A few weeks back, the weekly photo challenge in Ricky Tims' class was Black and White.  We took photos and transformed them to black and...

In yet another of Ricky Tims' weekly Photo Challenges, we were to take photos that were "tack sharp", meaning that the entire ...

As I mentioned in an earlier post , I am taking Ricky Tims' online Photo Challenge class .  Work has been keeping me pretty busy, so I h...

Stuff Your Eyes with Wonder (Deborah C. Stearns, 2013) Trying something new, I began my Inspiration Series. I love to learn new things...

Holidays are often imbued with tradition -- personal traditions, family traditions, cultural traditions.  My Christmas traditions involve...

The last leg of our Icelandic journey took us through West Iceland on the way toward Keflavik. We saw these large, round, white puffs o...

Our last stop in the Westfjords was Holmavik , where we enjoyed a delicious meal of carp and potatoes and then visited the Museum of Iceland...

Just up the road from the seal colony is Litlibaer, a historical 19th century farmstead. Not only is it a charming home with historic ph...

After our stay in Ísafjörður, we drove back toward Reykjavík. The drive along the northern coastline of the Westjords (around Ísafjarðar...

On the drive back from Súðavík to Ísafjörður, I was on the lookout for more birds. Iceland hosts many different species of birds, partic...