Tag Archives: architecture

Travel theme: Time

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Seasons are changing and clocks are springing forward and falling back in the places around the globe that observe daylight savings time. With all this change afoot, I can’t help but think about the passing of time. Looking at past … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Weekly Travel Themes | Tagged , , , , , | 207 Comments

Travel theme: Walls

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

I just heard Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ on the radio, which reminded me of the photos I took of the section of the Berlin Wall in New York and the amazing translucent marble walls of the Beinecke … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travel, Weekly Travel Themes | Tagged , , , , , , | 279 Comments

Travel theme: Up

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

It’s mid-January and overcast here in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday a friend told me she was suffering from the January doldrums; that blue feeling when the holidays are over,  New Year’s resolutions are broken and you’re faced with the long … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travel, Weekly Travel Themes | Tagged , , , , , , | 355 Comments

Not your granny’s gingerbread house

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Gingerbread houses are the stuff of fairy tales, so how fitting that Seattle’s 20th Annual Gingerbread Village chose the theme “Once Upon a Time”. Fresh from my walk along Candy Cane Lane, I couldn’t resist a visit to Gingerbread Village … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travel, United States, Washington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 83 Comments

Catacombs and Old Byzantium II

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Still dazed by the Byzantine glory of the Franciscan Monastery of Mount St. Sepulchre, I followed the guide as he led the way down to the Lower Church via a staircase off-limits to the general public. The archway above the staircase was emblazoned … Continue reading →

Posted in District of Columbia, Photography, Travel, United States | Tagged , , , , , , | 27 Comments

Catacombs and Old Byzantium I

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

On a quiet hill in the Brookland neighbourhood of Washington DC, there is a hidden architectural and historical gem; the Franciscan Monastery of Mount St. Sepulchre. The Franciscan order was established by Saint Francis in the 12th century, and in 1342 … Continue reading →

Posted in District of Columbia, Photography, Travel, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , | 50 Comments

New Croton Dam

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

When I visited the little village of Croton-on-Hudson recently, I anticipated quaint houses, sprawling green spaces and heavily wooded areas. I got all that and more, including some of the best home-made ice cream I’ve tasted to date and a … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , | 46 Comments

Yale

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Yale University campus is an awful lot of fun, in an old and crumbly kind of way, despite the fact that, at least by European standards, it really isn’t old and crumbly at all. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook, Connecticut; the university … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecticut, Photography, Travel, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , | 41 Comments

Two subjects

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

I’ve taken many photos of the Statue of Liberty – from Battery Park, from the Staten Island Ferry, from an airplane making its descent into New York – but have never really been happy with any of them. They all … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Photography, Travel, United States | Tagged , , , , , , | 22 Comments

9/11 Memorial, Reflecting Absence

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The 9/11 Memorial has only been open 7 months and is still very much a work in progress, with construction happening all around the perimeter, but the beauty of this space is already quite evident. In the footprints of the … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, United States | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments