-
-
Recent Posts
Topics
- Africa
- Architecture
- Art
- Austria
- baking
- Beach
- California
- Canada
- Chickens
- China
- Colorado
- Culture
- Curling
- Customs
- eSwatini
- Flowers
- Food
- Garden
- Gardening
- Gardens
- Germany
- Gnomes
- Greece
- Health
- Hiking
- History
- Home
- Language
- Las Vegas
- Life
- Michigan
- Money
- Mountains
- Movies
- Music
- National Parks
- Nature
- Nevada
- New York City
- Ohio
- Pacific Coast Highway
- Packing
- PCV
- Peace Corps
- peace corps swaziland
- Peace Corps Volunteer
- Permagarden
- Photos
- Planning a trip
- postcards
- postcrossing
- Rock climbing
- Rocks
- Rome
- safari
- Salzburg
- SiSwati
- Skiing
- Snow
- South Africa
- State parks
- Sunset
- Swaziland
- Theater
- The fair
- The Netherlands
- The Sound of Music
- Top 5
- Tradition
- Traditions
- Travel
- Tulips
- Utah
- Venice
- Wildlife
Categories
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Thursday Traveler: Alison Kemp
This past Thursday, Amanda from A Dangerous Business featured me as her Thursday Traveler. You should read my interview, where you’ll get to find out the one place I want to go before I die, my proudest travel moment and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Postcard arrival: The Netherlands, England
In the last week I have received seven postcards! In this post, I am beginning with another lovely picture of the bulb fields in the Netherlands. I don’t mind at all that I get so many postcards from there because … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Postcards
Tagged England, Flowers, postcards, postcrossing, The Netherlands, Tulips
1 Comment
“So now you have a crush on Christopher Plummer…”
…says the clerk at my hostel in Stratford, Ontario, on Friday morning. Really, I already had a crush on Christopher Plummer, but only on a much younger Plummer of “The Sound of Music” variety. After “The Tempest” at Stratford Shakespeare … Continue reading
Posted in North America, Travel Narrative
Tagged Canada, The Sound of Music, Theater, Travel
2 Comments
Wednesday photo: Coney Island
Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., is one of those storied places. When I spent a summer there in 2008, I knew I had to visit the beach and boardwalk. I ended up visiting four or five times because there were … Continue reading
Posted in North America, Photos, U.S., Wednesday photo
Tagged Beach, Food, New York City, Photos, Travel
2 Comments
It’s fair time, part 2
I am usually so good at planning out my time, but this coming weekend is a major failure. It’s fair time next week, and I have a lot of work to do. I have to prepare my three photos, and … Continue reading
Posted in North America, Photos, Travel Narrative, U.S.
Tagged Art, Flowers, Food, Germany, Ohio, Photos, The fair, Travel
3 Comments
It’s fair time!, part 1
Over the past couple of weeks I have had my fair (pun definitely intended) share of fair activities. I went to the Wood County Fair and to the Northwest Ohio Antique Tractor Association’s tractor square dancing. Friday afternoon and evening … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, North America, Tradition, U.S.
Tagged Movies, Ohio, The fair, Tractor pull, Travel
2 Comments
Wednesday photo(s): Elgin/Parthenon Marbles
Known as the Elgin Marbles by all the world except for Greece, which calls them the Parthenon Marbles, they have a storied history. These marbles include statues from the pediment and friezes. A few of these marbles were left on … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Photos, Wednesday photo
Tagged Art, Greece, History, London, Photos, Travel
2 Comments
Postcard arrival: Finland
Another postcard from Finland! I don’t mind receiving a quarter of my postcards from Finland just because they have sweet stamps. This one isn’t a rectangle! Also interesting about this postcard is that the sender is traveling to Lapland and … Continue reading
BalloonFest at night
On Friday night during my lunch break at work, I headed back to the BalloonFest to see hot air balloons illuminated. The illumination didn’t last long, but even so, it was pretty sweet. Earlier in the day I participated in … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, North America, Travel Narrative
Tagged Hot air balloons, Movies, Ohio, Travel
3 Comments
BalloonFest: A flight over Findlay, Ohio
Today I went for a ride on a hot air balloon for a video/article for work. Later, I will post that video here, but for now, I just wanted to share a couple of photos from my morning.