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Mountains.106

Back when my then-business job moved me from NYC to LA (more decades ago than I care to count), I came to love how easy it is to see the ‘snow line’ when you live by the ocean and have 2800 meter / 8K+-foot mountains nearby. I took this photo as our plane approached the Sierra Nevadas from the east on my ORD-SFO flight last year, from which I shared at least one past post right after the flight. These are other Sierra Nevada photos from that flight.

From the Air.106

These were all taken in and around Doha airport last December (en route home from a Bangladesh visit). I’ll admit it’s currently one of my favorite airports when I need to connect :-).

City Lights.116

Central canals at dusk in March, above, and some other city-lights shots all from March this year around Amsterdam.

City Lights.115

Whilst Sam and I were enjoying a lovely concert by the US National Youth Symphony inside the Concertgebouw, across the street from us on Museumplein, World (LGBTQIA+) Pride was holding a wonderfully energetic outdoor concert and celebration. I expect that, as usual, the row of flags indicates the many countries where queer folks risk imprisonment or death. In case anyone was in doubt about what kind of world we’re still living in.

Signs of the City.145

Urban Entrances.185

County Views.185

This was the first resting elephant seal my friend Steve & I saw as our group walked with our docent towards the main elephant-seal conglomeration, up and over a dune from where this guy was resting. All on the coast of San Mateo County.

City Views.285

Last city-view visit to Ohrid, which Steve & I visited already more than three months ago. I did edit things down, but there really is so much to see and enjoy there. In full view it’ll pass faster, or just skip it since I put so many photos in, sorry.

Small Wonders.305

Because small wonders surround me in the summer (and lead to a backlog which means I’ll be showing you beautiful small things well into next winter or beyond, I’ve decided to post any remaining unposted images that contain small wonders from my May week of magnificence along the shore’s Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid all in this post. (Probably best views in ‘full view’ mode since there are so many of these little beauties. Sorry: I just love beauty!)

Mountains.105

The bus between Palermo & Liccata goes past Valle dei Templi in Aggrigento, and through other lovely hilly & mountainous countryside. I hope on some future visit in Sicily, I’ll manage to get up to what you see above, which I believe would be the Temple of Juno.

Found Objects.5

Spectacular modern Japanese ceramic art at SF’s wonderful Asian Art Museum – which has several personal favorite spots and is a must visit, IMHO, for anyone going to SF :-).

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Bridges.55

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Windows.45