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Winter Train

January 14, 2014by canoe & communications 3 Comments

I watch the large and lumbering mountain of metal clanking on rails through a snowy landscape pull into a station. It reminds me of an locomotive dragon billowing smoke and […]

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Maori Meeting House

Travel Theme – Illuminated

January 13, 2014by canoe & communications 4 Comments

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul,” John Dalberg-Acton. For Travel theme: Illuminated, I gazed at the past from a long-range lens for […]

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split log fort

Weekly Photo Challenge – Nostalgic

July 5, 2013by canoe & communications 15 Comments

I guess I’m feeling nostalgic.  Today is July 5th.  I am thinking about yesterday, the day we celebrate our independence and rights to freedom.  We watch fireworks shows as a recurring event since […]

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Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel
barbershop pole

Summer History

June 19, 2013by canoe & communications 4 Comments

  I took a break from modernity and the wireless world to visit a historical settlement stepping back in time to eras from World War I and II.  There were […]

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Arts, Photography, Seasons, Travel
pyramids

Ancient History

February 19, 2013by canoe & communications 6 Comments

    Explorations among the ruins of the remote past have carried curious men all over the face of the earth… Yet in truth, no science is more adventurous than […]

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Treasure of Gems

February 8, 2013by canoe & communications 7 Comments

I walked into the dimly lit hall and saw a small group of people scattered about speaking in hushed tones of reverence.  They didn’t pay attention to me entering.  Their gazes were […]

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dried herbs

Weathered Home

January 24, 2013by canoe & communications 17 Comments

People look for a fine piece of land to settle and live and make a home, raise a family, grow crops or start a business.   It takes a lot […]

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Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel
Depression era bottles

Travel Theme – Glass

January 11, 2013by canoe & communications 9 Comments

Glass transparent and translucent lets light and color shine through and runs the gamut from artistic, serviceable and useful.  A constructed material eons old and still used today. For Where’s […]

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Arts, Photo Challenges, Photography
Illinois Prairie Path

Weekly Photo Challenge – Resolve

January 4, 2013by canoe & communications 16 Comments

Every year I try at least one new path and trail for a hike or a stroll.  It’s a resolution to travel to a new city, park, beach or place […]

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Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel
2012 pictures

Weekly Photo Challenge – My 2012 in Pictures

December 28, 2012by canoe & communications 31 Comments

When I discovered the Weekly Photo Challenge, I was introduced to photographers and shutterbugs around the world through startling, thought-provoking and beautiful images of people, places and things.  It opened […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel
Christmas Tree

Travel Theme – Festive Train Station

December 22, 2012by canoe & communications 4 Comments

For many of us the holidays begin with travel home, to family or that long awaited vacation.  Memories of the holidays linger in our thoughts and cherished pictures help us […]

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Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel, Travel Guides
Cernan Earth and Space Center

Space Travel

December 8, 2012by canoe & communications 17 Comments

A voyage through space is the ultimate concept and adventure travel.  I’m combining two photo challenges, Sunday Post: Concept and Travel theme: Circles, with photos of real equipment and models of it […]

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Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel

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