Category: photography

  • Block Island’s North Light

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    North Light, New Shoreham, Rhode Island USA The sand was hot. I had removed my shoes and socks for the long walk out to the lighthouse, but began to reconsider. Arriving by ferry to Block Island in the morning, I chose to walk out of Old Harbor and rent a bicycle to get around. There…

    A granite lighthouse is centered on the frame under a blue sky. a sand path leads to the lighthouse surrounded by green sea grass and shrubbery.
  • Photo Friday: Ha Long Bay

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    Junks awaiting tourists at Bo Hon Island, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam We had arrived on Bo Hon Island to see the caves. The subterranean attraction is a draw for tourists, lit with multicolored lights, but I was more interested in the all the other aspects of the journey. The junks, the people and the landscape.…

  • Wayback Machine

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    The abandoned gas station was overgrown with weeds. Paint was peeling, and the cupola seemed a bit lopsided perched on the roof. Several of it’s vents were missing. I guessed a few birds had taken up residence inside. I spotted the old fuel station stopped at the traffic light. The modern Food Mart that had…

  • The Nobska Light

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    Nobska Lighthouse, Wood’s Hole Cape Cod Massachusetts. The motorcycle ride out to the lighthouse had worked out perfectly. I arrived not long after sunrise, in the fall season . I could see the ferry leaving Wood’s Hole for Martha’s Vineyard, but I was far from the throng of tourists here. I doubted that any were…

    a sandy path in the foreground center of the image is bordered by green ground cover. The path leads to a white lighthouse and keepers house with a red roof. The sky is overcast at dawn with a faint glow of the rising sun.