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Mother Nature’s Bubble Bath

2012-03-08T11:26:00.001-08:00

Hatteras Beach – Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Go Fly A Kite

2012-02-29T12:35:00.001-08:00

Hatteras Beach – Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Sunburst

2012-02-19T06:20:00.001-08:00

Elizabeth II, Roanoke island Festival Park
Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Wall of Ice

2012-02-11T10:48:00.001-08:00

Fjortende Julibreen (14th July Glacier)
Krossfjorden, Spitsbergen – Svalbard (July 2011)

[click here for the words]

Meet Jasper Jim, Punxsutawney Phil’s Canadian Cousin

2012-02-04T06:36:00.001-08:00

Hoary Marmot
Jasper National Park, Canada (September 2009)

[click here for the words; and by the way … the groundhog is a type of marmot]

With Each Sunrise, We Start Anew

2012-01-30T07:56:00.001-08:00

Sunrise at Kukak Bay
Katmai Peninsula, Alaska (August 2010)

[author of quote: Anonymous]

Cinch Your Waist

2012-01-27T11:32:00.001-08:00

Sultan’s Belt Buckle (Ottoman period)
Etnoğrafya Müzesİ – Ethnography museum
Ankara, Turkey (October 2011)

The Words:
Three-piece belt buckle with six-sided star design known as “Mührü Süleyman” (Solomon’s Seal).
This star design was believed to protect against “nazar” (evil eye) and spells, and was a
commonly used detail in jewelry, architecture, and other arts.

Casts its reassuring beam into the night sky …

2012-01-16T08:21:00.001-08:00

Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse (Replica)
Roanoke Island, North Carolina (April 2011)

The Words:
“… In the years to come, as islanders mingle with visitors along the Manteo waterfront, let us remember that on this spot, where so many vessels have been built and launched, dreams still light the way. For how else can you explain how a lighthouse now casts its reassuring beam into the night sky …”
[from signage at the pier]

The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity …

2012-01-06T07:24:00.001-08:00

Clouded Sulphur – Arlington, Virginia (October 2011)

[quote attributed to George Carlin]

Door Within a Door

2011-12-29T10:57:00.001-08:00

Ruins of the 5th Century Basilica of St John on Ayasuluk Hill, SelÇuk
İzmİr, turkey (April 1987)

[scanned from old photograph]

Christmas in Our Nation’s Capital

2011-12-25T05:02:00.001-08:00

Washington, DC (December 2008)

The Words:
Old Ebbitt Grill, an historic “saloon” founded in 1856, is an institution in Washington DC.

Sea Pen

2011-12-19T07:25:00.001-08:00

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward (August 2010)

The Words:
Sea Pens are named for their resemblance to old fashioned quill pens. These beautiful animals are
covered with hundreds of feeding polyps. When they retract into the sand for defense, they expel the
water from their body and shrink to a much smaller size.

Holiday Cheer: Blue and Gold

2011-12-17T10:27:00.000-08:00

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden – Richmond, Virginia (December 2011)

[click here for the words]

Mother Goddess

2011-12-09T05:39:00.001-08:00

Terracotta Cup in the female form
Anadolu Medenİyetlerİ Müzesİ – Museum of Anatolian civilizations
Ankara – Turkey (October 2011)

If the perfume is an art, the object which contains it must be a masterpiece …

2011-11-27T12:02:00.001-08:00

Perfume Bottles (6th-3rd Centuries BC)
Arkeolojİ Müzesİ (Museum of Archaeology) – İzmİr, Turkey (April 2010)

[quote: Robert Ricci]

Ice Baby, Ice

2011-11-21T11:41:00.000-08:00

Woodfjorden – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

[click here for the words]

Corn and Wheat … War and Peace

2011-11-14T04:36:00.001-08:00

Chapman’s Mill (Beverley Mill) – c. 1742
Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia (October 2011)

[click here for the words]

Unknown, but not Forgotten

2011-11-11T02:58:00.001-08:00

Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia (November 2010)

Who’s That Masked Bird?

2011-11-05T11:48:00.001-07:00

Cedar Waxwing – Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (July 2008)

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies …

2011-10-30T08:48:00.001-07:00

Monarch Butterfly – Arlington, Virginia (October 2011)

[author of quote: Unknown]

Woman of the Ages

2011-10-26T09:37:00.001-07:00

Pottery from the Hittite period (1750-1180 BC)
Anadolu Medenİyetlerİ Müzesİ (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations)
Ankara – Turkey (October 2011)

Aqueduct

2011-10-24T21:45:00.001-07:00

from the AydInoğullarI Period (1308-1426)
Bİrgİ, Ödemİş – İzmİr, Turkey (October 2011)

Oh “Deer!”

