San Diego Scenes

Pretty pics from an afternoon strolling along the San Diego Bay.

A Lovely Afternoon

The weather was perfect for spending the afternoon at Mount Vernon. Enjoy. I did!

Alma Mater O'Mine

Just some lovely views of the 50-odd wooded acres that were my home back in the early '90's.... ah, all that brick and the too-idyllic-to-be-true Westhampton Lake still warm my heart. Thanks for the memories!

The Monuments at Night

Wednesday was the perfect night for walking the Mall - clear, warm, and quiet. Enjoy!

Fall on Campus

While in Indiana a few weeks back, on breaks during the Dalai Lama's lectures, I had the chance to explore a bit of IU's Bloomington campus (alma mater to every member of my family but me). The leaves had just started to turn, and there were a few perfect scenes of fall.

Saturday Night Lights

Lafayette Square. What a strange but beautiful place to hang out in as the sun goes down. You never quite know what you'll see... but our historic old buildings are surreal and gorgeous by night.

Small Town Charm

Nashville, Indiana is a very cute historic artists' colony about 20 minutes from Bloomington. Mom and I had fun exploring!

The 'Burgh in Black & White

Something about this historic old industrial town just lends itself so well to the richness and texture of black & white. Enjoy.

My First Trip to Chicago

Won't Be My Last.

I was amazed at how pretty it was!

And I drove my friends crazy with mid-day text messages about standing on the banks of Lake Michigan, which was the most amazing shade of blue.

Playing Tourist

Yeah, it was so totally worth it to brave the tourist hordes and head down to see the cherry blossoms. What a great way to spend an evening!

Winter's Last Blast

I just arrived home from somebody's beautiful, wonderful, memorable wedding weekend extravaganza... and much of the adventure stemmed from Mother Nature's little joke of flip-flopping between summer weather mid-week last week and hard core winter as we all started driving north. Ha ha, ha.

(Seriously, though it presented many challenges to the whole weekend, I hope the bride and groom know that everyone who cares about them was there to celebrate with them in spirit if not in person, and that those of us who made it will never forget the stories of the mini-blizzard of 2007!)

So my blog readers, for your enjoyment, here are some views of what we all hope was winter's last blast for this year, as seen from the Blue Ridge Summit Lodge located somewhere between Waynesboro and Gettysburg, PA.

These photos are from Friday afternoon, when the snow showed no sign of abating. Pay attention to these two particular scenes:

Now, here are photos taken from the exact same spot on Saturday morning. Ah, what a difference a day and a little sunlight makes!

Once you could see this tremendous view all sparkly and pristine, it was very clear why the happy couple wanted us all to make the trek. Totally worth it! :-)