Slide Show: Our Second Snow
Around the World in Eighty Years Taos, New Mexico got its second hit of winter over night. In the lower elevations accumulations was less than 1/2 inch but the high country got dumped on – over 10...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: Droplets on Leaves
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View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: African Spoonbill
Around the World in Eighty Years African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) and his buddy…the African Spoonbill. Spotted in Orlando, Florida. Overall, I’m happy with the shot but I did not get the right...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: “Boy Water”
Around the World in Eighty Years “Boy Water” Two weeks ago, my boy (green crocs) and I found ourselves totally overwhelmed by the crowds of obesity, the noise and utter insanity that is DisneyWorld...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: Hiking for the Virgin from Bagnères-de-Bigorre
Around the World in Eighty Years I walked straight up the mountain out of Bagnères-de-Bigorre at noon. The last of the autumn leaves were so thick they were like ice under my feet where the trail...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: The Gavarnie Cirque
Around the World in Eighty Years Ok. This wasn’t today. It was last week. But I loved this place. It was stunning and I wanted to share this photo. The Gavarnie Cirque is a glacier carved...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: Fire Boats House
Around the World in Eighty Years Here is the last shot from my five weeks in Finland and France. From here on out I will get back to my goal of posting the photo on the day I took it. I spent most of...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day – American Coot
Around the World in Eighty Years An American Coot (Fulica americana) in central New Mexico. The coot is not a duck, because it lacks webbed feet. Instead, it gets around with some rather large...
View ArticleMy Shot of the Day: The Waterfall Study
Around the World in Eighty Years The kids and I took a picnic and a very easy hike up in the Taos Ski Valley to the waterfall just above the grassy ski slopes above The Bavarian. We ate tuna with...
View ArticleDragonfly Photos Are Nice. My Shot of the Day. June 27, 2012
Around the World in Eighty Years Dragonfly Photos My son and I sat next to the Rio Grande fishing this morning with our friends David and Ian after a glorious night under the stars. A helicopter...
View ArticleRotterdam. A City Below the Sea. What Will the Future Bring?
Around the World in Eighty Years Besides the intense urban-ness of Rotterdam, the thing that struck me about the Dutch city as I flew over in April was its connection to water. And I keep looking at...
View ArticleGulf Coast Birding – The Best Five Birding Sites in Mississippi
Around the World in Eighty Years Gulf Coast birding hits a high point in Mississippi. Somewhere around 350 species of birds are known to inhabit or move through the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Not only are...
View ArticleSpectacled Caiman – My Shot of the Day – January 18, 2013
Around the World in Eighty Years Wildlife in Panama Plowing into the jungle near the Rio Obispo looking for birds, I immediatly saw a Crimson-bellied woodpecker, a sirystes and a type of trogon showing...
View ArticleOn the Quetzales Trail Panama
Around the World in Eighty Years The Quetzales Trail Panama connects the town of Boquete to the town of Cerro Punta along the edge of the Baru Volcano, the highest mountain in Panama at 11,398 feet....
View ArticleInternational Water Day – Clean Water is a Basic Human Right
Around the World in Eighty Years Happy World Water Day!! 2013 was chosen to be the International Water Cooperation year and today, March 22, as International Water Day (or World Water Day). Why do we...
View ArticleWater Reflection – My Shot of the Day – March 25, 2013
Around the World in Eighty Years Just after dawn these early spring days, the air is perfectly still and the sound of Red-winged black birds fills the air. The snow and ice have melted and ponded and...
View ArticleSpring Reflection – My Shot of the Day – April 11, 2013
Around the World in Eighty Years I wasn’t terribly impressed with this spring reflection image to be honest. Apparently, others were. I still find it just a bit mediocre….. (I like this one alot...
View ArticleOn The River Arno – Florence – My Shot of the Day, September 28, 2013
Around the World in Eighty Years A man poles his way up the River Arno just outside the Uffizi Gallery, one of the very first modern museums, open to the public since 1765. At 150 miles long, the river...
View ArticleNorra Kvarken Sunset – My Shot of the Day – August 12, 2014
Around the World in Eighty Years The Finnish name Mustasaari literally translated means “black island” but as an ancient word Mustasaari holds more meaning that just the literal translation. Since the...
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