Terri’s challenge is to share images of places or things that are on our bucket list.
I created a bucket list many years ago. I’ve been checking things off and adding more items ever since.
Checking travel destinations off my bucket list.
Ireland and Scotland
Dingle Peninsula, IrelandBeach on the Wild Atlantic Way, IrelandHighland Cow, ScotlandEilean Donan Castle, Scotland
Hawaii
Green Sea TurtleDiamond Head LighthousePearl Harbor National Monumemt
Alaska
Glacier CalvingBrown Bear Mama and CubPair of OrcasBald EagleHumpback Whales bubble net feedingLanding on a Glacier
New York City
Statue of Liberty with Manhattan SkylineThe Lake in Central Park West, NYC
Checking wildlife sightings off my bucket list.
Bull Elk Bugling in Cataloochee Valley, NCTrio of Whooping Cranes, TexasSwam with the Manatees, Florida
My bucket list is constantly changing. I keep checking things off and adding new ones. Terri’s challenge has inspired me to start checking off a few more items!
“Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!” – Auntie Mame
This year Sea Otter Awareness Week is from September 22 – 28, 2024. In the 1800’s these animals were prized for their fur and by the early early 1900’s they were nearing extinction because of the over hunting. Hunting bans and conservation efforts have helped the population rebound but in some areas their population is declining. Some aquariums and zoos are offering special programs this week to celebrate the sea otters.
I fell in love with these adorable animals when I first saw them on a wildlife cruise in Seward, Alaska in 2013. They are so fun to see floating on their backs. Sometimes they hold on to each other to stay together. A mother otter will often float on her back with the baby otter on her stomach.
Are you enjoying watching the Paris Olympics and cheering on your country’s team? I sure am. 28 years ago, I wasn’t watching the Olympics on television. I was an Olympic volunteer.
During the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Henry, our daughter, and I were volunteers at the Olympic Yachting events in Savannah. For two weeks we got up at the crack of dawn to spend our days on the Day Marina, a floating barge system where the boats were launched and the athletes prepared for their events.
Athletes and volunteers rode a shuttle boat from the mainland to the Day Marina each day
1996 Olympics Yachting Day Marina in Wassaw Sound near Savannah, Georgia
Our job was to help with launch and recovery of the boats. It was great meeting athletes, coaches and trainers from around the world and to see the boats up close.
It was exciting to see the athletes returning to the Day Marina after their events.
USA Bronze Medalist Courtney Becker-DeyGold Medalist Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Being an Olympic volunteer was a once in a lifetime experience. The memories of those days will stay with me forever.
Edigio’s challenge is to feature images that show two rectangles. He explains “By two rectangles, I mean you have two dominant rectangular areas in your image. For many people, this is one of those compositional tools we use without thinking about it. These rectangles give balance, harmony, and unity to a composition.”
I had never heard of the idea of using two rectangles as a technique in photography before reading Edigio’s post. I was surprised to find many images in my archives that met his description.
Eleven years ago we were traveling around Alaska in our RV. All of the images in this post are from that trip.
The header image of the Eagle on a branch uses negative space to create the two rectangles. This next image shows how architecture can be used to define the rectangles in an image. This blue building is a good example of rectangles within rectangles.
Juneau, Alaska
For the next image the horizontal line at the edge of the water defines the two rectangles.
Moose in Denali National Park, Alaska
In the next image the two rectangles are defined by the horizontal line which divides the glacier in the upper rectangle and the water in the lower rectangle.
Calving on Aialik Glacier, Alaska
This sunset image is divided into two rectangles, the sky with the volcano in the upper rectangle and the water in the lower.
Patti has chosen cityscapes for this challenge. I’m not a city girl. I would much rather be in a small town, out in the country, or exploring nature.
There is one city that is near and dear to my heart and that is Savannah, Georgia. I was born in Savannah (I’m not telling you how many years ago that was) when my father was in the U. S. Air Force stationed at Hunter Air Force Base (now Hunter Army Airfield). We moved away when I was three years old. Many years later my husband’s job brought me back to Savannah. I’ve lived within 20 miles of Savannah for over 40 years.
Savannah is a popular tourist destination with it’s beautiful squares, ancient live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, a picturesque river front, Bonaventure Cemetery, and lots of history. Tourism increased after the release of John Berent’s novel “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”. In Savannah the novel is known as “The Book.” Hollywood discovered Savannah and it has become a popular filming location for movies such as “Forrest Gump”, “Glory”, “The Last Song” and of course the Clint Eastwood directed “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”.
Savannah City HallCathedral of Saint John the Baptist, SavannahOlympic cauldron from 1996 Olympics, Savannah, GeorgiaForsyth Park FountainRiver Street as seen from the Savannah Convention CenterWaving Girl Statue (Florence Martus) beside the Savannah River in Savannah, GeorgiaJohnny Mercer HouseBonaventure Cemetery in the spring
Wandering Dawgs 