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A DAY IN SEDONA
The Landscape of Red Rock State Park – The Art in the Galleries
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Amelia Earheart, Arizona, Clouds, desert, nature, photography, Red Rock, sky, State Park, sunset, Tlaquepaque Arts
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40 More Days of Outdoor Memories
Covid 19 Taketh Away, but these Photos Remindeth When Covid 19 started us sheltering at home, and I started posting daily photo reminders of lovely outdoor memories, I didn’t think I would be doing this for three months and counting. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Amazon, Austria, beach, Brazil, Cherry blossoms, Covid 19, Germany, Lencois, nature, New York, Outdoor, Painted Hills, Pantanal, photography, rainforest, Rio, Spreewald, Stahnsdorf, sunset
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40 Days of Outdoor Memories
Thanks A Lot, COVID 19! Back in early April, when it became clear we would be hunkering indoors for at least the next month, barely getting out, and certainly not doing any traveling, I started posting on my social … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, botanic garden, Bryce Canyon, Central Park, Cherry Blossom, Covid 19, Death Valley, Devil's Golf Course, Dunedin, Escalante, Florida, Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Japanese maple, Lake Powell, Madison, North Rim, Notre Dame, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Rainbow Bridge, Red Rock Canyon, Rodin, Staten Island, sunset, Valley of Fire, Versailles, Zion
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GRAND CANYON – BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL
Taking a Morning Hike Down into the Grand Canyon The morning of our final day at the Grand Canyon, we took the Bright Angel Trail down to the first rest house and back up again. These first pictures … Continue reading
Sunset in the Trailer Park
Just a little amuse bouche of photo and music quiz in between larger courses of Two-fisted Touristing Ed and I stayed a few days in an airbnb 20 miles south of the Grand Canyon (major photo blog post to … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged A Single Man, Arizona, beTwixt beTween & beTWAIN, Christmastime in the Trailer Park, Don Henley, Ed Elder, Fiddler on the Roof, Kate Bush, Mississippi, musical, photography, Sunrise Sunset, sunset, Sunset Grill, Sunset on the River, Tom Ford, Trailer Park, Y'All
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BEFORE THE SUNSET – with the Sun Song Quiz
The lady saw me walk onto the middle of the street with my phone out, and said to Ed “he’s taking a picture of the sunset” in that universal “that’s so sweet” tone of voice. Except it wasn’t quite the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, Blondie, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, Fish People, George Michael, Hair, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Let the Sunshine In, Moonlight, Sun King, Sunrise Sunset, sunset, The Beatles, The Flesh Failures, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV
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TOTAL ECLIPSE in PAINTED HILLS, OREGON
The Total Eclipse of August 21, 2017 As Seen from the Magnificent Painted Hills, Oregon With Eclipstastic Music! We left Redmond, Oregon, at 7:15am. Madras, just north of Redmond, would be smack in the path of totality, but we decided … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 2017, A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, August 21, Black Hole Sun, Blondie, Bonnie Tyler, C Moon, David Bowie, desert, Eclipse, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, George Michael, Good Day Sunshine, Good Morning Sarshine, Hair, Here Comes the Sun, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Lea DeLaria, Let the Sunshine In, Man on the Moon, Moonage Daydream, occlusion, Oregon, Painted Hills, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, REM, Shoe Tree, Sole Tree, Soundgarden, Sun King, sunflowers, sunrise, sunset, The Beatles, The Dark Side of the Moon, The Great Gig in the Sky, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV, Total Eclipse of the Heart
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Brasília in Twilight
Brazil – Brazil Choir / Brazil String Orchestra / Quatuor Ébène / Richard Héry The last day of our second trip to Brazil, August 2016, was spent traveling from Manaus, in the Amazon, to Campinas, just north of São Paulo, … Continue reading
BRAZIL – Floating Forests, Piranhas, and Sunsets of the Amazon
Above, the Jungle Lodge, where we stayed for a weekend Amazon Adventure on the Urubu River BRAZIL (Bachianos Brazil Samba) – Michael Kamen Below views of the Urubu River from the Lodge tower. The Urubu river gets its name from … Continue reading
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI – a mini musical adaptation
I recently created the TWAIN page, where you can read about stories and listen to musical excerpts from my Mark Twain musical comedy beTwixt, beTween & beTWAIN. Below I will reproduce a complete scene from the musical, the mini-adaptation … Continue reading
A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 4 (It’s been epic, wouldn’t you say…?)
And we are back for the final installment of our musical and photographic excursion into the Spreewald(lieder) – Spree Forest (Suite). (Head here and here and here for the first three parts.) The Duo Elysée performed Spreewaldlieder in concert on … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged bisbigliando, classical music, concert music, duet, Duo Elysee, flute, Germany, glissando, harp, song cycle, Spreewald, sunset, tourism, train, wild flowers
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