The Majestic Frog

[singlepic id=1119 w=640 float=center] Since there’s no reason anyone would understand the title of this post, I shall explain.  This was the rental car that Janet and I had in Colorado-Utah-Arizona.  I’ve mentioned it previously, but it was lovingly referred to as The Frog.  It was great, except the transmission… Continue reading

Grand River Downtown Grand Rapids

[singlepic id=1114 w=480 float=left] This was taken during Artprize 2012 – though it has nothing to do with Artprize, it was just a time when we were downtown in the late afternoon where the light was good for this shot.  Picture is looking North up the Grand River.  I can’t… Continue reading

Art Prize 2011

[singlepic id=1110 w=480 float=left] This was from Artprize 2011.  I generally like the large metal sculpture entries – the seem to fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum ranging from a plethora of craft-prize entries to the upper end of insanely detailed 30′ wide pencil drawings that have been… Continue reading

Cinque Terre – Vernazza

[singlepic id=1109 w=480 float=left] Toward the end of the first hike, we descended into the town of Vernazza allowing the vantage point for this picture.  Vernazza is the second town in Cinque Terre (when heading South). I have probably a dozen pictures from the five towns that I really like. … Continue reading

Cinque Terre – Monterosso

[singlepic id=1108 w=640 float=center] This is a portion of the town of Monterosso, the Northern most town in Cinque Terre, a set of five towns on the Eastern coat of Italy.  The previous afternoon had been rainy and we canned our plans to hike down into one of the towns… Continue reading

Catania Elephant

[singlepic id=1101 h=480 float=left] I took this while wandering around Catania, Sicily.  I knew nothing about it, other than it was something obviously important in town (elephant obelisks aren’t something you expect to see without reason).  As expected, Sicily is not rife with Elephants, so a google search for “Sicily… Continue reading