Art is Everywhere

Mariposa

So, I won’t be sharing all of my meals but I couldn’t resist a pumpkin quiche with goat cheese and café. A Spaniard would never miss an opportunity to embellish something, be it a wall, their bodies or even their food.

Calle de las Huertas – Madrid

Fachada

Quatro Perritos

Plaza Mayor – Early Morning

Guardia Civil – Puerta del Sol

Calle de Alcalá

Principe Pio

Peñafiel

Peñafiel Castle

I will be spending the next few weeks in the pueblo of Peñafiel, where my mother and grandmother were born, in the Valladolid Province of Castile and León. We spent many summers growing up here and in Madrid. The pueblo is well known for it’s castle and vineyards with some of the best wines in the Ribera del Duero region. My spirited nephew is also coming up from New Mexico to help me shore up the family homestead.

View from the East

Tia always keeps us well fed

Locals at a bullfight during Fiesta of Nuestra Señora and San Roque

Plaza del Coso Bullring

Bullfight during Fiesta of Nuestra Señora and San Roque

Las Cuevas del Castillo

Torre del Reloj

Hit the Road

The Old Premier Motel sign on Central Avenue

This was shot in Albuquerque during a recent visit.

Portlligat Museum-House

Salvador Dali’s bedroom

Mirror at the foot of Salvador Dalí’s bed in the Portlligat Museum-House, Salvador Dalí’s home from 1930 to 1982 – Portlligat, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí positioned a mirror so he could see the dawn from his bed and be the first Spaniard to see the sun rise. The Cap de Creus peninsula is the easternmost point of Spain.

Portlligat Museum-House

Self-portrait at the Portlligat Museum-House

Sadhus – Pushkar, Rajasthan

Publications

Rialto Beach - Olympic National Park

I was pleased to have a diverse collection of images published while I was away traveling this fall including shots from Seattle’s Solstice Parade and Boeing’s launch of the 787 Dreamliner. It’s always intriguing to see what images editors show interest in. It’s rarely the best shot you have or even what you think is the most striking.

In the current issue of to Condé Nast Traveler is my first contribution to the publication – this image from Olympic National Park illustrating their story on the world’s last great quiet places.

Crater Lake National Park

Summer Solstice 2010

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Seattle Central Library

Scottish Lakes High Camp

November 15: Kathmandu Photos

November 9-14: Pokhara Photos

I was shaken out of bed this morning by a minor earthquake here in Pokhara. After four months on the road, I’m taking that as a sign that it’s finally time to go home.

Annapurna Range over Phewa Tal

The World Peace Pagoda

Rice field in the Pokhara Valley

Dhampus Village

Monks preparing for the puja session at the Jangchub Choeling Gompa Monastery in the Tashi Palkhel Tibetan refugee settlement, Pokhara Valley

Boat landing to Barahi Temple Island, Phewa Tal

Tree shrine, Lakeside Pokhara

Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery

November 5-9: Kathmandu/Bhaktapur Photos

Weather permitting, the views of Kathmandu are sweeping from Swayambhunath. Storms have been rolling through Nepal for the last week. The rains have been a welcome respite to the pollution and noise of the city. Bhaktapur is a very well preserved medieval town in the Kathmandu valley where many locals still make a living farming wheat & rice.

Swayambhunath – aka the Monkey Temple in Kathmandu

Kathmandu is bustling

Durbar Square

Pensive young rickshaw driver

Bhaktapur

School kids at Taumadhi Tole

Winnowing wheat

November 2-4: Pushkar/Camel Fair Photos

View of Pushkar from Saraswati Temple