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Bergamo Città Alta at sunset, Italy

Bergamo, Italy

February 2020 As I walked the empty streets of Bergamo’s medieval Città Alta (Upper City) in early morning hours of late-February, just as the caronavirus was spreading its evil way […]

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Morning breaks over the Grand Canal, viewed from Accademia Bridge, Venice, Italy

Venice Grand Canal

A few shots of Venice’s Grand Canal (Canal Grande or Canal Grando), Venezia’s primary transportation corridor, from my recent trip to photograph the Venice Carnival.  All photographs made with a […]

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Man dressed in traditional mask and costume for Venice Carnival standing in Piazza San Marco in front of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Venice Carnival

He struts his way across Piazza San Marco, sauntering painfully slow through a crowd of thousands of photo-snapping carnival goers.  Step … pose for some photos … step … pose […]

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Rows of pink tulips, Mount Vernon, Skagit Valley, Skagit County, Washington, USA

Skagit Valley Tulip Sunrise

Another year, another spring and another sunrise in the colorful RoozenGaarde fields of tulips in Washington State’s Skagit Valley.  Now at least a 15 year tradition, my family makes the […]

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Carnival Kicks Off in Lucerne

Thursday, February 4, 2016 (Dirty Thursday)Lucerne, Switzerland Carnival season has kicked off here in Lucerne, with tens of thousands of costumed Swiss partiers prowling the streets for parades, music and […]

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Red cog rail train car on summit of Mount Rigi, Switzerland, Europe

Mount Rigi

Enjoying a fine day in Switzerland with a cog train ride up Mount Rigi for spectacular views of the Swiss Alps, and then a steep scramble down it’s north side […]

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Point Wilson Lighthouse under starry sky, Fort Warden State Park, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, USA

Good Night 2014!

8:57 pm, December 31, 2014:  This photo of Point Wilson Lighthouse under a cold starry night sky concludes my 2014.  An 85% waxing gibbous moon illuminated the scene.  I could […]

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Man standing in open doorway of rental yurts at Kayak Point County Park at dusk, Snohomish County, Washington, USA

High Country News

The March 18 issue of High Country News features my photo of yurt camping in Kayak Point County Park in an article Tourism 2.0 on Public Lands.

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