This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge, hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ Lyon has several traboules scattered around in the Old Town of the city. “Traboules” mean “to pass through” in Latin and are hidden passageways that connect one part of Old Town, Lyon with another. Happily, we found one and wove…
Month: September 2025
At the End of the Day
It took a long time to get here, the place I wanted to be but did not know it. I bought my first guitar when I was eleven, with money I earned from doing chores. The lessons were arduous with blistered fingertips, till I was good enough to love it. I strived and struggled until the…
CFFC: Subjects Framed by Things
This is my contribution to Cee’s Foto Fun Challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at NoFacilities blog. The theme for this week is “subjects framed by things made by people.” It is a lot of fun to look back through my pictures and find photos for this challenge. Here are a few framed photos from my travels…
CFFC: Hobbies II
This is my contribution to Cee’s Foto Fun Challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at NoFacilities blog. The theme for this week is a continuation of last weeks, Hobbies Part 2. Over the years, I have moved and traveled a lot. In later years, whenever I stop and stay in one place for a while, I love…
Thursday Doors: Guignol in Lyon, France
This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge, hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ For the third week, I am featuring Lyon, a city in east-central France, from a visit there this past June. This week, like last, we will be walking through Vieux-Lyon, the Old Town of Lyon, near the River Saône. My…
CFFC: Hobbies
This is my contribution to Cee’s Foto Fun Challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at NoFacilities blog. The theme for this week is Your Hobby, so here are a few of my hobbies: #1 Nature Watching (There are so many wonders to be found in nature.) #2 Owl Collecting #3 Door Photography (Here are a few of…
The Project
Growing up, grandpa’s 1957 Chevy sat dead in the driveway. My brothers and I often sat behind the wheel and traveled the highways of our imagination. My driver’s permit in hand, dad said, “I’ve got an idea.” Hours of labor later, the Chevy purred. I helped too. “Nothin’ comes for free,” my dad told me….
Thursday Doors: Vieux-Lyon, France
This is my contribution to the weekly Thursday Doors challenge, hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities blog. ~~ Last week, I featured the Guillotière bridge that crosses over the Rhône River in Lyon and the area nearby. For this week, I am featuring from the Pont Bonaparte bridge, that crosses the River Saône, to the Vieux-Lyon section of…
CFFC: Night
This is my contribution to Cee’s Foto Fun Challenge hosted by Dan Antion over at NoFacilities blog. The theme for this week is Night. Here are a few nighttime photos from my travels over the last two years, especially. Nighttime buses These photos were taken in 2017 from my windowsill on the fourth floor in our…
