Switzerland 2023
454 photos, 10 videos
With jaunts into Liechtenstein and Konstanz, Germany.
Most Faved
110 photos
Now dominated by the vagaries of the Explore Fairy, which is only marginally less likely to select a bad photo than a good.
Most Viewed
114 photos, 1 video
Yes, #2 is evil (it was #1 from 2006 until 2018). I tried the title just to see if it would work -- and boy did it ever!
Most Interesting
162 photos
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Explored
61 photos
Photos that have made Flickr Explore (derived from the top 500 most 'Interesting' photos on a given day), with links to the photos in the caption. 72 are in the mosaics, subsequent ones added 'loose'.
Amsterdam 2023
238 photos, 1 video
Southern England 2023
242 photos
Greece 2023
481 photos, 6 videos
Vermont 2022
53 photos
Southern Africa 2022
850 photos, 41 videos
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia & Botswana with Overseas Adventure Travel. Everybody got COVID from the recirc air on the minibus (all of the cases mild -- or so we thought), so some of the pics...
Southern Africa short list
51 photos
Maui 2019
178 photos, 14 videos
Portugal 2019
249 photos, 1 video
Baltics, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, 2019
492 photos, 5 videos
Peru & Ecuador 2018
506 photos, 17 videos
Lima, Urubamba, Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Quito, & the Galapagos with Overseas Adventure Travel, plus Mindo afterwards. Our first time on a package tour -- we usually travel independently. We found...
Spain 2017
439 photos, 2 videos
Andalucía, plus Gibraltar & Toledo.
Maine and Rhode Island 2016
62 photos
Minnesota 2016
78 photos
Pennsylvania & Ohio 2016
41 photos
Southern California 2015
96 photos
Upstate NY 2014, 2022
77 photos, 3 videos
Watkins Glen and Corning; Catskills and Hudson Valley
Hawaii 2013
271 photos, 2 videos
Kauai and the Big Island
Turkey 2012
491 photos
A great circle trip by car: down the Aegean coast to Bodrum, then inland via Pamukkale and environs down to Antalya on the central Mediterranean coast, northeast to Cappadocia and Hattusas, and...
Costa Rica 2011
243 photos, 1 video
Costa Rica highlights
118 photos
Israel 2009
237 photos, 1 video
We also took a day trip to Petra, in Jordan. That's in its own set.
Petra, Jordan, 2009
64 photos
A day trip during our visit to Israel.
Arizona 2009
119 photos
Central (Phoenix & Sedona area) and southeastern Arizona.
South Florida 2008
147 photos
The Everglades and Sanibel Island, April 2008.
Great Britain 2007
316 photos
A week in London on business, then two weeks touring Great Britain on holiday (that's British for "vacation").
Chicago area
65 photos
Things that caught my eye during trips to the Windy City and North Shore for family events.
Honeymoon 2006: New Zealand/French Polynesia
392 photos
Rick and I had a wonderful 'on-the-go' honeymoon in New Zealand and French Polynesia, both of which were photogenic beyond belief.
Road Trip 2005: Maine-Nova Scotia Scenery
40 photos
We drove from NJ up to Acadia National Park in Maine, then up thru New Brunswick to the Cabot Trail around the mountainous northern end of Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island). Lots of wildflower photos...
New York metro
200 photos
Around New Jersey
117 photos, 1 video
Road Trip! Crosscountry 2004
77 photos
Bought a '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee, loaded it with all my worldly possessions, & camped/photo'ed/birded my way from L.A. to NJ. Despite my best efforts, I eventually arrived, but here's a sampling...
Alaska '95, '96, '02
101 photos
A few shots scanned from film from 1995 & 1996. Mostly the trip to Alaska & the British Columbia in 2002 with my family: South-Central by car (Denali, Kenai Peninsula), Inside Passage...