2011-10-20T10:28:00.000-07:00

Skyline Drive – Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (July 2008)

Slowpoke

2011-10-17T03:16:00.001-07:00

Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, Virginia (September 2011)

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face …

2011-10-12T16:10:00.001-07:00

Pisac, Perú (April 2009)

[quote: Sean Connery]

Día de la Hispanidad (Columbus Day)

2011-10-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

Mausoleum of Christopher Columbus – Faro A Colón
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (December 2010)

[click here for the words]

Scalloped Snow

2011-10-06T10:56:00.000-07:00

St Jonsfjorden – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

A Son of the South

2011-10-03T03:52:00.001-07:00

Groveton Confederate Cemetery
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia (September 2011)

[click here for the words]

Mirror Image

2011-09-26T04:53:00.001-07:00

Woodfjorden – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

Gone to Seed

2011-09-23T05:56:00.001-07:00

Milkweed – Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (November 2007)

Coming to Get You

2011-09-19T04:56:00.001-07:00

Geographic Harbor, Katmai Peninsula – Alaska (August 2010)

Bleached Bones

2011-09-15T03:45:00.001-07:00

Kvitfiskstranda (White Whale Beach), Bellsund – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

[click here for the words]

Hope, Humanity, and Heroism

2011-09-11T21:02:00.000-07:00

Tribute to September 11 – Madame Tussauds, New York City (September 2003)

Twins

2011-09-06T05:11:00.001-07:00

Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, Virginia (August 2011)

Stone Bridge

2011-09-02T12:53:00.001-07:00

Stone Bridge (1825) - Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia (June 2011)

[click here for the words]

The Lily & The Blue Dasher

2011-08-30T14:37:00.001-07:00

Brookside Gardens – Wheaton, Maryland (July 2006)

Now What Do I Do?

2011-08-28T11:17:00.001-07:00

Şİrİnce Village, İzmİr - Turkey (October 2007)

Ready … Aim … the 18th Century Way

2011-08-25T16:02:00.001-07:00

Fort George, St George’s – Grenada (December 2010)

[click here for the words]

Pink & Gold

2011-08-22T10:29:00.001-07:00

Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, Virginia (August 2011)

Trappers’ Hut of Yesteryear

2011-08-19T06:17:00.001-07:00

Gåshamna, Hornsund – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

[click here for the words]

Through the Window

2011-08-16T13:22:00.001-07:00

Burgerbukta, Hornsund – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

Arches & Columns of an Ancient Marketplace

2011-08-15T05:42:00.001-07:00

Agora (West Stoa; Hellenistic Period) - İzmİr, Turkey (APRIL 2010)

[click here for the words]

Sunflower

2011-08-11T05:41:00.001-07:00

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens – Vienna, Virginia (September 2010)

Find the Bear

2011-08-06T06:32:00.001-07:00

Geographic Harbor, Katmai Peninsula – Alaska (August 2010)

[click here for the words]

A Vessel Named Petrozavodsk

2011-08-03T13:51:00.001-07:00

Bjørnøya (Bear Island), Svalbard – Norway (july 2011)

[click here for the words]

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Mother Nature’s Bubble Bath

Hatteras Beach – Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Go Fly A Kite

Hatteras Beach – Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Sunburst

Elizabeth II, Roanoke island Festival Park Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Wall of Ice

Fjortende Julibreen (14th July Glacier) Krossfjorden, Spitsbergen – Svalbard (July 2011)

Meet Jasper Jim, Punxsutawney Phil’s Canadian Cousin

Hoary Marmot Jasper National Park, Canada (September 2009)

With Each Sunrise, We Start Anew

Sunrise at Kukak Bay Katmai Peninsula, Alaska (August 2010)

Cinch Your Waist

Sultan’s Belt Buckle (Ottoman period) Etnoğrafya Müzesİ – Ethnography museum Ankara, Turkey (October 2011)

Casts its reassuring beam into the night sky …

Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse (Replica) Roanoke Island, North Carolina (April 2011)

The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity …

Clouded Sulphur – Arlington, Virginia (October 2011)

Door Within a Door

Ruins of the 5th Century Basilica of St John on Ayasuluk Hill, SelÇuk İzmİr, turkey (April 1987)

