A Traveler's Photo Journal

Madrid

Posted on July 29, 2010 by volovecto

Puerta Alcala

Detail from the Puerta Alcala

Puerta Alcala

Window shopping at one of Spain's native son's shoe stores.

Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Puerta Alcala at night. Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Picasso's Guernica, 1937. Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

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SW Michigan

Posted on July 25, 2010 by volovecto

Grand Haven's city beach

Lake Michigan at Kirk Park

Private backyard beachfront along Lake MI

: Fernwood Farm, Fennville

Dawn, of Khnemu Studio, and her handbuilt dinnerware

Dawn's studio and shop

uPick farms near Fennville

Fenn Valley winery

Michigan grapes

One of the colorful shops in Saugatuck

Good Goods patio, Saugatuck

Volmod. Jeff Blandford's voluptuous modern ceramics, Saugatuck. http://www.volmod.com.

Interactive public art, Holland

Downtown Holland

Farmers' Market, Holland

market flowers

Windmill Island Gardens, Holland

Lake Michigan sunset

Douglas

Wild Dog Grille, Douglas

Douglas

The Old School House in Douglas, built in 1866.

Frederik Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids

Chihuli exhibit at the Meijer Gardens

MICHIGAN ARTISTS

Kate Moynihan; Four Seasons Summer

Kate Moynihan is a native Michigan artist. Her birch tree designs are her trademark images. She has a gallery and studio in Holland, Michigan.

James Brandess; Foxglove

James Brandess; Alta Mira

James Brandess, originally from Chicago, has been welcoming visitors to his studio-gallery in Saugatuck, Michigan for 16 years. (www.jamesbrandess.com)

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Sierra Nevada, Spain

Posted on July 25, 2010 by volovecto

Overlooking Trevelez, the highest village in Spain

Trevelez

Trevelez. Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Through the pass

Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Spanish Olives

Napolean

Napolean. Smart and sure-footed. A wonderful companion.

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Cayman Islands

Posted on July 24, 2010 by volovecto

Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman

Stringray City

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Mnemba Island

Posted on July 23, 2010 by volovecto

Mnemba Island, a private island off the tip of Zanzibar offshore from Tanzania, was one of my birthday destinations.

The doorless cabanas.

Champagne birthday toast, on a dhow in the Indian Ocean

Cocktail hour on Mnemba

Birthday dinner on Mnemba

Yes, they even put sparklers on my birthday cake.

Suni antelope, 12 inches high, aprox. 10 pounds

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Ireland

Posted on July 23, 2010 by volovecto

Horseback riding, Ring of Kerry

Kinsale

Somewhere in the Ring of Kerry. Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

near Waterville

Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

My stead Grundi, on the beach near Waterville

Near Kilarney; Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Muckross House and Gardens, Kilarney. Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Hunter's Hotel, Co Wicklow. Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Hunter's Hotel. Photo Credit: Teresa Favazza

Dublin doors

Guinness Brewery rooftop pub

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Lake Manyara National Park

Posted on July 23, 2010 by volovecto

: The sign at the entrance to the Lake Manyara National Park

Tree climbing lion at the Lake Manyara National Park

Our wonderful guide Abdul who knew the names of all of the hundreds of bird species

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Art from Tanzania

Posted on July 22, 2010 by volovecto

Masks from the western Serengeti

Beaded crocodiles from the Grumeti Game Reserve area

A Maasai woman wearing bead work

Bead work for sale at a Maasai village near the Ngorongoro Crater

A tiny shop of Maasai art in Stone Town, Zanzibar

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My mother and I spent the first week of September 2003 on the small cruise ship Wilderness Discoverer, 90 passengers, exploring the inland waterways of Alaska’s southern coast. We began our journey in Sitka, stopping in Haines City, Petersburg, Glacier Bay, and ending in Juneau. The small size of the boat was what attracted us to Glacier Bay Cruise Lines, my first cruise experience.