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Travel Theme: Deep
I have been gone for far too long from this little page of mine. Ailsa’s weekly challenge is here to the rescue: This week’s theme is Deep. Deep like the tunnels of San Cristóbal in Puerto Rico....
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Travel Theme: Connections
Ailsa’s travel theme challenge this week is Connections. Here are some of mine: 1. Locking eyes with an osprey at the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve “Hello” 2. Reliving the past at George Washington’s...
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Cee’s Photo Challenge: Two’s Company
Cee’s photo challenge is Two. Here are mine: 1. A mountain and its reflection in the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, in winter 2. Two benches, shrouded in cherry petals along the Tidal Basin, last...
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Travel Theme: Fragrant
I love this week’s travel theme from Where’s My Backpack: Fragrant. Just think of the fragrance, and the memory comes alive. The musty smell of fallen leaves is the foggy morning at Rijster Bosch,...
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WordPress Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
This week’s WordPress’s Photo Challenge is Juxtaposition. Here are some images that sprang to mind: 1. Two soldiers lost in conversation at the Gettysburg 150th National Civil War Battle Reenactment 2....
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The King’s Golden Plover
This week’s Photo Challenge is Object. Here’s mine — an object I almost overlooked: the golden plover of the Ahu’ena Heiau, the temple that Kamehameha the Great chose as his own when he returned to the...
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Travel Theme: Pink
It is almost time. It may snow next week, but — no matter. The trees are waking up, the earth sighs with its first blooms, the birds are looking for mates. Spring is about to burst. And in DC, spring...
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Travel Theme: Below (Hiking over Harpers Ferry)
This week’s travel theme, “Below,” made me think of the serenity I felt while looking down on Harpers Ferry, where the Potomac and the Shenandoah rivers meet. It was a fine autumn day, and we decided...
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Travel Theme: Waves
I love this week’s travel challenge by Ailsa: Waves. So many memories come to mind, but here are five favorites. Smooth waves of petrified sand at Antelope Canyon, with its neighbors Owl and...
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Travel Theme: Routine
My January is half melancholy, half relief. I slip back into well-worn patterns, and find comfort in the familiar. There is beauty there, and surprises too. Ailsa’s Travel Theme, Routine, made me think...
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