45am and driving for over 8 hours through winding mountain roads, and finally, we arrived at Badlands National Park. It is hot with not a cloud in the sky. Somehow, 96 degrees here in…
Photographic Purgatory
Sometimes the scenery (don’t forget lighting) is so good that the photo seemingly takes itself. But here in Bisti, we needed to use all of our post-processing skills (that means photoshop) to get a photo worthy of showing you. Feeling like we failed, we left the Bisti Badlands with a bitter taste in our mouths…
Resfeber & Wanderlust
Resfeber (Swedish) The restless race of the traveller’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together. A travel ‘fever’ that can manifest as an illness. It is “D minus 3”. Three days until we departure on our next adventure. We are excited to hit the road again, but anxious. I have…
