knally These photos come from two trips to the Shropshire Hills in December 2021 and March 2022 since I had images I wanted to show from both trips.
On The Road
On The Road – Origuy – Rome Discoveries
Origuy I had 3½ days in Rome before I left for Vieste. It was my first time in Italy and I had a few things I had to see. The Pantheon on Monday, the Vatican on Tuesday, the Colosseum and Forum on Wednesday, and the Villa Borghese on Thursday. I could do at least one …
On The Road – BillinGlendaleCA – The Winter Sky
BillinGlendaleCA As the Milky Way core set into the western horizon here in the northern hemisphere, many landscape astrophotographers hang up their tripods and trackers to await it’s return in March when it is well above the horizon. I am not one of these photographers, love the “off season”. There is much to see in …
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On The Road – Paul in Jacksonville – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historical Landmark in Cross Creek, Florida
Paul in Jacksonville Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for her book titled The Yearling. She lived for 25 years in her home in Cross Creek, Florida. The property was a working orange grove at the time. The home is now a national landmark. She authored dozens of short stories and several …
On The Road – Albatrossity – Ngorongoro Crater 4
Wow, with all the wonderful series you guys submitted when I put out the call for posts in December, it seems like it’s been forever since we have had 5 single posts in one week. Either way, whether it’s a series or a single post, we are now caught up on the backlog, so it’s …
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On The Road – BigJimSlade – Hiking in the Alps, Chamonix and Grindelwald 2022, Odds & Sods
BigJimSlade The name of the album by The Who just popped into my head when putting this together. Here are some more which are fun, but didn’t make the previous posts. Also, here are some videos of Mt. Blanc (they are about half a minute each). There’s no voice over or anything, just views. Looking …
On The Road – BigJimSlade – Hiking in the Alps, Chamonix and Grindelwald 2022, Männlichen – Wengen, part 2
BigJimSlade Regarding the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau, the story goes that the monk, is protecting the young maiden, from the ogre. I guess if you grew up in the mountains before tv, radio, and the internet, maybe you would make up stories about the mountains, too. Let’s carry on from lunch below the peaks.