Chasing the Sunshine

Winter is the rainy season in Hawaii and you take a chance when you book a vacation this time of year.  A few years ago we came for Christmas and didn’t have a drop of rain…  but this year for Thanksgiving, we have not had a full day of sunshine…

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Happy Thanksgiving

Once  a year American’s stop the hectic life to stop and give thanks for all their blessings.  We truly are blessed just to have been born in a country where we have the opportunity to control our own destiny.  So many millions of other human beings have so much less…

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Around Rome

Many of the last posts were of significant sites in Rome.  Here are a few random images of just interesting things that caught my eye as I walked around the streets of Rome.   #Rome, #TerriButlerPhotography, #photography  

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Disney Fantasy at Cozumel

Sunrise was at 6:30 and we were pulling into Cozumel shortly after sunrise.  We have an “all ashore” this morning of 8:30am.  Several of the excursion will require transport from the island of Cozumel over to the mainland, so an early start on the day is needed for those of us with…

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Forum of Nerva

Forum of Nerva is an ancient structure in Rome, Italy, chronologically the next to the last of the Imperial fora built. The Forum of Nerva was the fourth and smallest of the imperial fora. Its construction was started by Emperor Domitian before the year 85 AD, but officially completed and…

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Start of the Disney Cruise

We spent two weeks in August in Europe on a river cruise from Bucharest to Budapest and I have over 3,000 images to organize, name, and process for the blog.  Then, with only two short weeks at home, we headed out again for a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Fantasy.  I…

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Windows and Doors

I generally take pictures of windows and doors in any of the cities that I visit.  I didn’t get nearly enough during my visit to Rome.   I really should concentrate on taking more windows and door images and build a whole series; as I really find some of them captivating.…

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Piazza del Campidoglio

The Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. It was the citadel (equivalent of the ancient Greek acropolis) of the earliest Romans.  The existing design of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the surrounding palazzi was created by Renaissance artist and…

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