Category: photography

New in Town

April 19, 2016

Arizona’s mountain tapestry enveloped us as we approached.  Saguaros raised an arm-or multiples-in hello. The ocotillo’s crimson halo and gown of green enticed.  This is to be our home! The steps leading up to this moment were quick ones.  As the town approached and we emerged from our caravan of two with our golden retriever, … More New in Town

A Slice of SYV

August 19, 2015

A wine club dinner was our excuse for a 30 hour escape to the Santa Ynez Valley.  We popped into Roblar early afternoon for a tasting and charcuterie platter, and gratified, recalled why we joined.  In the members’ lounge upstairs, Shay charmed us with his Irish ways, embracing the wine and us, too. On Ballard Canyon Road, … More A Slice of SYV

So San Francisco

July 27, 2015

You awaken to the cable car sounds below. The mist lifts and the sun finds your face among the tall buildings. The Ferry Building is alive outside with its weekend marketplace. Your senses sing praise to the offered bits of peaches and pluots, tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, pickled vegetables, salmon, pastry, honey, lavender, sea salt and … More So San Francisco

Kali̱méra, Rodos

July 18, 2015

  This morning’s arrival into port was heralded by a light show with bells in Rhodes, Greece. The sun was appropriately brilliant on this “island of the sun.”  Our guide identified Kalithea (meaning “the best view”) and Lindos, our destination, as where “The Guns of Navarone” was filmed in 1962. Dropped off on a hill above the … More Kali̱méra, Rodos

Desert Senses

June 10, 2015

A cottontail crossed my path today, a fluffy blur from the corner of my eye.  Jumping chollas seem to take chase. The Sonoran desert is yet more alive after unseasonable rainstorms. Jumbled pillars invite creatures to perch on top. Brilliant blue to twenty shades of gray skies are luminous. After the cloudburst, all is pristine. … More Desert Senses