My readers will be familiar with my magic three weeks in Cambridge, England in 1991, from my post on that trip. Thinking back on my long life, those three weeks are the only time in my life that I can say I'm nostalgic for. I lived through the hippie 1960s and 1970s, and I'm not …
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Photo Challenge…Quest…For My People
I am a Jew. In 2007, I went to Israel with Michael Medved. For me, it was a quest, to see where my people originated. At Masada, dozens of my ancestors committed suicide, rather than submit to being conquered by the Romans. I felt very close to them when we went there. Those were My …
At The Edge: The Sea…Photo Challenge
Over the edge of the Promenade Deck on the Crystal Serenity is the Sea. The Inside Passage from Canada to Alaska. The water temperature is a pretty steady 50 degrees Fahrenheit, so you don't want to fall overboard. But watching the water go by is hypnotic, and very relaxing. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/edge/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Mirror
Tranquil, reflective. Bridge over the River Cam in Cambridge, England. Behind Trinity Hall College. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/mirror/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Frame
In the summer of 2006, after my orchestra played Carnegie Hall, my husband and I spent a couple of weeks touring around upstate New York. We visited Revolutionary War sites, including the battlefield at Saratoga, and Fort Ticonderoga. This is a view of Lake Champlain, seen through the frame of a window in one of …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare
This is a small pipe organ, manufactured in Estonia in 1844. Today, it resides in the Sitka Lutheran Church, in Alaska. I'm guessing that there aren't very many of these around. These are two views of the back of the organ. Here's my husband playing it, to give you an idea of why I couldn't …
Photo Challenge: Cherry on Top
This is the old Burke Building, built in 1895 in downtown Seattle. See the arched doorway in the center of the street level. Then look straight up. This old building had a real Cherry on Top. This is what it looks like now, in the plaza of the newer Federal Building on the same site. …
Ruffles and Flourishes-Architectural Detail in Downtown Seattle
This week's Photo Challenge topic of Detail was perfect! I had been planning to do a post on this topic for a while, and everything came together nicely. This one also goes with last week's Look Up theme. So I packed up my camera and notebook, got in my car, and drove the 20 miles …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up!
I make a habit of always looking up when I'm outside. I'm an Art Deco lover, and I am especially fond of the "ruffles and flourishes" you find over the doors and windows of Art Deco buildings. I'm also a bird-watcher, so I'm alert for birds in the trees. I heard this little guy before …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites
Old....And Young In Cambridge, England The young lady, walking in front of the door to the oldest College at the University of Cambridge. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/opposites/
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