The Museum d’Orsay Clock
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive railway station opened [...]
German Gun Embankment
It was July 4, and it had just started raining hard when we left the American cemetery at Omaha Beach in Normandy. The bleak [...]
A-7 Corsair II
Earlier this month, I was able to visit the National Naval Aviation Museum again. Last year I spent a day shooting photos and was later contacted by [...]
Gun Over Mobile
Going east on I-10 across Mobile Bay in Alabama, you pass right by Battleship Memorial Park. Stop. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Exit [...]
Ready for Take-Off
This week marks my 500th post on my blog. Wow! if you had told me when I started that I would have made it [...]
Oh Baby!
My fondness of airplanes is no secret. Like a woman window-shops for shoes she can't afford, I shop over airplanes I'll likely never fly [...]
The Henry VIII Gateway at Windsor Castle
It's been an enjoyable ride through the English countryside and you're glad to be on a tour bus instead of taking a subway somewhere. [...]
The Sheldonian Theatre
In Oxford, England, you will find a round building called The Sheldonian Theatre. Built from 1664 to 1668, it was named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the university [...]
Montpelier, Home of the Madisons
As a child, our family vacations consisted of returning to Virginia every summer to visit relatives. Most of my Dad's side of the family [...]
Busted
Everywhere you look at the Palace at Versailles, or Château de Versailles, you see the unexpected. Paintings on the ceilings, modern art and outstanding architecture [...]