Life

Vintgar Cottage
Reminiscent of a time long ago.
Prayers to Italy
Our hearts and prayers go out to our Italian sisters and brothers.
Memory Lane
We loved Venice and the intimate corridors that innately pause time and cause you to ponder.
If You Dare to Knock
....will you be answered?
Ancestors
The exposed skeleton of a once magnificent saguaro standing so closely to its living relative offers a thought provoking moment by Mother Nature of just how close our beloved ancestors are to us.
Moving Forward
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ~ Laozi
It's Only Time
Time slowly passes in one of the USA's most notable federal penitentiary.
Close Quarters
Close quarters on a quaint street in Valenca, Portugal.
A Night Out
A late night out in Cusco shows this Peruvian city remains quite active long after the sun has set.
Entrar
Do you ever wonder?
Time Doth Tell
A Quechuan woman crosses the street to go to market.
Family Tree
The branches may be many, but the trunk is always One.
Harvesting Salt
Established at the time of the Incas, the Maras salt mines in Peru are an intricate maze of tiny channels that direct the salty water from a subterranean stream into awaiting earthen pans. Once crystals start to form in a pan, the channel to that pan is turned off to allow it to dry at which time the salt is harvested.
Badge of a Pilgrim
This iconic symbol is not only worn by pilgrims as a sign of their pilgrimmage but it is the scalloped shell and yellow arrows that the pilgrim follows while on their Camino.
Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester Mystery House is a maze of eccentricity with twisting halls, doors that open to walls, and interior windows that open to stairs. A medium told Widow Winchester she was haunted by spirits of those who lost their lives to the Winchester rifle. The spirits told her she must build this house, and as long as the construction continued, her life would not be in danger.
Father Serra
Father Junipero Serra overlooking the cemetery as the day comes to an end at the Mission Dolores in San Francisco.
Grace
"Grace will follow us even when we are going the wrong way" ~ Ricky Maye
Come Sit with Me
"Silence is a source of Great Strenth" ~ Lao Tzu
Stuhr Barn
Stuhr Museum is a hands on living experience located in Grand Island, Nebraska dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Pioneers. This barn was one of dozens of buildings on the grounds, which includes an 1890's village, a farmstead, Pawnee Earth lodge, railroad town, school, church and various antique farm machinery.
A Place of Rest
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del rio Carmelo, or Carmel Mission, is a Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Carmel Mission was founded in 1770 and is a NPS National Historic Landmark. Restoration has been on going since 1884. The Spirit of this church can be felt the second your feet touch its grounds.
Day's End
The Gilbert, AZ Mormon Temple's meetinghouse basked in the glow of the day's end.
A frigid afternoon walk in Mason City, Iowa.
An Awanakancha weaver weaving a story out of alpaca wool dyed from various indigenous methods.
A Quechua woman going to market in Urcos, Peru.
Lit through a window of St. Demetrios' Chapel at St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Florence, AZ.
A table in St. Nicholas' Chapel at St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Florence, AZ.
The sun peaks through illuminating the final earthbound homes of these residents in New York's historical Green-Wood Cemetery.
The catacombs at the historical Green-Wood Cemetery in New York. The cemetery turns 175 years old on April 18, 2013.
This photo was taken on a visit to San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission in Carmel, California with my husband and two of our best friends from Australia. I'm in love with missions and make sure when traveling to visit at least one. They tell fantastic stories of struggle and of faith. This was a side entrance not opened to the public that we found on our self-guided tour.