Nine State Road Trip

From April 29 through May 7, we were on the road again, this time visiting nine states:

The catalyst for our journey was an invitation to attend the wedding of my husband Eric's first cousin once removed, whom he had never met.  They connected through Ancestry.com. We were delighted to attend a real Tennessee wedding .. Fun!  The bride and groom were married in the shade of a huge old tree and we enjoyed BBQ and Jack Daniels at the reception.  Perfect!

We spent much of our Tennessee time in Franklin, learning about the Battle of Franklin which was fiercely fought there in November of 1865.  The tour guides were especially informative as we made our way through the Lotz House, The Carter House and the Carnton Plantation, site of the wedding.

 We enjoyed people watching at the indoor flea market in Bowling Green, KY.

 My husband gets to meet the most fascinating people through his job!

 We're not really Corvette people, but we couldn't pass up the Museum.  Some beauties here, as well as the poorly damaged cars as a result of the sinkhole.

 Abraham Lincoln's replica cabin where he was born is housed in the majestic building on the middle left. 

 We hit some weather in Indiana ..

 We thoroughly enjoyed our visit with my stepson Brian and his lovely fiance, Emi.  We'll see them again for the Florida wedding in October.  Looking forward to it!

 A farm in PA, on the road home.

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Trip to Idaho and Oregon

From April 9 through 14, my husband Eric and I took a trip out West to visit his Mom and to meet up with both his sisters for the first time in many years.  It was wonderful catching up with family, and taking time to tour some of the area.  Here are a few photos from the 800+ that I took during the trip.

The hills above Baker City, OR ..

 The quaint town of Joseph, OR.  Many of the shops hadn't yet opened for the season.

 The Elkhorn Mountains, as seen from Pilcher Lake, OR

 A bucket list visit to see the Oregon Trail.  The Interpretive Center was wonderful. 

 The landscape in Enterprise, OR

 Roadside farm with a dramatic sky and young crops.

 Coming back to Baker City in the late afternoon rain.

 Small towns like this one can look spooky or they can look comforting. It depends on your viewpoint.

 A vague map of our route.  We flew into Boise and made the three hour drive up to Baker City, OR.  Joseph is another hour and a half north of Baker City. Beautiful country out there.

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2015 Teatown's Hudson River Eagle Fest

We spent this frigid Winter day, Saturday February 7th, in the company of good friends, admiring the many owls, eagles and other raptors being shown at the EagleFest.  It is a celebration of the Bald Eagle's winter return to the Hudson Valley.  Teatown's EagleFest is a broad collaboration of organizations united in their goal to promote appreciation of an environmentally healthy and vibrant Lower Hudson Valley. For more info:  Please click here.  Here are some of the images from the day, captured with my Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 70-200mm VRII 2.8 lens.

Master Falconer Brian Bradley with a Gyrfalcon in the snow.

Spectacled Owl

 Little "Mortimer", a tiny Saw-whet Owl who was found injured on the side of the road 15 years ago. He is blind in one eye. He is a great owl ambassador, having been seen by thousands of people. His handler, Bill Streeter of the Delaware Valley Raptor Center, expressed such gratitude to that man who took the time to stop and rescue him.

Brian Bradley with a gorgeous hawk.

Master Falconer Bill Streeter of the Delaware Raptor Center with a Golden Eagle.

A trio of Bald Eagles about a mile away.  Photo shot with my iPhone6 through the lens of a powerful Swarovski scope.

"Oona" the Snowy Owl

 

Barn Owl.

Screech Owl with lunch.

Red Shouldered Hawk

Brian Bradley's Gryfalcon caught the bait.

Master Falconer Brian Bradley with a hooded raptor.

Birders on the shore of the Hudson, viewing Bald Eagles far in the distance.

Beautiful cold winter landscape at George's Island, NY

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Sunset at the George Washington Bridge

This was a simple iPhone shot on our way across the George Washington Bridge, from New York City to northern New Jersey, where we live.  Then I ran it through HDR software and it really popped.  September 13, 2014.

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Too many photos? Not possible .. unless ..

I haven't posted recently but that doesn't mean I'm not out there shooting.  In fact, my husband and I recently returned from a whirlwind trip to Montana, Seattle and the San Juan Islands.  I came back with over 1300 images that I'm looking forward to editing and sharing.  Trouble is, my computer here has finally maxxed out with 36,905 photos, most shot in RAW.
So now my task is to get much of my work onto DVD's and move other work onto my 2TB external drive.  But that takes time.  A lot of it.  In the meantime, my stained glass business, Boehm Stained Glass Studio (click here for blog .. and here for website), has been hopping.



Here are three quick shots from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Washington .. 2,000,000 tulips were in this field alone.  There were 22 fields total, planted with tulips and/or daffodils and irises.  Beautiful!
More sooooon ...

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Trip photos - Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Montana

Back again .. We took several trips in September and October, and in late October/early November we were slammed by Hurricane Sandy, then a small earthquake, then a Nor'easter.  With all the power outages and time away from home, I finally have a minute to update what I've been shooting.

Here are some images from our recent travels (Click on any photo to enlarge .. Click on hot links to learn more about each location):

Milwaukee has an edgy, old side to it.  It inspired me to convert several images into black and white.

The Brew City Barbering Shop apparently offers free prostate cancer and colon cancer screening.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is a treasure ..

The Milwaukee Art Museum building is a work of art in itself.

As a stained glass artisan, I absolutely love the Dale Chihuly installation in the front lobby!  (Visit my stained glass website here).

 Milwaukee's Mitchell Park Conservatory (The Domes) features three different environments for plant life.  All beautiful and worth photographing.

ISO 250, F/5.6 @1/10s

We came upon an enormous wind farm in Illinois .. This was taken with my iPhone using the Lightbox app which offers several effects including cropping, and adding borders and captions.

 Cleveland's Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame was a wonderful, upbeat, step back in time .. but alas, they did not allow any photos to be taken inside.  So I took a LOT of all the painted guitars out front.

 Fall colors along every road, all 2200 miles from our trip to the Midwest.

 The tunnel leading to the Golden Gate Bridge .. ISO2500, F/5.6, 1/100s

 As a former resident of Sonoma County, CA (1986-1990), I love the coast .. Here we are coming up on Goat Rock Beach.

 Napa Valley Wine country, a couple of weeks before harvest.

And a few shots of the wide open spaces of Montana.

Teepee and mesa at Buffalo Jump State Park in Ulm, Montana

My Mother-in-Law holding a small violet Montana wildflower.

Gates of the Mountains, discovered by Lewis and Clark.  Majestic!

Great Falls Montana at night.

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