Tag Archives: Sunset

Family Flashbacks (14): A Bird, A Breach, & A Beach

Posted on November 20, 2020 by krikitarts

Continuing my flashback California road trip report, on this date we gladly put the Artichoke Inn in our rear-view mirror, breakfasted again in the Moss Landing Café (no artichokes), and drove to a nearby departure point for Sanctuary Whale Watch … Continue reading →

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Troubadour

Posted on October 12, 2020 by krikitarts

I think back, now and then, just how lucky I’ve been With the lands I’ve been privileged to know, All the curious faces and magical places I’ve seen, How in many a new land I’ve taken a new hand In … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (23): Here Come the Sun(flowers)!

Posted on May 16, 2020 by krikitarts

This past week New Zealand’s Prime Minister reduced our risk status to Level 2, so things are slowly returning more closely to what used to be “normal.” However, we remain very cautious and plan to continue to be, until such … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (11): Sweet Sunset Serenity

Posted on April 17, 2020 by krikitarts

Nine years ago, almost to the day, we were making our first visit to the cabin for the year, and Squiddy was back with us from New Zealand for a couple of weeks. We only stayed up there  for two … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (4): Light In the Darkness

Posted on April 2, 2020 by krikitarts

This is among the last photos that I made on conventional film, on November 11, 1999 (it just happened to coincide with my parents’ wedding anniversary). I was on assignment in France, had just finished the day’s work, and was … Continue reading →

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Digression

Posted on July 15, 2016 by krikitarts

I’m sharing my spare time between experiences at the cabin and those that I enjoyed in Florida, and I’d like to digress from tropical subjects to a more contemplative one that came to me just a couple of days before … Continue reading →

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Melancholy Monday: Sunset silhouette

Posted on March 3, 2015 by krikitarts

It’s Melancholy Monday again. It’s appropriate because I’m just a bit lonely. I returned from a month in New Zealand four weeks ago and have been here alone since then (except for my amazingly wonderful blackitty, Leo the Magnificent). CD … Continue reading →

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Milestone 4C

Posted on May 15, 2014 by krikitarts

On this occasion of my 400th post, I wanted to present something really special, and I’ve been considering a sunrise to herald the dawn of next hundred, climbing toward the half-thousand mark, on the one hand, and a sunset to … Continue reading →

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Fleeting Beauty (1): Darwin

Posted on January 20, 2014 by krikitarts

A few days ago one of my photo friends, The Meanderer, in response to my first recent post about the rainbow in Naves, France, aptly described the moment as “fleeting beauty.”  I was immediately intrigued by this perceptive term, and … Continue reading →

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Reviewing (and reflecting on) 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by krikitarts

A most memorable year it has been, in many ways.  It would be not be at all difficult to provide full descriptions of the events that have helped to make it so, but I think it’s best to keep my … Continue reading →

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