Christmas in Our Nation’s Capital

Washington, DC (December 2008)

Sea Pen

Alaska Sealife Center, Seward (August 2010)

Holiday Cheer: Blue and Gold

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden – Richmond, Virginia (December 2011)

Mother Goddess

Terracotta Cup in the female form Anadolu Medenİyetlerİ Müzesİ – Museum of Anatolian civilizations Ankara – Turkey (October 2011)

If the perfume is an art, the object which contains it must be a masterpiece …

Perfume Bottles (6th-3rd Centuries BC) Arkeolojİ Müzesİ (Museum of Archaeology) – İzmİr, Turkey (April 2010)

Ice Baby, Ice

Woodfjorden – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

Corn and Wheat … War and Peace

Chapman’s Mill (Beverley Mill) – c. 1742 Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia (October 2011)

Unknown, but not Forgotten

Arlington National Cemetery – Arlington, Virginia (November 2010)

Who’s That Masked Bird?

Cedar Waxwing – Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (July 2008)

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies …

Monarch Butterfly – Arlington, Virginia (October 2011)

Woman of the Ages

Pottery from the Hittite period (1750-1180 BC) Anadolu Medenİyetlerİ Müzesİ (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations) Ankara – Turkey (October 2011)

Aqueduct

from the AydInoğullarI Period (1308-1426) Bİrgİ, Ödemİş – İzmİr, Turkey (October 2011)

Oh “Deer!”

Skyline Drive – Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (July 2008)

Slowpoke

Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, Virginia (September 2011)

More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face …

Pisac, Perú (April 2009)

Día de la Hispanidad (Columbus Day)

Mausoleum of Christopher Columbus – Faro A Colón Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (December 2010)

Scalloped Snow

St Jonsfjorden – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

A Son of the South

Groveton Confederate Cemetery Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia (September 2011)

Mirror Image

Woodfjorden – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

Gone to Seed

Milkweed – Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (November 2007)

Coming to Get You

Geographic Harbor, Katmai Peninsula – Alaska (August 2010)

Bleached Bones

Kvitfiskstranda (White Whale Beach), Bellsund – Spitsbergen, Svalbard (July 2011)

Hope, Humanity, and Heroism

Tribute to September 11 – Madame Tussauds, New York City (September 2003)

Twins

Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, Virginia (August 2011)

Stone Bridge

Stone Bridge (1825) - Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia (June 2011)

The Lily & The Blue Dasher

Brookside Gardens – Wheaton, Maryland (July 2006)

Now What Do I Do?

Şİrİnce Village, İzmİr - Turkey (October 2007)

Ready … Aim … the 18th Century Way

Fort George, St George’s – Grenada (December 2010)

Pink & Gold

Bull Run Regional Park – Centreville, Virginia (August 2011)

Trappers’ Hut of Yesteryear

Elizabeth II, Roanoke island Festival Park
Outer Banks, North Carolina (April 2011)

Fjortende Julibreen (14th July Glacier)
Krossfjorden, Spitsbergen – Svalbard (July 2011)

Hoary Marmot
Jasper National Park, Canada (September 2009)

Sunrise at Kukak Bay
Katmai Peninsula, Alaska (August 2010)

Sultan’s Belt Buckle (Ottoman period)
Etnoğrafya Müzesİ – Ethnography museum
Ankara, Turkey (October 2011)

Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse (Replica)
Roanoke Island, North Carolina (April 2011)

Ruins of the 5th Century Basilica of St John on Ayasuluk Hill, SelÇuk
İzmİr, turkey (April 1987)

Terracotta Cup in the female form
Anadolu Medenİyetlerİ Müzesİ – Museum of Anatolian civilizations
Ankara – Turkey (October 2011)

Perfume Bottles (6th-3rd Centuries BC)
Arkeolojİ Müzesİ (Museum of Archaeology) – İzmİr, Turkey (April 2010)

Chapman’s Mill (Beverley Mill) – c. 1742
Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia (October 2011)

Pottery from the Hittite period (1750-1180 BC)
Anadolu Medenİyetlerİ Müzesİ (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations)
Ankara – Turkey (October 2011)

from the AydInoğullarI Period (1308-1426)
Bİrgİ, Ödemİş – İzmİr, Turkey (October 2011)

Mausoleum of Christopher Columbus – Faro A Colón
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (December 2010)

Groveton Confederate Cemetery
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia (September 2011)