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Singapore Color Splash
A dose of color for our winter-weary family and friends in the United States.
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Galloping into the Year of the Horse
We’ve escaped the deep freeze in Michigan and are now in tropical Singapore where the weather reminds me of southern Florida. It’s typically warm and humid all year, but this time around the temperatures are a tad cooler because of winds from China. Yes! Perfect! So, greetings from this colorful corner of the world where…
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Fall Refocus
I was hoping to take some shots of migrating Sandhill Cranes roosting at the Haehnle Audubon Sanctuary near Jackson MI this weekend. Although we saw the cranes, they were just too far away to photograph. So, I turned my lenses on the fields, trees, grasses and weeds. They have such depth and richness in the…
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Sunday in St. Albans
It’s not often that my Sunday afternoon walk involves and looks like this: • Watching a delightful open-air production of the Taming of the Shrew on the grounds of St. Albans Cathedral, about 22 miles north of London • Viewing Roman ruins dating back to AD 250 • Eyeing what’s possibly the oldest pub in…
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East Pond Sunsets
Evening fishing was particularly rich this year – not just because we saw plenty of action but also because of the gorgeous sunsets on East Pond. We fished in waters bathed in melting pink, purple and all shades of flaming orange. The memory stays with me still.
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Paris Obsessions
Our introduction to this city of lovers was far from romantic. We had planned on a leisurely Seine-side meander and arrived at our starting point at place de la Concorde in pouring rain! With only one umbrella between us (that was romantic) we made our way across this gigantic square navigating a busy intersection clogged…
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Prague Summer
I had every intention of rereading Kafka, The Metamorphosis in particular, before we left for his birthplace in the Czech Republic a fortnight ago. It was not to be. I still have the volume by my bedside and will get straight to it after I finish my current favorite Coetzee’s Scenes from a Provincial Life.…
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Wildflowers Notebook
Spring is finally here and so are all manner of Michigan wildflowers. I’ve been learning the names of these fleeting beauties and enjoying photographing them. I have much to learn but it’s a start. Compiled this gallery of photographs to wish all my women friends a happy Mother’s Day. Even if you don’t have children,…
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Philadelphia Spring
Philadelphia is a historic city and I had a few days to wander around to my hearts’ content recently. Walking down roads, old alleys and beautiful little squares — I found that what I appreciated most was the more advanced spring there than the one I left behind in Michigan, where Mother Nature has been…
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