Category: Travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern
While climbing Giotto’s Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto) in Florence, Italy, I could appreciate the patterns covering the Duomo as I peeked through the windows of the winding stone stairwell. Climbing the 414 steps of the Tower provides such an incredible overview of Florence’s many patterns — from the red-tiled rooftops to the colorful marble…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture
The sidewalk café culture – one of the first five photos I took after stepping off the plane in Paris. Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary includes as one of its definitions for “culture”: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (as…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change
When I saw this week’s challenge theme, my oldest son and I happened to be traveling through Ohio to visit a couple of colleges over his spring break. We had some unscheduled time while staying in Wooster, Ohio to travel the Amish Country Byway of Holmes County, and enjoy the peaceful settings of the extensive…
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The Cure for the Extended Winter Doldrums
It snowed again. And again. That was our weekend, and our start to the week. I really shouldn’t complain, but misery loves company, and Northern Minnesota has a lot of miserable company as April continues its snowy reign. Because my faithful four-legged friend was short-changed for exercise this week, between work and family activity schedules…
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Hope and Renewal Through Nature
During this day of hope and renewal, nature speaks volumes, more than words ever will. Pour a glass of wine, make a cup of tea, or just sit back for a few minutes and take in the beauty of Glacier National Park. Reflect on what this season means to you. And for those who…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 