Category: Photography

  •   Budapest used to be two cities separated by the Duna, or what we call the Danube River. Buda is on the hilly side of the river. And Pest is on the plane and is the more modern section of Budapest.     This is the Palace in the hills.       And this…

  •   That's "Good Morning" in Hungarian!     Laine is back from a fabulous vacation in Hungary. Still jet lagged and still stoked!   Lots more to come. But first, a huge THANK YOU! to Sue Harrison for her wonderful posts. Thanks Sue, for holding down the fort while I was away! You did a…

  •     Where's Laine?   I don't know.   Maybe she's hungry.   Did you say Hungary?   No, I said hungry.   Oh. Why?   I don't know!         Laine's Blog will be shaken and stirred for the next couple of weeks, with some help from guest blogger, Sue Harrison and…

  •     I am a little jealous of the bees. They get their tiny bellies rubbed by the softest of flower petals.   I wish I could do that!               Related articles Bees spot best flowers from afar based on petal colour Flowers Aren't Always Beautiful…

  •     Christopher Robin and Pooh are walking through the hundred acre wood, just before Christopher has to start school. This is the conversation that we hear…   Pooh, what do you like doing best in the world?   What I like best, is me going to visit you and you saying, 'How about a…

  •     It turns out that keeping company with 300 year old Oak Trees is good medicine.  Something about the grandeur, and the quietness, and the solid grounded feelings that they emote.   How many lives have passed this way? How many storms? How much sunshine and moonshine and happy voices and sad voices?  …

  •     It's not too shabby when you have finally stopped sabatoging your own happiness and joy.   Silver linings everywhere.           Matanzas Inlet, St. Augustine Florida.      

  •       How do you sweeten your life? Chocolate? Long walks on the beach? Time spent with friends? Fragrant flowers?   It's a good day for some sweetness!     (You can almost smell the plumeria!)         Reprinted from LainesBlog, August 2012      

  •      "Oh, we are coming down faster than I thought!"   "At least it looks like it'll be a soft landing…"   "Hold onto your hats, kids!"           Those funny fall migrating birds coming in for a landing, St. Augustine.      

  •     The world seems to be trying to turn me into a morning person. All I can say is, "Not yet, not yet, not yet."         Sunrise, and birds on the wire, (didn't make it to the inlet in time!) St. Augustine.