This post is in response to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Starts with the Letters B or W.
This Stand Up Paddle Boarder is making a nice cutback at Pacifica State Beach.


This post is in response to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Starts with the Letters B or W.
This Stand Up Paddle Boarder is making a nice cutback at Pacifica State Beach.


My wife and I were exploring the south of France a few years ago when we stumbled across a fun-house mirror outside the Monte Carlo casino.

Photography Prompt: Oops!
Anything can happen as a wave closes out. With paddle bracing the wave for balance this Stand Up Paddleboarder keeps his eyes peeled for his next move.

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Thanks for the wonderful response to these images. It’s an honor to receive the Featured Blogger award from Cee.
While touring the east coast in October this year a few images were shot on the diagonal. Continue reading
I looked for paddle boarders on the American river but didn’t find a one. The weather was warm with a hint of breeze to keep the fall leaves falling. Continue reading
We visited Paris in 2014. Me for the first time, my wife for a revisit. It was everything I’d hoped for and more. The place is simply a feast for the senses. It seems only fitting to submit these images for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Patterns. There were hundreds. Mostly shot with my iPhone and edited with Snapseed.

A lineup of rental bikes.

Train across from Gare d’Lyon.

Staircase down the street from Gare d’Lyon
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We started and ended our New England adventure at Logan where water surrounds the greater Boston area. It was odd to have the ocean so near yet not be aware of its presence, it’s scent. But the leaves left me longing for more.
The stately yellow tree on Letti and Dan’s quiet little Cambridge street was my favorite. It must have peaked the week we arrived. In the early morning light it simply glowed.

One windy afternoon we returned to find the street littered bright yellow. The stairs to our neighbor’s porch wore a fresh dressing from the fallen leaves.

Returning from a week in Maine where I found flannel-lined jeans and an extra thick beanie my best friends we found our tree quite barren. The wind and chill had shaken the color right out of the hood.
The final image hints at winter with blues and cool pastels.
We’re headed for warmth and paddle boarding in the Florida Mangroves.
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