Never too old to travel!
Even bronze turtles have a textured shell with bumps and ridges and squarish shapes. Just like real turtles do. But if you’re a tortoise at the Knoxville Zoo where kids one right after another take turns riding you and posing for pictures and patting you good-bye, you’re not patterned at all. You’re smooth. Patternless, as […]
Read More…One of the prettiest places to be in the great outdoors is Thornybush Game Preserve, South Africa. Our jeep pulled into an open spot on the plain so we could toast sundown with friends and revel in the fact that we were alive and traveling in beautiful South Africa near Kruger National Park. Such memories! For […]
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Looking forward each spring to seeing the blooms of my White Star White Magnolia.
Read More…At almost any point of any given day, Zion National Park offers fantastic views. On the afternoon of our visit, ever-lengthening shadows crept across this imposing juncture, causing minute-by-minute color changes while adding a sparkle to the stream below. For more fantastic photos on Ailsa’s site, Where’s My Backpack for Travel theme: Fantastic, click here.
Read More…The graceful arches of stately Southern trees form a suitable canopy over the road leading to Fort Clinch State Park on Fernandina Beach, Florida. The icing, so to speak, on all this Southern graciousness are the touches of green along the branches and wisps of Spanish moss that move delicately with the wind. For more […]
Read More…About the only environments free from this winter’s grip are the ones in jars! For more entries in Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack Travel theme: Environment, click here.
Read More…We feel hesitant, embarrassed almost, to post these pictures for a Travel Theme challenge. We didn’t travel. Not even to the mailbox. Like much of America, Knoxville was hit with ice storms. And like many people who encountered Winter Storm Octavia first-hand, we had none of what we now call essentials. No electricity. No cable. […]
Read More…The Great Cake Bake in Knoxville draws entries from some of the area’s finest bakers, cake makers, and even some novices interested in dabbling in the art of embellishment. With proceeds from admission tickets going to Dolly Parton’s Imagination of Knoxville initiative (to send books to children in Tennessee each month free of charge), cakes […]
Read More…While roaming through Fort Clinch State Park at Fernandina Beach, Florida, on a weekend when re-enactors were not only in costume but also in character, Bert wandered into a spacious room to take a look at an intriguing doorway. The “guard” moved in, seizing the moment to talk about the prison cell behind the door. […]
Read More…With over three hundred million lights, St. Augustine, Florida’s Nights of Lights lives up to its listing in The World’s 10 Best Holiday Displays by National Geographic. Now that’s a lot of sparkle! All over the city, historic buildings, plazas, trees, and even horse-drawn carriages are decked out in tiny lights. Tourists and locals alike seem to enjoy […]
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