Christmas in Texas
Amazing clouds
Yesterday morning I walked outside to grab the newspaper, and when I glanced up at the sky I’m sure I did a double-take. Then I ran back into the house to grab my camera. I’m not sure if these are “popcorn clouds” or something else, but they certainly were a stunning sight!
Rhinos and Wildebeest
The Adventure Continues… Cornish Christmas
First of all, I’d like to wish all my readers a very happy winter holiday season, whether it be Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Mawlid, or Christmas! In this holiday special, Huell celebrates the holidays with the descendants of the original Cornish Carol Choir of Grass Valley. Join them as they reenact their 1940 concert of traditional Cornish Christmas Carols, which took place 2,000 […]
Jump Rope
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Jump Rope. Your photos this week can have anything to do with jumping or ropes or anything that hops or leaves the ground works in my book too. Things that might make you Jump: Plenty of Rope to be found aboard the C.A. Thayer and the Balclutha in San Francisco:
The Stuff of Bucket Lists: Arashiyama Bamboo Forest – TRAVELLING THE WORLD SOLO
I must admit, I had been mildly worried that Arashiyama would be one of those places that looks absolutely spectacular in pictures only to be a letdown when seen in real life, but that was definitely not the case. It was every bit as beautiful as I had imagined it to be, possibly even more so. Source: The Stuff of Bucket […]
Memory Monday, Week 5
Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite, in 1951: View of the Yosemite Valley: Half Dome, 8,842 feet (2,695 meters): The bottom and left photos are labeled “Over Tioga Pass.” The Tioga Pass area, on the eastern side of Yosemite, is full of hiking trails and sights such as Tenaya Lake and the Tuolumne Grove of ancient Sequoias. With this photo — a view of Echo […]
Long-legged beauties
WPC: Anticipation
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of December 16, 2016. This week, share a photo that says anticipation. A candid shot of your niece, eager to blow out the candles on her birthday cake. A photo from the trip you’d long dreamed of. An image of something you hope to have one day, or something that was worth the […]