Various times in August
My first two weeks in Dublin were focused pretty intensely on finding a new apartment… but that didn’t mean I neglected my exercise or adventures!
I wandered quite a bit – not nearly as much as I had throughout my Grand Adventure, but still a good deal more than I did back in Portland. Something I’m really appreciating about Dublin is that it’s quite walkable, and I made as good use of that as I could through the first few days in town.
Thursday, 18-July-2024, through Wednesday, 24-July-2024
Astute readers may have noticed a peculiarity in my last few posts.
They lack flowers.
I do enjoy photographing flowers – they’re colorful, they’re pretty, and they generally have interesting little details that make them fun to look at up close and magnified. It’s a habit I picked up years and years ago, when I would do solo hikes and want to bring back pictures that a partner could use as references for her art… but now, I continue searching them out because they simply make me exceptionally happy. Both in the moment, and when reviewing photos later on and seeing those that come out just right.
Zermatt has tons of flowers – and I was fortunate enough to arrive just in time for the alpine blooms throughout the valley! Likely made even more spectacular due to my adventures, traversing between different elevations, allowing me the opportunity to see different blooming strata.
In short – I got one or two photos that I’m extremely proud of. Please – sit back, relax, and enjoy what I bring to you, my dearest readers, from the mountains of the Swiss alps. In, on, and around the beautiful town of Zermatt.
Late spring and early Summer, 2022
Wilsonville, Oregon
Man… how’s it already over halfway through the year? What the heck, right?
At the same time, ask me about something that happened in March or April of this year, and I’ll guess that it actually went down a year or two ago. Literally – I was looking through old photos, and was like
“Wait, I haven’t been to Smith this year! When did I… Ohh. March. Right! That was really moving and impactful!”
So… yeah. Weird year. It’s what the trauma of our insane and untenable world will do to you, ya know?
That, and… beautiful photo opportunities!!
