Photographs

Day 23 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: A Day in the Life

Out walking in Bristol, England today.

Blackboy Hill in Bristol on a Saturday afternoon

I took this photo this morning while having breakfast and have only just looked at it. It’s a striking sunrise, even if I say so myself, with the cloud formations as well. Bristol, England.

Sunrise over Bristol, England with wispy cloud formation

Day 22 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Road, suggested by @jomalo

An old road maybe, running through the fields above the cliffs near to Ho’okipa, Maui

An old road maybe, running through the fields above the cliffs near to Ho’okipa, Maui

Day 21 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Fall, suggested by @pcora

A Horse Chestnut leaves start to change colour as Fall approaches. Bristol, England.

Fall colours as the leaves change on a Horse Chestnut tree in Bristol

Day 20 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Disruption, suggested by me, @crossingthethreshold

I had no idea what I would post when I suggested this subject for a photo, but settled for snow in Portland from when we lived there in 2013.

Snow on the streets of Portland, Oregon in 2013

Day 19 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Edge, suggested by @rnv

Two edges. The horizon and the west coast of the United States last night, just south of San Francisco.

Looking towards the horizon as I approach and see the US west coast, just south of San Francisco, flying in from Maui

Day 18 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Fabric, suggested by @adam

Rolls of indigo fabric. Chikugo, Japan.

Rolls of indigo fabric. Chikugo, Japan

Day 17 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: intense, suggested by @rori

The noise from these mechanical looms was intense, as in loud. They were weaving indigo cloth. Hirokawa, Japan.

A small factory of mechanical looms, weaving indigo cloth, in Hirokawa, Japan

Day 16 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: oof!, suggested by @bkryer

Being held up by the strong winds on the Isle of Skye.

Me leaning into the strong winds on the Isle of Skye

Day 15 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Red, suggested by @chiawase

A red bicycle in Florence, Italy.

A red bicycle leaning against a wall in Florence, Italy

Day 14 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Statue, suggested by @christopherchelpka

I found this character in Bristol, UK.

Statue of a monkey sitting down and holding a Rubik’s Cube

Day 13 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Glowing, suggested by @anniegreens

A hotel lobby somewhere in Kyoto.

A hotel lobby somewhere in Kyoto with yellow neon lights built into the ceiling

Day 12 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Panic, suggested by @maique

While I’m not sure that I was panicking, at times I felt uncomfortable as we walked up the switchbacks of the precipitous Halemau’u Trail at the end of our crater hike last week.

The switchbacks of the Halemau’u Trail in Haleakala National Park

Day 11 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Retrospect, suggested by @chadgmoore

This just fitted the bill for me for retrospect. A area from my past and which is still in my heart.

A sign on a post in South Wales pointing out the route for the Usk Valley Walk

Day 10 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Cycle, suggested by @agilelisa

I miss the annual Providence Bridge Pedal in Portland. This photo (that arm on the left bothers me) from 2014 of cyclists stopping for the view from the Fremont Bridge, normally busy with freeway traffic.

Cyclists stopping on the Fremont Bridge in Portland during the 2014 Providence Bridge Pedal, possibly at the start of the ride as it looks from the light as though the sun is just rising

Day 9 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Language, suggested by @thedimpause

If it wasn’t for the pictures of the food in this Kyoto restaurant, we would not have eaten.

A restaurant in Kyoto, Japan where they had pictures of the food that they were serving

Day 8 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Yonder, suggested by @jidabug

Inverness, CA.

A wooden pier jutting out into Tomales Bay from a house in Inverness, California

Day 7 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Panorama, suggested by @dejus

The audience in Portland welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 2013.

The audience of a large arena welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Portland. Everyone has Khatags, white silk scarves, around their necks, a traditional Tibetan greeting

Day 6 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Well, suggested by @val

I think that this must have been a well? Now inside a hotel on Lake Como.

Standing above what might have been a well, now inside a hotel on Lake Como

Day 5 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Forest, suggested by @ovr

The woodland leading down to the river Avon from Durdham Downs in Bristol, my stomping ground when I was growing up.

Woodland leading down to the river Avon from Durdham Downs in Bristol

Sunset this evening from our lanai.

Sunset view from our house with red and grey clouds

Hiking Haleakala Crater

I spent yesterday hiking Haleakalā Crater with a friend. The mountain sits at just over 10,000ft in altitude. The crater that is there today is not a classic volcanic crater, but rather a large erosional valley. It is believed that two valleys, Ko‘olau to the north and Kaupō to the south, expanded into the remains of a much larger volcano, possibly 12,000ft high, creating the crater that is there today.

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Day 4 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Orange, suggested by @ekcragg.

An orange cloth, along with other items, in a china bowl on a shelf

Day 3 of the September Photoblogging Challenge: Precious, suggested by @odd.
Precious memories of past travels, this in Nepal, 1989 (photo of slide).

Bus with a lot of people sitting on the roof, somewhere in Nepal in 1989

Day 2 of the September 2023 Photoblogging Challenge.
Buildup - suggested by @V_
Miami, FL

A black and white photograph of cranes appearing above a single story building with an abstract mural painted on it

Day 1 of the September 2023 Photoblogging Challenge.
Abstract - suggested by @greghiggins
Volterra, Italy

A large red metal circle standing upright in the middle of a field in Volterra, Italy

Yesterday afternoon I just wanted to breathe some fresh tree air, and headed up to the Каhаkарао Loop Trail. Two and half hours later, and just over six and a quarter miles under the belt, I was back at the truck. A beautiful and welcome hike.

Каhаkарао Loop Trail, a walking trail through an Upcountry forested trail in Maui

Каhаkарао Loop Trail, a walking trail through an Upcountry forested trail in Maui

Каhаkарао Loop Trail, a walking trail through an Upcountry forested trail in Maui

In the presence of giants. Driving through a forest of Red Woods last week in Northern California.

Looking up to the sky in a forest of Red Woods in Northern California

Sunset this evening from Sea Ranch. We also saw some whale spouts and splashes, maybe from their flukes, way off shore, and were wondering if they were making their way to Hawaii? What a beautiful evening.

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the cliffs at Sea Ranch, California

Walking through the fields, by the coast, at Sea Ranch.

A footpath, wooden fence and field of dry grass, with a dead thistle in the foreground and tree in the background