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During our two-or-so hour Salton Sea sojourn, there was much to be seen as light fell swiftly. Leaving Bombay Beach, our group trailed up the gravely roads on foot paralleling the Chocolate Mountains, which revealed their every crevice with the setting sun. This is a fleeting memento of the transient memories and of more to [...]
In honor of yesterday’s brief and unbecoming snowfall (which, granted, has already melted away), it recalled a scene in Branford’s Youngs Pond Park and Mother Nature’s winter trickery: the day it fell cold once again after several successive, and convincing, spring-like days. Oh, how finicky she can be.
Funny that the irony in the name Garbage Beach, one of a handful of pristine seashores at Sunset Cliffs, is that there is none. Once upon a time the upper canyons housed a landfill, much of which I’m told washed away at sea. Now if you take the walk down the precipitous cliffs by means [...]
Finally, a reality comes to fruition, my vacation begins tomorrow as I depart this cold-ridden state, with all its snow and numbing temperatures, and make my way over to San Diego, California. No more boots, no more rosy cheeks, no more snow piles. Walking along the town beach in my ten-years young snow boots will [...]
Driving around looking for a good angle of the Hollywood sign brought us to the Griffith Observatory. However, considering our usual Monday luck it was closed, but we walked the grounds and got a substantial view of a smoggy City of Angels. On the drive back down into the heart of Hollywood, we stumbled across [...]
In an epiphanic moment, additional photos from my summer travels presented themselves on my not-at-home office computer. I was so excited to find something I forgot, but unknowingly misplaced! Anyhow, Chris and I traveled through the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts* on the 5- or 6-hour drive back from the Grand Canyon. Never before had I [...]
A graphical twist for the holiday with a little squirrel love (and caroling). Thank you for your visits and meaningful comments over the past year; it has been a joy blogging with you! Now please, eat, drink and be merry! Have a Merry, Merry Christmas photobloggers! P.S. – If you’re struggling from Christmas fever, drop [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, friends. A little belated, I know. Got tied up designing and cooking a scrumptious menu for five. This is one of the only remaining turkeys from Gozzi Turkey Farm where we got our fresh kill, free range, organic turkey. The business has been around since 1940, founded by Bill Gozzi’s grandparents. Why is [...]
I’ve been going through my archives over the past couple of days trying to find the right photos to donate to my friend’s Adoption Awareness Art Show, and in the interim of all this, it’s reminding me of photos I’ve never shared on this blog before. The pigeon above possibly died falling out the sky [...]
Pardon me while I play catchup: In celebration of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, occurring in early October, services of worship are held internationally at local churches blessing animals ranging in size and species, from turtles to elephants. In the sleepy hamlet of Ivoryton, a series of canines were present as prayers [...]
We arrived at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon just before the break of dawn. With fingers crossed, we got there just in the nick of time to find ourselves, shake off the delirium and get it together for some amazing views as the sun raced slowly above the canyon walls. It was a [...]
The Grand Canyon is the most beautiful sight I have ever seen. It simply takes your breath away. And if you’re susceptible, it can also give you a slight sense of nausea and vertigo (obviously). No matter where I stood, how I mounted my camera or what angle I tried to impose, I still feel [...]
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