A little bit of Odessa

I thought of our brief time in Odessa last summer when I saw the Ukraine in the news again today. The buildings in downtown Odessa looked like they were crafted by Wedgewood. I liked this detail.

New Beginnings

There is nothing like the promise of a new year...no matter the clouds, when hope shines through.

"To Gnome is to Love Me"

Happy Birthday, kiddo. I miss you.

Mele Kalikimaka

Santa and Tutu Mele say Merry Christmas, Hawaii kine!

Too postcard-y?

Maybe. A little too "stock beach photo". But the weekend I took it (on Waikiki playing tourist) it just looked so right!

BOO !!

I so very much love Halloween. It's the one time of year that I wish I was still a kid. We had such a great fun in our neighborhood. Innocence, spookiness and candy. Good times.

Moving a Museum

Having the good fortune to attend a meeting in NJ with this spectacular view of the Manhattan skyline, I was doubly blessed to be able to see them bringing the USS Intrepid back into the harbor after her makeover. (Nice of them to do it on our lunch break too!)

A moment...

...to remember.

About my feet...

Appropos of nothing, I began taking a picture of my bare (or sandaled) feet on each of our trips. I would feel weirder about it, but my very sane friend Jo does the same thing, so it must be perfectly normal.

I love doorways and passages. This one's on a "private island" in the Caribbean.

Alexandria Monument shot through the window of a moving bus. Fortunately the streets were congested enough that I could actually focus.

Shower tree

These beautiful flowers are best viewed in someone else's yard. (So that someone else has to rake the detritus...)

This tree was particularly beautiful as it is in the parking lot of the Hickam AFB Commissary....well away from my personal landscaping area.

Turnagin fireweed

I love my summer trips to Alaska. Nature says "Hey! We only have a couple of months here, so let's go full out gorgeous!"

Lost Link?

Not that the sheer awe of standing by the Sphinx wouldn't be enough for me, but then as we walked toward the back, I noticed the feet:

FOUR TOES!! Coincidence??? Or new theory fodder (fodder fodder?)

Messiah Gate

It is through this Gate in the Jerusalem wall, that the Messiah will enter the city. I shot this just outside the Garden of Gethsemane. I haven't yet been able to fully articulate what is was like, even with the crush of people, to be in those places. Just can't find the words.

Cheeky capitals

Peeking above the bushes...the top of the Olympeion (Temple of Olympian Zeus)

Outside the Cathedral

Taken near the Plaka in Athens last month.

No words...

Graffiti seen on the way from Jerusalem into Bethlehem...

Green day

Walking through the gardens near the Zappeio in Athens, returning to our hotel from a day at the museum. This is a calming greenspace within the city.

Down to the Bosphorous

From the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, where we had a lovely, leisurely lunch amidst a breakneck day of sightseeing.