I have kicked Instagram to the curb but still want a quick place to post a photo or video as the spirit moves me. I am going to try this solution for a while and see how it works. Alternatively I have sorted photos on my google drive and linked them on my photography page.
But here are the latest:
Finally, after a week of wet dreary weather. Sunny and 60 degrees all week. I declare winter 2025 over.
Another travel day
fine dining at the Bucharest Ikea
Not photoshopped.
Jan 15 2025.
All packed up. 3 months with 15 lbs.
Wake up to winter
First snowstorm dropped almost a foot of snow. Time to start packing up.
Drove over to the desert to see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Could only see it in long exposure photos though.
The northern lights were faint but again the long exposure photos saved the effort.
Beauty and the Beast.
This might be the end of spring last rainy days. Looks like a warm dry summer starts this week.
Full Circle.
Good last Sunset from Germany.
And I’m off again
My last sunrise in Sardinia
Everyday this old man (easily 90+) rows out to the bay to cast his nets.
Zoey, the boat dog.
Sardinia sunrise.
The internet is always watching….
me at the beach in Torre Grande
Sardinian countryside dog walk
Here I go again….
Calm between the storms….
Cold sunrise with city lights under the fog…
Winter begins:
Hopefully the wakeup view next fall:
1/2″ of rain yesterday and more today. But a pretty break from the weather at this morning.
I have spent so much time getting the cabin ready for winter wet and wind, I forget the insides are coming along too. In order; living room/kitchen, bath stairway and first floor bedroom in the distance.
As of 9/16. Seeing if slow and steady really does win the race.
3 days of 100°+ days. Slowed progress for sure.
One last lumber load. (Hopefully!!!)
4 days work got me 4 walls up.
Subfloor is screwed and glued to the joists. Still need to do some trimming to get everything as square as possible
I placed all the joists on to the foundation
The cabin is here, at least the floor.
Mother Nature doing my dishes.
Going through the trail cam from the winter. This big boy stopped by a couple times.
Here are google drive links to my 2022/23 travel pics:
So Far…..
Manitou Springs incline in Colorado Springs:
Garden of the Gods hike in Colorado Springs:
Val Du Loire, France, mostly in the city of Tours
I think you can leave comments by clicking on a photo if you are so inclined. Otherwise here are more recent pics (and even a video)……….
The upside of wild fire season is some cool landscape photography
Right between the 2 mountain tips, you might be able to see a dim showing of the Northern Lights. Yes, That is the big dipper on the left and Perseus on the right.
A church with a sense of humor in Zillah, Washington
Not a big wildfire season so far but there is still some smoke in the air.
The Deer have been visiting a lot this summer. This one came by at a particularly photogenic moment.
Famous last words but the last step getting water on the property
The neighbor Elk
 Spring Snow |
 7″ of Snow on April 9th, 2022 |
How I spent my Christmas
Wyoming has some pretty fantastic Sunsets. I guess I like grain elevators too.
There are some pretty photogenic Grain Elevators out West. This one in Montana.
Sunset over the Cody Walmart
A chilly Sunset from the Wintershed Deck. Fall 2021
The night sky with the lights of Yakima on the left, the glow from a wildfire on the right and the Southern Tail of the Milky way between them.
Summer 2021
The Wintershed is getting ready for its closeup. Summer 2021
Late night visitor. Summer 2021
When you run out of material, there is always demo day. Reworking the shed door. Summer 2021
As far as I got before I ran out of materials over Memorial Weekend
A couple of Elk stopped by during my morning coffee
May 19, The last frosty morning?
Going to use salvaged materials to enclose the coffee deck
The view from the deck last year and after the clearing work this year.
Apr 19 – Finally able to drive all the way into camp
New cabin build is in the works. Here is what it looks like on paper.
Late March, Still getting snow.
Hauling my stuff in
I had a winter visitor
Everything is still standing after a big windstorm a couple weeks ago. Maybe I do know how to build stuff.
Got stuck twice in one day trying to get close to the property
Vintage American cars make up this version of Stonehenge in Alliance Nebraska
I think the “American Gothic” lady is very disappointed with her new companion. Eldon, Iowa
You can always find me in the middle of everything.
Here is a link to more geographic markers.
The building in the opening credits from the US version of “The Office”
Man in Black