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Looking for Quiet in a City of 8.5 Million?
We were, while visiting Bangkok. It’s a wonderful place to visit, but sometimes it’s nice to shift pace a bit. Where to go? We chose Lumpini Park; click here to see more of our visit to this urban oasis.
Read MorePostcards from Phuket
Patong, Thailand is not exactly a laid back spot. A beach resort town on the west coast of Phuket Island, it dips into the Andaman Sea. At Impiana Resort, though, we found a beachfront oasis of calm.
Read MoreThinking About This Year’s Travel? Think Palma de Mallorca
If you’re looking for holiday ideas and love sunshine, history, shopping and a stretch of sand, consider Palma de Mallorca. I’ve published a few shots and comments on our visit there; click here to see the article.
Read MoreIt’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like …
… winter! Hi, everyone. While I’ve been active on my other website, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest (to say nothing of work and life), I’ve been chafing at the thought of all the images I’ve captured but not yet published to Shelagh’s Lens. So,…
Read MoreThe Stuff of Dreams
Taking a long weekend after some full days at work meant an opportunity to visit Seattle a couple of days ago. While we’ve been through the city for air travel, I’d never before set foot outside the airport. Staying in…
Read MoreChristmas is a’Comin …
… and the geese are getting fat. Not that we plan on catching or feasting on any of these creatures, though. While there was a great deal of grooming, flapping and fluffing of duck feathers, along with the occasional water bombing of…
Read MoreAutumn in Vancouver
The leaves have turned and are dropping in ever increasing numbers. Enroute to the beach earlier today, I had to stop and nab some shots of the beautiful canopies sheltering a nearby street. These shots give some sense of the maturity of…
Read MoreNight Falls
… on the Oregon coast, with summer strollers eking out every minute of light as clouds sweep in over the waters.
Read MoreThe Night Shift
Yesterday, I published the lower image below, of a lifeguard on duty during the early evening hours at Vancouver’s Spanish Banks. This new image will give you a glimpse of one of the lifeguard’s colleagues later the same evening….
Read MoreA Job With A View
How are these for working conditions? Perched above the sands, the life guards at Vancouver’s beaches keep a watchful eye over people splashing and swimming in our waters. Here, in an image captured following our Friday night barbeque at Spanish…
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