Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, June 14, 2015: Visiting the Shard, London
June 14, 2015
I’ve lived in London for the past 5 years and watched, with great anticipation, the Shard being built from its foundations to one of the
I’ve lived in London for the past 5 years and watched, with great anticipation, the Shard being built from its foundations to one of the
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around ‘the Bill’, but his scheme fell through.
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit ‘the Bill’….
Perhaps the best place on the Big Island to enjoy a sunset (from many great possibilities), Pu’uhonua o Honaunau (the Place of Refuge) is a remarkable destination. This is a National Historic site which should be…
Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill.
While visiting Rome recently, one of our favorite cities anywhere, our day’s walk through the Baroque section ended by the Tiber River just as the sun was setting. We were a little lost, a state I like to be in while exploring…
I spotted this beautiful sunset right off my front porch. I thought to myself, I had to capture this Oregon sunset. It was the first I’ve seen like it as usually the climate here is too foggy to appreciate the beautiful scenery.
After a tough one hour hike up Lion’s Head in Cape Town, we were rewarded with one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen.
If fireworks at midnight are de rigeur for welcoming the New Year, perhaps a fiery sunset is a fitting way to say goodbye to the old. Of course, this one is not really today’s but it will do. I took this picture, and its cloudy companions, from the…
I’ve lived in London for the past 5 years and watched, with great anticipation, the Shard being built from its
As early as 1669 Sir John Clayton was granted a patent to erect a lighthouse on Portland Bill, Dorset, England to warn seafarers of the perilous currents that converge around ‘the Bill’, but his scheme fell through.
As dusk approaches the lighthouse at Portland Bill, Dorset in England, the little details of the surrounding area start to emerge. The fishing dinghys securely tied down as security from some of the sudden storms that can hit ‘the Bill’….
Perhaps the best place on the Big Island to enjoy a sunset (from many great possibilities), Pu’uhonua o Honaunau (the Place of Refuge) is a remarkable destination. This is a National Historic site which should be…
Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature at the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill.
While visiting Rome recently, one of our favorite cities anywhere, our day’s walk through the Baroque section ended by the Tiber River just as the sun was setting. We were a little lost, a state I like to be in while exploring…
I spotted this beautiful sunset right off my front porch. I thought to myself, I had to capture this Oregon sunset. It was the first I’ve seen like it as usually the climate here is too foggy to appreciate the beautiful scenery.
After a tough one hour hike up Lion’s Head in Cape Town, we were rewarded with one of the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen.
If fireworks at midnight are de rigeur for welcoming the New Year, perhaps a fiery sunset is a fitting way to say goodbye to the old. Of course, this one is not really today’s but it will do. I took this picture, and its cloudy companions, from the…