Category Archives: Photography
Spring 2024
Filed under garden, Photography
New Season New Backyard Show
My neighbors and I started a joint flower garden that spans our borders. We call it the Peace Garden – a play of the Canadian-North Dakota garden.
We are trying to keep everything MONative – native to Missouri. The summers are hot and dry, they take care of themselves.
There is a sister garden too that has a spiderwort that shows off all day most of the summer.
Filed under garden, Photography, wildlife
Traveling Back in Time on the Natchez Trace
It’s a sad story really…
Presidents’ Day Weekend. Kind of fitting, so many of their decisions created the trauma and drama of the Trace
We started in Holly Mississippi where Ida B Wells Barnett got her start at Rust College. The Coffee was terrible, the art was folksy.
It’s ultimately a clash between humanity and manifest destiny. The Choctaw and the Chickasaw were slowly pushed out of these lands as the Trace brought a continuous moving chain of settlers. One treaty and broken treaty after another, the Native People lost it all. They had their own Trail of tears tears before the Cherokee.
Slavery, poverty, the destruction of cultures, underlies all the beauty of Mississippi. I can never be happy there. But, I continue to return.
Filed under American History, National Parks, Photography, Uncategorized
North Cascades National Park
Filed under Art, National Parks, Photography, Travel
Mesmerizing Autumn
Gently falling yellow gingko leaves signify a change of season. The moon roars. The rivers hum. The trees stand strong.
Filed under Photography, Travel
DisneyWorld – Little Touches
50th anniversary of WDW – 50 years of trips. trying to find things I’ve never noticed before.
Filed under Photography, Travel, WDW
Carving Out Space in a Crowded World
Humans have systemically taken over the natural habitats of other species. At the same time, we delight in seeing living creatures in a natural setting.
Visitor Center
Filed under Art, Photography, wildlife
Art Too
Filed under Art, Photography, Travel
The Green Mountains
A favorite escape from the heat during the blazing summers.
Filed under Art, Photography, Travel
Just The Facts – Traveling in March.
Fact: it’s really hot in Tennessee and Mississippi in the summer.
Fact: springtime flowers bloom a little sooner in the south, than in the north.
Fact: solo travel allows for maximum sightseeing with no negotiations. 😊
Spring break at a beach is crowded. Spring break to out-of-the-way state and national parks provides low crowds, no mosquitoes, and perfect temperatures.
I explored Western Tennessee and Northern Mississippi for a few days. The travel conditions were ideal. Here are a few glimpses of the equinox magic.
There were plenty of things to see, eat, and do. These were my favorite images.
Filed under American History, Art, National Parks, Photography
Freshly "Pic'ed" 