I’ve got about three weeks before I move out of the bay area. It’s an ending and beginning all in one making the experience bittersweet. I’ll miss the people, the redwoods, the climate, and the whales. While it is possible I’ll see whales in Southern California, when I lived there…

It’s a tourist trap. Hang on to your wallet! I’m sure you’ve received similar advice when you announce to your friends and co-workers that you’re headed on vacation. Bordon-On-The-Water is one of those places and despite the good advice we received from friends and colleagues we went anyway. To be…

It’s fun to see things, especially old things. It makes me think of the old saying, “if these walls could talk.” Often they talk to me. Walking in the steps of famous or infamous people from the past presents an opportunity to learn with OPE (other people’s experience) instead of…

A couple of summers ago I posted a recollection about some chalk art from Palo Alto, CA. (https://davewaltersphotography.wordpress.com/2019/08/27/postcards-from-the-palo-alto-art-show/) I had fun talking to the artists and viewing their creations. One thing that caught my interest was the temporary nature of the art. The artists didn’t work quickly because their creation…

There are a few dates that come up over and over again when visiting England. It’s not the dates so much as the events from the dates. One of those important dates is 1066. William the Duke of Normandy came across the channel and with his French forces, beat Harold…

We were kissed by the dew. Each morning as we walked through fields of green grass we were greeted with damp but never wet ground cover. Never overly wet and barely enough to stay on the hem, by the time we had an honest start to the day it was…

The sun was still low from the east, but its low altitude didn’t mitigate the sparkle bouncing off the water. Sun screen on, boat off the roof and to the dock. Out with the camera and water bottle, on with the spray skirt and two-piece custom-made Greenland paddle. My initial…

The Wild One, Easy Rider, The Wild Angels were movies from the 50’s and 60’s that pointed to rebellious youth and their motorcycle. The bad boy stereotype also played well for the Fonz in Happy Days in the 70’s. Just seeing the motorcycle or that certain black jacket was enough…

It was the gold. In the west it was often the gold. In the middle of the nineteenth century, it was the California gold and after that the Comstock gold. It was also the fertile fields of Oregon, gold of the nonmineral type. Correspondence in the days before electronics was…