walking by the woods on a snowy Sunday afternoon

Fresh Pond dressed in winter white with a blue sky.

out with the old

Ads and one cooking article from old Life and weightwatchers magazines. I never realized how much could be done with cream cheese and crackers.

Snowy Boston

A thick coating of snow remains everywhere, but the ducks don't seem to mind.

Miami: North and South

The photos start at South Beach and end in North Miami, near Miami Shores, with the famous Coppertone baby.

Miami: downtown

On the way to South Beach...

Miami: plants

It's 3 degrees in Boston today so not much is growing, to say the least. The subtropical nature of Miami means lots of greenery there. Here's a selection of just a few plants I saw.

Miami: Little Haiti (or nearby)

We drove through Little Haiti many times and I loved the colorful buildings as much as I love Haitian art. Handpainted signs, often with original graphics, against the backdrop of just about any color.

Miami: shadows

The graphic yet graceful quality of palm trees make beautiful shadows with the bright Miami sunshine.

Miami: like a painting

I just spent a week in Miami and took a lot of photos from the passenger seat of the car my friend Kitty was driving. I'm going to post a series of photos that each fit a particular theme. What they all have in common is lots of sun, blue sky and many colors. These 'pretty as a picture' shots were taken at Fairchild Tropical Gardens from the tram.