Our Visit to Cuba
In late December I, my husband and our daughter traveled to Cuba and over the next several days I’ll hope to provide some descriptions and photographs from the journey. We started to plan back in June before the policy toward Cuba was changed. We bought our flights to Miami and then to Havana and set […]
SkyTripping versus Do it Yourself – screensavers
My sister told me about an app on her office's conference room that showed lovely aerial views of wonderful places around the world with or without background music. I found the app which can be downloaded and used on AppleTV. Skytripping It does cost about $4 a month, but on the other hand if […]
Wineglasses
Another colorful image in the calendar now for sale at Artisan Gallery 218. Wineglasses in Sepia
Another Black & White Image
Another black and white image of a sight in Des Moines. There are some fascinating buildings by well-known architects in Des Moines. This is just one. More information: Des Moines Art Center Architecture Des Moines Art Center’s Eliel Saarinen building.
Calendar image: abstract, Galleria ceiling in Milan
We visited Milan a few months ago and wandered the Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle – this is an image of the ceiling vault and it’s a favorite of mine, as it’s almost a 3D image. Is the center popping out toward you, or going away? Abstract, Galleria Ceiling
A calendar image: model boats
This is one of the images in a 2018 Calendar for sale at Artisan Gallery 218. It’s an image of some tiny model boats which were on display in Montreal during the Tall Ships festival earlier this year. Model Boats
Black and White images, #3
An outside image in black and white, the trees at Gray’s Lake. Gray’s Lake Trees
Des Moines Black & White Images, #2
Another of the black and white images from the Des Moines project. Polk County Courthouse
Des Moines Black & White Images
I had an interesting request from some customers at the gallery, Artisan Gallery 218. They were looking for black and white images of iconic scenes in Des Moines. Thinking about it a bit, I assured them I could locate a few. I did so, they selected several and then I thought I’d share a few […]
Taking Amtrak between Iowa & Chicago, a great time.
I wanted to go to Chicago for a long weekend, to attend OpenHouseChicago, which is another story. After pricing airfares [$350+] and asking our daughter about Megabus [$90; she warned me I might not like the bathroom], I researched taking the train. To take Amtrak from central Iowa to Chicago you have to go to […]