Month: June 2025

Bicycles, Travels

From Our Trip

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Normally I get home from a long trip, get all my photos (both iPhone and Fuji) on to Lightroom, and then pretty much forget about them. Some years later I’ll have a look-see and wonder why I never revisited the images but I’m fairly sure it’s mostly that the trip is over so I move on to the next big thing and neglect the poor, lonely images.

This time I”m attempting to at least look at a few things each day, thus the photos of the cyclist on Graffiti Street and the peacock feather image. Today I’ll bring you another bike. I know I won’t post daily: there is only so much I can manage in one day with this brain ‘o mine. But when I have time, I’ll attempt to get something up here that somehow makes me smile, or ponder … or maybe even roll my eyes (no, nothing has done that so far).

Blue Bike, Brussels, 6.2.25

Birds, Colors

Feathers

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Will I ever stop marveling at peacock feathers? I rather doubt it!

There were a number of birds up at São Jorge Castle in Lisbon. Many were enjoying showing off. Many — probably all — were also busy making the horrendous noise that peacocks make. You hear them long before you see them! But, oh, once you see them … just astounding! I have some full bird photos, but the feathers … well … you can see what I’m talking about! This is another iPhone shot, but I think it worked just fine.

Feathers, São Jorge Castle, 5.2.25

Bicycles, Ghent, Travels

As They Say, “The Best Camera …”

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… is the one you have with you.”

Or something like that, anyway. (And yes, I know many would argue with that, but just let me run with it for now.)

When Dan and I were in Ghent we visited “Graffiti Street”. It really was as colorful as you might expect, and quite fun to see. As we were walking through a cyclist suddenly came toward us. I had my iPhone in hand — but it wasn’t open at the moment — and I quickly hit the little camera icon that appears at the bottom right of it. I had to work so quickly I got all of one shot in, not knowing if it would work at all.

May I saw that it worked?! I think so, in any case.

Dan is usually the one to catch stuff like this. But it was my turn. And I’m rather proud of myself (in the most humble of ways, of course.)

Graffiti Street Cyclist, 6.3.25

(And yes, I will post this at my travel site as well.)