A Happy New Year

Counting the days to the New Year, to new footsteps on new sand, new oceans of peace and the wide open possibilities of the future.


Happy New Year to you, with our heartfelt wishes for the best of your years to come.

Scarlett and Viaggiatore

Wordless Wednesday

Leap of Faith

One Night With The King

Maybe it's luck. 

Maybe it's charm, grace, or an Egyptian blessing from the boy king himself.

Tonight will find me photographing the King Tut gala and exhibit opening at the Denver Art Museum.

I am nothing short of ecstatic about this opportunity.

The board presenting this gala have decided to call it "Flappers and Pharaohs Bash" and tie in a roaring twenties theme complete with flappers, gangsters and Tommy guns galore to coincide with Harold Carter's 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb. 

I can't really see the connection between a rough and tumble dangerous party era and one of the most fascinating and mysterious ancient kings in the history of mankind... but it's going to be a lot of fun!

What do you think... Flappers and Pharaohs? Do these images show any resemblance to each other?

Think Al Capone knew how to walk like an Egyptian?

The chance to photograph King Tutankhamen's artifacts and listen to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, speak about him, will be one of those special life experiences that I never forget.  The fact that they're letting me photograph it is one of the great highlights of the night for me.  One night with the King. I can hardly wait!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Just A Note Or Two

A: Viaggiatore and I are very glad to be back! It's been a long break this time. Too long!

B Flat: Congratulations to Michelle of Bleeding Espresso for winning the Wandering Expedition! We may have one again at some point in the future... Viaggiatore and I do love to travel! So does Michelle, as it turns out!

C: Scarlett was extremely lucky and got to do a photo shoot/story with Harrison Ford this last Saturday. His fiance Calista Flockhart and their son were there as well. I will not post all the really good shots, because those are for publication elsewhere, but here's a sweet hello from them to you:

D: There is another upcoming journey which Viaggiatore and I will be posting about soon! We haven't seen the ocean since April and it's time to go again; although I have a feeling it will be much too cold to put our toes and paws into the waves! We'll enjoy the creme pie and delicious Italian food from the little Italy neighborhood in the northern part of this old seaside town. We'll walk trails and beaches, see stunning works of art and even drop in on Harry Potter! Of course, we couldn't visit Harry without bringing Mr. Black along for the adventure! Photos and stories to come in a few weeks.

E: Viaggiatore and I are off to enjoy Turandot from the Met Opera tomorrow night; no photos but definitely comments from that, to come soon as well.

Until we wander back again!

At Home In Scotland

I'm glad that I have the photographs, because somehow the entire adventure seems like a dream. Was it real?

Sir Walter Scott memorial in downtown Edinburgh


Stained glass window looking over the tomb of King Robert the Bruce


Dunfermline Abby was the birthplace of my 15th (and favorite!) Great-Grandfather, King James I of Scotland.


The tomb of my 18th Great-Grandfather, King Robert the Bruce, at Dunfermline Abby


Stonehaven is taking proposals for speed limits on their highway... so, what do you think? I think 100 is fine!


Viaggiatore meets a Scottish lion, guarding the grounds at Edinburgh Castle


Statue of King Robert the Bruce at Edinburgh Castle


Edinburgh Castle


Bagpipes


Edinburgh


Stirling Castle and a memorial to King Robert the Bruce


Stirling defense


The Jetson mobile parked at Stirling Castle (yes it only has 1 door and 3 tires)


Path to Stirling Castle


Springtime in Scotland


Park anywhere you like, any way you like.
Really.

A beautiful Scottish sunset on the road back to Edinburgh


Flodden Field in England, where the Battle of Flodden took place, and where one of my Great-Grandfathers, Duncan Campbell, died in battle on 9 Sep, 1513, along with 10,000 others.


A river bridge between Melrose Abbey and Flodden Field


Melrose Abbey where the heart of King Robert the Bruce, my 18th Great-Grandfather, is buried.


I wanted a rainbow in Scotland and I got one! Welcome to Peebles!

"A noble heart may have no peace if freedom fail" inscripted on the memorial over the resting place of the heart of King Robert the Bruce, my 18th Great-Grandfather


Melrose Abby, where the heart of King Robert the Bruce rests


Bridge to Scone Palace


Scone Palace, crowning site of Scottish Kings


There is a garden star shaped maze at Scone Palace; this fountain is at its center


An albino peacock in the gardens at Scone Palace


The Stone of Destiny in front of the chapel at Scone Palace, where four of my Great-Grandfathers were crowned Kings of Scotland


The ocean in Stonehaven on a stormy rainy morning


Mr. Black in New York


The Empire State Building


My friend Jackie asked me to bring her back a Scottish gent...


Triple Deckers...

There And Back Again... Paris & Versailles

Ahhhh.... April in Paris...


Round and round we go...


Keeping time...


Mr. Black and I made friends! Please meet Louis


Viaggiatore made lots of new friends, too!


Where the light is pink in Paris...


Bon Apetit!


The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles


Viaggiatore met this new friend at the Louvre


Angels abound...


Sunlight through stained glass at Notre Dame


A bridge over calm waters


Guarding the bridge... Viaggiatore loved meeting all the Parisian Lions!


Standing at attention on the Seine


The Sacred Heart


Flowing Seine


The only sphinx in the Louvre with an intact nose


Saint Michel defeating the devil


A close look at the Eiffel Tower


Ways to get from here to there


Con Te Partiro... just for us!


Aphrodite of Milos
She was made between 130-100 BC! She looks mahvelous!


The lions at Versailles were small but very friendly!