I spent a fair chunk of yesterday at Pedernales Falls State Park with 9 energetic 11 and 12 year olds, only two of whom ended up falling in the river....
Back to motorcycle racing today. Here’s Valentino Rossi, “The Doctor,” of Movistar Yamaha racing in the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas...
If you happen to find yourself on the island of Mull off Scotland’s west coast, you should definitely find time to take a day trip to Iona, a very...
A yacht seen sailing in the Sound of Mull just off the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the west of Scotland. If you are a sailer, there can’t be too many...
I was delighted to hear last week that Jenson Button, long time Formula 1 driver, is keeping his seat in the McLaren for the next two years at least. Here’s...
One of the surprise highlights of our trip to Scotland last summer was a visit to Isle of Mull Cheese, a dairy farm and cheese producer on the island....
Justin Balog was obviously happy with the shots he had just taken from this perch at Nubble Lighthouse in Maine. The rest of us were also happy that this...
A haunting display of family nightshirts in the main living room/bedroom at Burns Cottage, birthplace of poet Robert Burns, in Alloway, Scotland.
The colourful harbour in Tobermory, the largest town on the island of Mull off Scotland’s west coast. The large building sitting on top of the hill...
“The Bubbles” are the two rounded hills visible on the opposite shore of Jordan Pond, one of the many bodies of water inside Acadia National...
Back to Formula 1 again today. We saw Daniel Ricciardo out of his car a few days ago but here he is driving at Circuit of the Americas during one of the practice...
I caught this image of a soaring gull on the island of Lunga in the Treshnish Isles during a day trip from Mull this summer. That day (source of the puffin...
While I’ve never sailed on Hebridean Princess, I can imagine that the experience of cruising around the Scottish islands on a small, luxury liner...
Looking west into the sunset from the top of Cadillac Mountain in Maine’s Acadia National Park. This was taken in early October during our 2014 NxNW...
The covered Great Court in London’s British Museum offers a wonderful mix of contemporary and classical architectural styles.
Daniel Ricciardo, driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team seen in Austin, Texas prior to the 2014 United States Grand Prix. This was Ricciardo’s...
I spent some time one morning last week down at my old church, Greyfriars Parish Church in Lanark, Scotland. Part of my interest in visiting was to meet...
Several famous bridges cross the river Tyne in the northern English city of Newcastle. The new Millennium Bridge, seen in the foreground here, tilts to 45 degrees...
It’s been a while since I posted anything really minimalist so here’s one taken a couple of days ago on the beach at Bamburgh in Northumberland...
