Anaxila / Shoots

She Has An "A"

2007-11-15T21:56:00.001-08:00

On the entrance walls of an estate in Regensburg, Germany. March 2006

Alankrita flower

2007-11-14T19:57:00.001-08:00

My weekend at Alankrita wasn't quite what I expected, but it did give me a good opportunity to practice with the macro settings.

Near Hyderabad, India. October 2005.

Kinsale

2007-11-13T19:54:00.001-08:00

The harbor at Kinsale, as viewed from across the bay at Charles Fort.

Kinsale, Ireland. December 2006.

Olympic Moss

2007-11-12T07:07:00.000-08:00

This isn't even in the "Hall of Mosses" in the Olympic rain forest. It's just a tree by a lake. But it certainly gives a good sense of how much rain there is there.

Near Lake Crescent, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. September 2006.

Rocky Irish Hills

2007-11-11T18:36:00.003-08:00

Somewhere on the west side of County Cork, on the road to Mizen Head. Ireland, May 2006.

Sleepy Saturday

2007-11-10T18:36:00.000-08:00

Coming home late last night after a hard week of travel... this is pretty much me today. Curled in on myself, shielding my eyes from the sun, and burrowing in.

'Kenzie, in repose at home. February 2007.

Mount Vesuvius

2007-11-09T20:41:00.001-08:00

Pompeii was a bit of a disappointment, all the interesting artifacts long-since stripped from the site and shipped off to Naples. But what a volcano! I can't imagine what it looked like with its peak intact.

Pompeii, Italy. March 1997.

Taj

2007-11-08T20:09:00.001-08:00

The heat, the jetlag, the strangeness of the whole experience so far, the overwhelming beauty and shabbiness of the site, the palpable sense of history being alive... no one's surprised I burst into tears, right? Co-workers be damned; it was a good cry.

Agra, India. October 2002.

Minneapolis Askew

2007-11-07T20:06:00.001-08:00

I am known among friends for my tilted photos, but this is the most extreme tilt I've ever done without meaning to. I like it a lot, though. I was leaning out over the bridge railing, trying to capture the bridge and not really paying attention to the horizon line. Obviously.

Minneapolis, Minnesota. August 2007.

Whiskey Storage

2007-11-06T20:04:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure why they decided the best way to get casks of whiskey onto upper storage floors was to have a man carry them on his back up steep railing-less staircases. Yikes. Old Midleton Distillery, Midleton Ireland. March 2007.

Danube

2007-11-05T20:03:00.000-08:00

The Danube River, flowing through Regensburg, Germany. March 2006.

Gaol

2007-11-04T17:00:00.001-08:00

Something tells me the Cork Gaol didn't have quite the same airy, openness during its dark days as a prison for the poor and politically inconvenient. Cork Ireland. May 2006.

Coffee & Pepper

2007-11-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

Coffee and pepper grow together in these plantations. The pepper grows up the trunk of trees, like ivy clinging to the bark. The coffee plants stay lower to the ground. I'm not sure what it is about these crops that makes them compatible, but all the farmers grow both. Coorg, Karnataka, India. September 2005.

Space Needle

2007-11-02T16:59:00.000-07:00

Shot from the ferry. September 2006.

Noisy Signs

2007-11-01T16:59:00.000-07:00

Signs vying for attention among the electrical wiring. Near Charminar. Hyderabad, India. November 2005.

Died and Gone to Heaven

2007-10-31T16:51:00.000-07:00

I liked very little about the British Museum, but her Reading Room rendered me absoutely speechless. Read more on Wikipedia. London England. April 2006.

Bath Abbey

2007-10-30T16:50:00.000-07:00

The famous Abbey. Bath England. April 2006.

Cooling Off

2007-10-29T16:49:00.000-07:00

Despite the appeal of the buddhist museum that drew us all to this island originally, the biggest crowd was at the landing of the lake. It was just unbearably hot that day, and all the fans in the world couldn't hold us inside the museum no matter how alluring the statuary.

Nagarjuna Sagar, near Hyderabad India. October 2005.

Fleet Week

2007-10-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Sailor on the USS Milius during Fleet Week tours in Seattle Washington. August 2006.

Parliament Square

2007-10-27T16:47:00.000-07:00

Protest signs in Parliament Square. London, England. April 2006.

Fota Peacock

2007-10-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

I've run into peacocks unexpectedly more times than is probably typical, but I've yet to see one with his feathers unfurled. It must be amazing.

Fota Wildlife Park, near Cork Ireland. May 2006.

The Best There Is

2007-10-25T20:55:00.001-07:00

Those Italians... they're not stupid. The keep David sqiurreled away in a minor museum that doesn't otherwise have much going for it. Because how can you go to Florence without visiting David? And an extra museum admission fee is just what the doctor ordered. Still - it's worth every penny and I'd pay it again a hundred times over. David is simply awesome.

Florence Italy. April 1997.

Custard Apples

2007-10-24T20:09:00.001-07:00

Even though I know we don't have them here, I still look for custard apples every time I walk through the produce section in a grocery store. I hear they may have them somewhere in the south, but so far I've never even seen one in the United States. They're one of the many things I miss so much about India.

Hyderabad India, October 2005.

Doorway

2007-10-23T20:22:00.003-07:00

Random pretty doorway in Regensburg city center. Germany, March 2006.

Spice Vendor

2007-10-22T20:22:00.000-07:00

Street spice vendor in Hyderabad India, November 2005.