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Taking some final photographs before this bouquet dies. Love the blue explosion. Photographed with Nikon D300, 60mm micro lens.
Marcus and I have been very busy getting our house in order before some dear friends arrive from Australia tomorrow to spend a few days with us. Bless them. They're arriving from Sydney, where it's winter, to Houston, where it's over 100 degrees. We're going to have so much fun with them, assuming they don't melt.
Immediately after they leave, our little family is headed to New York City for a quick vacation and a wedding (Alex is going to be a flower girl at this wedding. She's been practicing.) New York should be fun: Marcus, while well-traveled, has never been to NYC, and Alex has been enthralled with the idea of New York ever since a couple of years ago when I brought home a pencil for her from a NYC work trip, the top of which had a miniature Empire State Building with a miniature King Kong clinging on for dear life. This fascination with New York was only intensified this weekend when I downloaded The Wiz for her to watch. I fear she now believes that New York is a city where giant monkeys and talented dancing scarecrows roam the streets.
The New York trip is the first of several trips I have slated coming up: after New York, I head to Chicago for BlogHer '09 (will I see you there?), where I'm looking forward to participating in the Community Keynote. Then after Chicago, there are a few other cities I'm planning on visiting, both for speaking opportunities and book photo ops -- assuming that I can pull them all off. More as plans become more concrete.
I'm already starting to feel just a bit overwhelmed with all this upcoming travel, for a variety of reasons, but if I can manage to take all of these trips, it's going to be very exciting, as well. So to get in into travel mode (which for me, takes a certain focused mindset), I thought perhaps I'd do a quick poll:
What's your favourite place you've ever visited, and what did you love to do there?
Song: Run-around by Blues Traveler
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 8:55PM
Reader Comments (35)
A gorgeous photo; like a mini july 4th explosion... or blue snowflakes. I have never seen a blue quite like that before.
simply beautiful.. such a rich color.
ummm... favorite place? think it depends on who you're with... you'll have great fun anywhere you go with your crew. :)
Do you know what kind of flowers they are? I love that blue!
Are you planning a trip to B&H while you are in NYC??? Hope you have a great trip!
My favorite place... I guess I would pick Cape Town, South Africa. Looking at Table Mountain as we took the ferry back from Robben Island was completely humbling and surreal.
Of course, the winery tours weren't too bad either.
Love the macro flowers! It does look like blue 4th of July fireworks.
My favorite place to visit? Probably Chicago, my hometown. I love spending time with my mom and family. Hope NYC is fun!
Oh WOW! That photo is amazing!
Favorite place to visit - right now I have Cumberland Island (national seashore, off the GA coast) near the top of the list, but Chicago is my favorite city. I have not yet been to NYC - that trip is coming up later this summer and I can't wait.
Enjoy your trip - and thanks for that STUNNING photo!
favorite place - oh dear, not sure .. always love hiking along the Oregon coast, loved the very colorful markets in Peru, anything in Scotland, and gelato in Italy.
have fun! I hope Alex sees a giant monkey (maybe on a billboard?) ! :)
Oh my, favorite place I've ever visited... so hard to choose!
For now I'll go with the Australian outback, because it was so empty, so quiet, so beautiful in a special way... and the best thing I did there was sleep in a sleeping bag under the stars and make a cup of tea in the morning on a small fire.
(come to think of it, skinny-dipping at night in the river next to the hot-water-spring in a National Park in Namibia of which i forgot the name was not bad either... your question brings back great memories!)
This picture was taken in one of my very favorite parts of the world....a place where there's plenty of room to breathe.
http://www.giftsofthejourney.com/Elizabeth_Harper-Gifts_of_the_Journey/Blog/Entries/2008/7/18_Breathing_Room.html
You may want to pack an umbrella and hope you won't need it. We've had rain, rain, and more rain for the last month. I look forward to seeing how you see my home town.
My favorite place is New Orleans. The people are wonderful.