THE BLOG
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CALDER ART CAR
03 Jan 2022
Believe it or not, it is actually 2022. I wanted to start off the new year in colorful fashion, so my first outing was a visit to the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach Florida. I love the feel and flow of this museum, a contemporary structure with…
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On a High Note
29 Dec 2021
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America
Washington National Cathedral
We’ve all been through a long rough patch lately - for almost two years. To be candid, not a lot of good news is around and it has become clear that some form of Covid will be with…
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More Southern Lights
13 Dec 2021
There is a restaurant about fifteen minutes from me that has decorated their tree limbs with thousands of tiny LED lights. They take on an other world vibe. Although they are not willows, they reminded me of the Tree of Souls in the movie Avatar.
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Southern Lights
06 Dec 2021
Christmas in South Florida is markedly different than back home, the near north. The air has no chill in it and there is little chance for snow unless Mother Nature does an about face on current climate change, so, whadda we got to pump up Christmas spirit? We got lights,…
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Portland Two
22 Nov 2021
Gerding Theater at the Armory
Portland has an interesting mix of architecture from classical western to contemporary, along with one particularly interesting repurposed building, the Gerding Theater. The Portland Armory, c. 1889, was designated an historic building and converted to a performing arts space in 2006. With stone and wood…
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Portland Part One
20 Nov 2021
Normally I post recent work on this blog. Every Blue Moon, there was one this morning in case you weren’t looking, I revisit my archives to make room on my hard drive or to review earlier projects. Today I revisited Portland. I hadn’t taken a solo photo trip out to…
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A Georgetown Walk
07 Nov 2021
Post-Halloween
It’s about time for my seasonal move to Florida and this is the time of the year when the weather is spectacular in Washington D.C. The skies are blue, the angle of the sun near perfect, the air crisp, with no humidity. It was time for a last walk,…
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Path to Happiness
25 Oct 2021
Have you met anyone who didn’t like a merry-go-round? I haven’t. A truly unique example is the Carousel of Happiness in Nederland Colorado. Its roots are in a carousel built by Danish woodcarver Charles I.D. Looff, who built the first carousel for Coney Island. Looff went on to construct carousels…
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In Rare Air
13 Oct 2021
Wades Point Inn
In seems like a thousand years ago when I had my first aerial assignment, long before drones came along. I photographed stunt pilot Sean Tucker doing barrel rolls over treetops in Pennsylvania. I had flown in small planes before, but never with the hatch removed. I was…
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Madrid, Art Capital of Spain
10 Oct 2021
Fruit Vendor Storefront
Madrid. The capital of Spain, its largest city and the home of the National Museo delPrado, a world-class museum known for its Spanish centric collection and international art. Madrid is a beautiful city with wide boulevards, great restaurants and oh yeah, pickpockets. The sidewalks can be very…