Time WarpWhat I enjoy most in my back road travels is that your surroundings can transport you to another time. On a dirt road you can almost expect to run into a Confederate picket line. In this case our trip back in time is measured in decades as o…

For My GrandsonManny this one is for you–The John Deere dealership. Straighten up and fly right and you can achieve and or be anything.

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”Saint AugustineI have returned from the family wanderings in Ireland. And to my credit, I am told; I turned in the rental car with the mirrors intact, with only very minor scratche…

I’m going to let these pictures speak for themselves. I do think it is important to point out that we did hike the entire length of the cliffs, four miles out, and four miles back, along the edge. Its amazing what a 16 year old can talk you into…….

The Obligatory Abandoned HomeAn old stone house along the road. Had to have at least one in this set of photos to keep my average up. Needless to say this is a common site in Ireland. I took this photo because the hearth is still visible.A View from t…

Barna CemeteryBarna is a coastal town located outside of Galway. This is the original church cemetery. The church itself is gone. Of interest in this photo are the gate cap stones. Most of the original population of Barna left during the Great Famine…

The Dingle PeninsulaThe Dingle countryside. Words cannot describe it.Stone HutsThe Fahan Beehive huts built by prehistoric people and later occupied by hermits in the early Christian era.Ross CastleLocated next to Lough Leane in Killarney. At a distanc…

A Church in WaterfordDidn’t have time to find out what church this was. I took the shot because I liked the position of the statue, the layout of the door, with the tower in the background. The Quay at WaterfordThis is a “billboard” o…

O’Neill PubThis pub has been in continuous operation for 300 years. I ordered Irish stew. I was told I could choose three vegetables to go with the stew. The server then proceeded to put the vegetables in the stew. I also asked for a salad. The server …

Since embarking on my photographic odyssey I have become more aware of color, contrasts, and shapes and see opportunities to take the everyday and, hopefully, with a bit of computer magic, make the scene a bit more interesting. With a little cropping, …