The Blue Galoon

3 year old Olivia's preferred pronunciation of "The Blue Lagoon." Iceland 2008

Expecting 2005

São Paulo Street Racer

I scanned this one of Joana as a little kid in Brazil from one of her old albums.

Olivia with Mama and "Dada"

Olivia and Joana check out some Dada puppets from 1918 created by Dada artist Sophie Taeuber at the National Gallery of Art East Wing in DC. I liked these a lot.

Grand Canyon Part 2

Our first stop to peer over the edge of the canyon turned out to be a good one. Unfortunately I had busted one of my toes horsing around with Joana at Zion a few days earlier and it still hurt, so we didn't hike down into the canyon. Someday we'll go back and do that though because it's really so big that I had a hard time relating to it from up on the rim. Photo of us by an anonymous, friendly, fellow tourist.

Grand Canyon Part 1

The day slips away while we watch from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near the Tovar lodge.

Rambling Rose

A rambling red rose frames Joana in the courtyard of the Cameron Trading Post Lodge. Cameron, Arizona 2004

Lake Powell Part 2

We found a secluded cove where we anchored the boat and ate lunch. Afterwards I went for a swim and the water was almost warm enough. Late May 2004

Olivia on the dunes

Sunday driving in Iceland

The road from Thingvellir to Laugarvatn is a great place to get away from the maddening crowds of Reykjavik. Well actually there didn't seem to be any maddening crowds in Reykjavik but out in the countryside it's almost uninhabited so in comparison Reykjavik seems downright frantic, teeming with hustling and bustling masses of Nordic humanity.

Here Comes Momma, Lock the Gate!

Olivia's 1st Birthday

Great Sand Dunes-Part1

Seasonal Shortcut.

Following the snowmobile tracks across Harrisville Pond to the village center. Harrisville, New Hampshire.

Reunida com Uma Amiga da Infancia.

Joana meets up with a childhood friend of hers from Sao Paulo, Brazil. They hadn't seen each other for 16 years but seemed to pick up right where they left off. My Portuguese is a little rusty, so I took a walk around the city while they caught up with each others lives.

Magic Hour

We walked over desert scrubland for about a half a mile to the un- developed overlook. It was a couple miles south of Page, AZ and the Glen Canyon Dam. The sun was setting, small birds zipped by our ears, and we were happy to be there together.

Saint-Gaudens

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire is the home and studio of the 19th century sculptor. Our visit included a walk through a shroom filled forest.

The world to ourselves.

Would we get lonely spending all our time like Taylor and Nova in Planet of the Apes?