I grew up on the Southern New England coast, and I remember the “triple-H”–hazy, hot, and humid–summers there. (I suppose they were good preparation for my family’s move to Florida when I was almost thirteen–the Sunshine State wasn’t as “hazy,” but its summers were even more hot and humid…and felt like they lasted about three times longer.) What I didn’t remember so well were the softness of the hills, the shore breeze, and the varied, […]
The 237th anniversary of this country’s birth seems like the perfect day to share some of the historical sites we photographed in Boston last month. One of the remarkable things about the Boston cityscape is the juxtaposition of old and new architecture. The Old State House wasn’t old–or surrounded by glass-walled skyscrapers–in 1776, but it was already the center of Massachusetts colonial politics, and of revolutionary ideas. In one of the first acts of colonial […]
Tall Paul got some decent pictures of me as we wandered around New England, so I thought I’d share a few with you. All photos by Paul Vasquez; collage made with PicFrame Top left: On the steps of the Rauner Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New HampshireTop right: Off the Kancamagus Scenic Highway near Lincoln, New HampshireBottom left: Outside the New England Aquarium and Simons IMAX Theater, Long Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts (and yes, we did see […]
The red-haired girl is off to college in New Hampshire this fall. We took a family trip to get acquainted with her new locale, and we saw a lot to love. Top left: father and son; Botton left: granddaughter and grandmother; Right: sister and brother My photos, edited with Snapseed and collaged with PicFrame; text by Phonto Posted with Blogsy document.write(”); Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog […]
I’m on a plane back to the West Coast today, leaving you the first of what will probably be several photoblogs from my trip back East. These “postcards” were created with the Postale app for iPad. It wasn’t a big vacation for reading, sadly, but it was a pretty good one for taking pictures, and there will be more to come… Posted with Blogsy Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe […]
Since the Linked-Up Wordless Wednesday crew solicited our May photo themes from the Moms in our lives, we’ve gone to the Dads for our June prompts. Today’s is “Sports (playing, watching, talking about..you know, guy stuff)” When it comes to spectator sports, I think minor-league baseball is major-league fun. Before I moved to Southern California, my home team was the Memphis Redbirds, AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Rooting for the home team: the […]
These photos were taken in and around New York City during my visit for Book Expo America 2012. Our Linked-Up Wordless Wednesday prompt this week is “Blue/Purple”–I’m a bit blue because I’m not back there this week at BEA 2013. #NextYearInNYC Top: Lower Manhattan, seen from New York Harbor. Botton left: Times Square. Botton right: the Chrysler Building. My photos, edited with Snapseed and collaged with PicFrame Loading InLinkz … Posted with Blogsy Subscribe to […]
I’m a day late to this week’s Linked-Up Wordless Wednesday because of a prior commitment to my friends at TLC Book Tours, but I hope you’ll click the thumbnails below (courtesy of the new link tool we’re using) to see what my WW friends were up to yesterday! I’ve been in Sacramento this week on my first-ever real business trip for my day job, learning lots of things about the accounting software we use. My […]
During my week in New York City for Book Expo America 2012, I developed a better understanding of the bloggers who go to events like BlogHer and don’t actually go to many of the functions at the event; they come to see the friends they only get to see off-line during these few days that bring them all together. When BEA 2013 comes around, I may be one of those bloggers myself; I felt myself on […]
Less than 24 hours after arriving in New York City almost two weeks ago, I was on a Statue Cruises ferry with Kim, Lu, and Teresa, off to visit Ellis Island (although Kim and Lu stopped off to see the Statue at Liberty island first). My camera was with me, and it was a beautiful day out on New York Harbor. I was snapping pictures all along the way. Some photo ops are setups, and […]
I was in New York City for Book Expo America last week, but most of my best photos were taken at places that had nothing to do with that particular event. I’ve put up a bunch of them on a Pinterest board, but these are a few special favorites. New York’s a photogenic gal, isn’t she? (Edits were made and effects added using PicMonkey.) Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to […]
A couple of weeks ago, I suggested that my experience at Book Expo America 2012 might not be all about books. And I guess that technically it wasn’t, since I cataloged slightly fewer books in a “Books from BEA” collection on LibraryThing this year than I did in 2011, but I brought back more than I’d expected to. And unlike last year, I actually did bring the books back home with me; they made my […]
