Travels (Travails?)

Austin, TX

Austin, TX

Austin, TX

Between LA and Bakersfield, CA (shamelessly showing that we had a Mercedes Rental car!)

Phoenix, AZ ("Hole in the Rock" front side)

Phoenix, AZ ("Hole in the Rock" back side)

Over the last several months I have had to travel for business.  I haven't done that for quite a while and certainly not this frequently.  To be honest, I don't travel well - I miss my family and my 'space' and my routines.  Having said that, there certainly are some great aspects to it.  I have gotten to see some new places, meet some great people, eat some good food - and take some photos!  I've posted some of these pictures on Facebook, so sorry for the repetition.

Monochrome

This picture looks like it had the 'monochrome' effect added to it - it didn't.  It's a panorama picture taken at Beacon Bible Camp (the men from our church had a retreat there).  On the far right of the picture is the corner of "Uncle Charley's Cabin".  This modest cabin belonged to the man who founded Beacon Bible Camp and donated the land (400 acres!) for the camp.

This scene is really beautiful - both the beautiful simplicity of the monochromatic imagery and the beautiful simplicity of a very generous man.

Eyelashes

If you zoom in you will see that hummingbirds have eyelashes!  Who would have known.  I love these happy discoveries.  This picture (and about 15 others) were taken from inside the cottage through a fairly dirty window.  Very surprising how sharp this picture turned out.  Yet another example of the serendipitous joys of photography!