River Rafting

 

A view of a pair of red-breasted whistling ducks on a Costa Rican river raft trip.

Near Tamarindo Costa Rica

Fortitude

 

Last September, I posted a photo of the other side of this memorial statue.  

This side of the Edith Cavell memorial bears the words "Faithful unto Death" along with "Fortitude" and a regal lion.  

Edith Cavell was a British nurse during WW1 and her accomplishments and fortitude are well worth memorializing.  

London England

Looking at the Crowds

 

Standing on the steps of the British Museum and looking out at the crowds of people coming and going.  Imagine living in that building across the street.  You would have a great view of the imposing museum but you would also see thousands of people coming and going from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM every day of the week.  

London England

IAIA

 

Walk in front of the Institute of American Indian Arts.  

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Musee Rodin

 

The Rodin Museum!

Paris France

A Chihuly Tower

 

A very tall Chihuly glass tower inside the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Times Square

 

Times Square in brilliant color!

New York, New York

The Cloisters

 

The Cloisters, a branch of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Located in Upper Manhattan and overlooking the Hudson River, this branch of The Met is all about European Medieval Art and Architecture.  

New York, New York

Open House Day

 

Open House Day at the Very Large Array draws crowds of people (me included) who are interested in this array of radio telescopes pointed toward the stars.

Near Socorro New Mexico

An Illusion

 

A massive overhead video screen creates the illusion of an opening to the sky at 120 Fenchurch Street.  Enjoy the tree branches overhead while waiting to take the elevator to the rooftop gardens.

London England

Paternoster Square

 

Paternoster Square next to St. Paul's Cathedral.

London England

 Hodgson Water Mill

Dora Missouri

A Villa Full of Antiquities

 

The Getty Villa is dedicated to the art of ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria.  It contains over 44,000 Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD.  

Pacific Palisades area of Los Angles, California

Eurostar

 

Three Eurostar trains lined up at St. Pancras Station.

London England

An Aging Mansion

 

An aging mansion found on the island of Isola Madera.  It looks a bit tattered on the outside but there is beauty inside.

Isola Madera on Lake Maggiore Italy

Mountaintop View

 

The view from the top of Sass Pordoi, one of the tall mountains in the Dolomites Range of Norther Italy. 

The Dolomites, Northern Italy

Progression

 

A sculpture by Native American artist Dan Namingha called Progression.  It sits on the grounds of the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Flagstaff Arizona

A Merchant's Mansion

 

Fuggerhaus, is a 16th Century Renaissance merchant's mansion in the medieval town of Donauworth, Bavaria, Germany

Tropical Bird

 

A turquoise-browed motmot bird found a long a trail.

Tamarindo Costa Rica

Carbide and Carbon

 

The top of the Carbide and Carbon building built in 1929 as the headquarters of the Carbide and Carbon Company.  It was built in the Art Deco style with black granite and green and gold terra cotta along with gold leaf and bronze trim.

The building now houses a boutique hotel.

Chicago Illinois

The Cloisters

 

The Cloisters looking into the courtyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

San Juan Capistrano, California

The Walt Disney Concert Hall

 

The Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by the late Frank Gehry.

Los Angeles California

All Saints Church

 

A hidden gem in busy London England, the All Saints Church sits on a quiet street in the Fitzrovia area of London.  The beautiful Gothic-Revival architecture is worth seeing. 

London England

A Famous Bridge

 

The Ponte Vecchio Bridge over the River Arno.

Florence Italy

EPCOT

 

Spaceship Earth is an amusement ride at EPCOT.

Bay Lake Florida

Romanesque-Gothic Church

 

The Limburg Cathedral sits on a rocky ledge overlooking the Lahn River.

Limburg Germany

A Rocky Beach

 

The rocky Pacific Coast Beach at Tamarindo.

Tamarindo Costa Rica

The Chicago River

 

The Chicago River winding its way through a jungle of skyscrapers.

Chicago Illinois