WALKABOUT: TRAVEL BLOG
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One More Time: Pittsburgh
2022-07-19 11:18:54 UTC
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Looking toward the Duquesne Incline at dawn
I used to love extended road trips. About 15 years ago we traveled from Pennsylvania, to New York, Boston, the Berkshires, Maine and Montreal, with various stops along the way. We had no agenda, no schedule, we had a wonderful time. So, recalling…
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Bedford Pennsylvania
2022-05-19 12:05:48 UTC
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Main Street
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It’s obvious, I love travel. The process of getting there, not so much. Driving usual means tedious hours on interstates negotiating construction or accident slowdowns. Amtrak is unreliable for keeping schedules. Recently my son’s Acela train from New York…
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Iceland Revisited, Part Two
2022-02-18 15:28:19 UTC
As promised, the second chapter of Iceland images. These are random images of scenes that caught my eye for the usual reasons. Color play, textures, shapes and just fun. Click on the individual thumbnail for full size display.
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Lastly, grafitti. I don’t know if this is a national pastime or…
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Iceland Revisited Part One
2022-02-15 21:26:01 UTC
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Hallgrimskirkja
Once a year I go through my archives of photographs, an interesting exercise, an opportunity to clear out images I would never use and to revisit a particular collection, a chance to find something new, photographs that I enjoy. Looking at the series from Iceland, images shot in 2012…
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St. Petersburg
2022-02-07 16:58:00 UTC
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Sunrise on Tampa Bay
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A planned overnight trip to Naples, Florida turned into a 5-day jaunt adding St. Petersburg and Sarasota to the itinerary . This meant buying a few polo shirts while on the road. The ongoing supply chain issues…
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The Ponce, St. Augustine
2022-01-15 15:34:04 UTC
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The Ponce, the former Ponce de Leon Hotel, is now the Flagler College in St. Augustine. The Spanish Renaissance design structure was built in 1888 as a luxury property by Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler, who left his imprint around South Florida. It was one of the first buildings…
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LIGHTS OUT? ST. AUGUSTINE SAYS, NOT YET
2022-01-12 17:07:30 UTC
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Ha! You thought I was finished with the Christmas display photos last month, didn’t you? You thought two postings was enough? Well, your intrepid blogger heard about a major holiday light display in St. Augustine, Florida and drove the four hours to photograph it … just for you. Yeah, well,…
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MORE FROM THE NORTON
2022-01-05 22:40:43 UTC
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One of the reasons I went to the Norton Museum of Art, other than to photograph the BMW, was to see the painting ” Water Lily Pond (Clouds),” one of over two-hundred and fifty canvases created by Claude Monet depicting painted gardens and natural subjects. It is beautiful beyond description,…
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CALDER ART CAR
2022-01-03 14:45:57 UTC
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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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Portland Two
2021-11-22 14:31:46 UTC
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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…