And Now for Something Totally Different I was looking back through my phone pics catalog this morning and stumbled across these shots taken from some flight somewhere. If the date on them is correct then they’re from Australia. But who knows. As a geologist, I’m always looking out the window and taking pictures of the earth. They usually look like crap because of clouds, glare, fingerprints, etc. Lynn said she might want some abstract photos for a bathroom, so here’s my take on aerial geology abstractions.

Way Out West Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. Well technically they’re bison but it just wouldn’t sound the same would it? And obviously the weatherman didn’t get the cloudy skies forecast. This is just a quick look-back at our 2015 trip to Wyoming. Our first stop was to visit with our friends, Beth and Jeff, in Jackson Hole. We stopped for a few days in the Yellowstone area before continuing on to Cody for Read more »

Lynn and I journeyed to Paris for Christmas in 2012. As you can see from the photos, the weather was dreary most of the time. We still had a good time with lots of food and good French wines. We stayed at a wonderful small hotel, the Hotel Jeu De Paume on the Île Saint-Louis. We liked it so much we returned in late November, 2013. Notre Dame is just a few blocks away on the Île de la Cité. If you’re hungry for steak while in Paris, you have to go to Relais de l’Entrecote. They’ll bring you a Read more »