It seems hard to believe that 2015 is already behind us, not least because winter has only recently made its first tentative appearance on the River. Nothing remotely like last month’s scene has shown up thus far, with the exception of this painting that December's wallpaper inspired, just completed...
Once again, the first winter wallpaper of the season comes a month late with the same excuse as a year ago. November 1st found us in France, making my camera happy with a very different landscape which we welcome you to explore via the link to our French website.
With Christmas looming, I scoure...
Several people came close to identifying last month’s wallpaper image location, pointing to various spots in and around the Admiralties, but only one, Kim Yetto, picked the right island. When British surveyor Charles Unwin set out on the monumental task of surveying and naming all the islands in 187...
Congratulations to Dale Maclaughlin, Rick Gregware, Tom Tresohlavy, Hugh Cowan, Sandy and Jack Patterson, all of whom correctly identified last month’s scene as the south bay at Endymion Island in the Lake Fleet Group. Simon Fuller also got it right, suggesting this view is in Brockville, because it...
I lied.
At the time, I honestly thought I was speaking the truth, but it’s now clear that I wasn’t. When Volume V, “The very best of…” came out in 2010, I had recently sold my plane and wanted to end all the dawns and dusks spent chasing images to get a life. Our iPad eBook “One in a Thousand”...
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