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Come Wander Along with Me...

I wander...it is simply what I do.  Since I was a young girl, my parent's tried everything to keep me close to home, going to such  measures as to buy me goats.  Though I loved my goats, my heart still  wandered.  

Growing up in rural New Jersey, I was surrounded by dense woods and long stretches of farm land to fuel my imagination.   I felt at home in the arms of the forest and spent many days laying upon the fragrant mossy soil staring up through the filter of leaves... watching the light dance.  It is these experiences that I work to remember.

In adulthood, I discovered the joy of capturing those precious moments, through my camera's lens.  Though the many years in between my youth and the present, I have enjoyed many wonderful adventures and am currently wandering in another people's land.  For the past 10 years I have had the pleasure of living in Europe and learning to look at life in a very different way.   

Through my images and my wanderings, I hope you will enjoy seeing the world around you... in a new way.

So...I invite you to "Come Wander Along with Me..."

More Than One Way…to Skin a Cat or Climb an Alp

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 8:38am Posted in Antique Cameras, Experiments, Film, Germany, Large Format, Living in Europe, Travel

People are always asking me how we get to the top of the Alps with all the various camera gear we travel with…let alone the Terrier. Well, I am happy to inform you…we take the easy way. Luckily here in Europe many mountain tops are accessible by cable cars. For a few euros you can at any age or in any physical condition, experience what it is like to be on top of the world. What is also a very nice surprise is there are normally warm places to enjoy a meal and rest up before heading back out in the elements.

Trust me, even though we didn’t carry our gear up the side of the mountain like many skiers did, we had plenty a work out schlepping around in that deep snow.

As they say there are always more than one way to skin a cat.

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February 26, 2010 - 17:54 Kathleen - The photos are breathtaking...phenomenal natural beauty and you capture it with your inimitable style...but I must ask: Is that genuine gulash I see on that plate? My mother is from Austria and hers is superb. I could weep just thinking about it. :-)

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