Maui 2001
36 photos
Northern California & Oregon 2000
32 photos
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Crater Lake National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, McArthur-Burney Falls State Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Southwest 1999
22 photos
Hoover Dam, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands, Organ Pipe
Southwest 1997
61 photos
A grand circle trip out of LA to Canyon de Chelly, Mesa Verde, Natural Bridges, Bryce, North Rim of the Grand Canyon, & Zion. Scanned from film prints.
California sights
120 photos
Misc Travel
61 photos
The window seat
224 photos, 1 video
Aerial photography.
People
170 photos, 16 videos
and furry family members
Birds
998 photos, 12 videos
Good photos of ordinary birds, ordinary photos of good birds -- and, every once in a while, good photos of good birds. Unless otherwise tagged or noted, all are taken handheld, are not digiscoped,...
Mammals
334 photos, 13 videos
Herps
135 photos, 2 videos
Reptiles and amphibians
Fish
68 photos, 1 video
Butterflies
249 photos, 1 video
Butterflies (including skippers) & their caterpillars. All taken in the wild.
Moths
884 photos
Lepidoptera, less Papilionoidea & Hesperioidea. Includes moth caterpillars and any unidentified caterpillars. Mostly in order by Hodges number, or best guess. Completely unidentified ones come...
Dragonflies
89 photos
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
Beetles
254 photos
Hemiptera
245 photos
True bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies
Orthoptera
47 photos
Flies
152 photos, 1 video
Hymenoptera
235 photos, 7 videos
Arachnids
94 photos, 1 video
Misc fauna
152 photos, 3 videos
Insect orders without sets of their own; other arthropods; molluscs; misc phyla.
Fungi & Protists
121 photos
The fungus among us. Includes lichens. Also stuck slime molds in here, for lack of a better place.
Midatlantic Wildflowers
321 photos
Herbaceous wildflowers, mostly from NJ. Organized roughly by number of petals (with irregular flowers first), except that flowers in the same family are kept together.
Eastern trees, vines, ferns etc
153 photos
Trees, shrubs, vines, nonflowering plants -- all wild plants except herbaceous wildflowers (that set was getting to big).
Plantings
40 photos
Gardens, street trees etc
California flora: closeups
135 photos
Flora, mostly wildflowers -- Anza-Borrego & Antelope Valley/Gorman 2003, plus some odds and ends -- Sequoia/Kings, San Gabriels, Joshua Tree, etc.
California flora: the big picture
57 photos
Landscape & growth habit shots of Western US wildflowers & other flora.
Arizona Flora
32 photos
Mostly wildflowers. Plus other Southwest odds & ends.
Alaskan & BC flora
33 photos
Flora from Alaska & British Columbia, mostly wildflowers.
New England & Maritimes Wildflowers
53 photos
Wildflowers from Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, & Nova Scotia.
Midwest flora
20 photos
Geology
410 photos, 4 videos
Neat things mineral.
Insect & Animal Porn
44 photos, 2 videos
I seem to have enough of these to merit their own set.
Critters in the hand
128 photos, 2 videos
or other places...
Sky
209 photos, 3 videos
Sunsets, moon shots, clouds, storms... anything where the sky is a main focus.
Fine arts
145 photos, 1 video
Still lifes
20 photos
Just for Laughs
29 photos
Cantabile Chamber Chorale
63 photos
Tidal Bore series
10 photos
Best viewed as a slideshow.
Tidal bore in an estuary at the head of the Bay of Fundy, one of only 4(?) places in the world where one can see this phenomenon. It has the biggest tides in the world...
Convection cell series
6 photos
Sort of a poor man's timelapse. I had snapped several pics of this towering cloudtop, and decided to assemble them as a series. View as a slideshow.
Cormorant vs Catfish series
13 photos
Up and down the pond the mighty battle raged. Who will win? View as a slideshow. This is a selection from a series taken over the course of ~3.5 min. Prey is the introduced walking catfish, Clarias...
Squall series
8 photos
Snapshots
44 photos, 1 video
ancillary
125 photos
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