Gumbo's Pic of the Day, January 26, 2015: Breakfast on the Okavango Delta
After a dawn game drive, we were treated to a tasty breakfast cooked in the busy by our guide and driver.
After a dawn game drive, we were treated to a tasty breakfast cooked in the busy by our guide and driver.
The Yamunotri region of India is up north in the Himalayas. This place is the source of Holy Yamuna River which has great significance in Hinduism. I made this photo on the way to Yamunotri.
Many cities have private gardens tucked away from prying eyes, although in a big city anywhere they’re an enormous luxury. London seems to be particularly adept at hiding some pretty large outdoor spaces, just as the country as a...
Snaking precariously up the steep sides of the massive Atlas Mountain range as you leave Marrakech and head up towards the Tizi n'Tichka pass in the southerly direction of Ouazazate.
It's hard to forget the first time you see a marabou stork because of how extremely unattractive it is. I spotted my first marabous in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, a group of them feasting on the dead remnants of what I believe was...
As tourists enter the Crowsnest Pass from the east, the first major pioneer landmark they will see is the famous Burmis Tree on the north side of Highway 3. This unique and starkly shaped tree, named after the community, is a Limber...
Paris is well known for its architectural splendor, and one highlight I experienced was a visit to the Musee d'Orsay , situated on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway...
Located at the northern end of Thimpu Valley in Bhutan, Tango Goemba has held religious significance since the 12th century when it was home of the Lama who brought the Drukpa Kagyupa school of Buddhism to Bhutan.
This image was taken from inside a restored/preserved slave cabin on the Magnolia Plantation, near Charleston SC. The contrast between the dark and hostile interior and the light flooding in from the green and beautiful scene outside struck me...
I didn’t really need more books, but how could I not visit the English bookstore, Shakespeare Books, in Avignon. I was staying in this great medieval town on the Rhône, on the south side just inside the wall near...
Not much ever gets discarded in Morocco, much less something as sophisticated as a donkey cart. So what terrible fate befell this robust means of transportation to leave it looking so wrecked as it is?
Flowers in Winter. Todays Picture of the Day comes with a question. Thanks to "Climate Change" this Rose is happy to flower in January. That's today - 15 January 2015. It's in Liverpool, England where I live. 2 years ago...
One of the strangest plants I have ever seen is the Cirio Tree. It is a bizarre tree found mostly in the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. A few also grow in mainland Mexico and in Arizona. It is also known as the Boojum...
The Thousand Islands Lake is a artificial lake located in the southwest of the city of Hangzhou. There are 1,078 islands dotting a lake that covers 567.4 square kilometers.
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.