Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

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Friday, November 3, 2017

journeys to the past

I haven't added anything here since August, so I figure it's time to pull something from the bazillions of images I have stored in Flickr. This is my most recent vist to Walley Abbey, from my visit this past January. If you are inclined to play judge, feedback would be more than welcome, as I am... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 28, 2017

Seattle in Summer

It has such a reputation for being one of the nation's most dismal and rainy places... but in fact, in the thirty+ years of my experience here, it is those drear and rainy days and weeks that pay for the rich, lush greens of summer. In fact, summer in the Puget Sound area can be positively idyllic,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

so many photos...!

The more I look at the photos in the contest (see previous post) the more I pin down the things I know, or think I know, about photography. Every really good photo needs a few specific things: subject, composition, focus, and lighting are the technical issues, but a really great photo also has to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

It's Amazing Out There!

http://bit.ly/2vajGGc Here is the first of several entries I have made to this contest: https://weather.com/photos/contest?cm_ven=SP_ToyotaPC_FBPaid_7102017_1 It takes a long time to peruse the gallery, and I have not yet found the others I've posted. However, there are a lot of beautiful shots... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Pike's Peak evening...

https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/S2Hkx7 and if you keep on down the stream, you'll come to the new hat I just finished for Elsa, though not actually on Elsa... and the frost-blighted leaves of the big maple off my deck. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

more from the photo archives...

If you love rosy, stormy clouds, this one's for you! https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/9G4f21 Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 14, 2017

San Diego downtown architecture

An amble around downtown San Diego... I learned to look up years ago during my month in Italy, and to appreciate all the wonderful details that embellished fine architecture before the era of shiny chrome and plate glass walls. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/8iHT9p Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

San Diego trees

On the walk back into town, away from Balboa Park, I found this wonderful grove of twisty, ropy old trees--junipers, I think, that have a habit of going this way. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/Bti14i Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Happy Birthdays, Kabu and Wiley!

Here's for you to stroll together among the flowers and the fern trees... San Diego's Balboa Park arboretum: https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/o57R1q Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 10, 2017

San Diego, Balboa Park

I was there for a day several years ago, and strolled around the grounds, also visited the orchids and their friends in the arboretum. Today I came across these photos I'd forgotten about. Time, at last, to polish them up and share! I've posted the Mission style architecture, and a series of water... Sign in to see full entry.

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Celebrating travel! If you think the world is too big, or the language barriers too high, come along with me, as I bumble my way here and there... The world really is an accessible place-- not as expensive to explore as one might imagine, nor are the language barriers as high, nor the mood of people beyond our borders unwelcoming... ***If you want good prints of any of my photos, email me and I will let you know how to get them. Please respect my copyright on these, they are my retirement account!

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