Category Archives: Travel

More Shades of the Emerald Isle

A quiet day at home filled with catch up chores, loads and loads of laundry following three weeks away….. and a little time spent culling through over 4000 images shot over the past few weeks.  Lots of pix of castles and brickey edifices in the coffers but strangely enough its the local color and landscapes […]

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Snippets from New Orleans Royal Street and beyond …

Cruising along Bourbon Street and Royal Street in the French Quarter……and snapping the locals….. and from there, to sundry spots in the Ninth Ward where there are still vestiges of the mayhem wrought by Hurricane Katrina …. …   and then stellar monuments found at the Metairie Cemetary. More sunshine, less rain! >Back in Charlotte  tonight […]

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Notes from New Orleans

I wish I could say that I was penning a note from a sunnier and warmer location than Ireland but I don’t think I have ever been more rain sodden in my whole life!!!!  Tourist’ing with friends and camera amid rain storms that dumped over 5 inches over us in few short moments and continued […]

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