Spring reflections over a french fishing river -France, April 2010

The Beekeeper -Cinque Terre, Italy, 2010

Sunset over Cinque Terre, Italy, 2010

The underbelly of a boat -Cinque Terre, Italy, 2010

A chance encounter with a peacock at Kew Gardens

There is a story that goes along with this bird, and I have my daughter
to thank for it. She was off quietly admiring a sculpture in an enclosed
part of the botanical garden when this peacock spotted her from 10
feet above and decided to leap down and say hello. She was still, the
bird between me and her, it walked around her and then suddenly
opened it's feathers. We were very still and very quiet, she inched back
towards me and said that for her first time seeing a peacock it was a
little scary but very "boofufal" (that's beautiful, she's 5 and often has
a stuffed up nose). Lugging the camera around isn't always fun, but
moments like this make it seem worth it.

Peacock Surprise -Kew Gardens, Easter 2010

Reflection in Black and Blue

Not advised: Photos from the dashboard

Some of my favorite shots have come from being a passenger, though I admit, I took this one while driving.
At least there was, as usual, pleanty of traffic on this summer drive back to New York from Vermont.

Looking up. -Vermont, 2006