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Last Gas

I found this signage advertising the "latest" bar on the Camino Portuguese shortly before the Spanish border where the great pilgrimage trail crosses the River Minho to Tui, Spain. By…

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Roman Bridges of Galicia

There are literally hundreds of Roman bridges in Galicia, many used by or adjacent to the Camino Portuguese. Some of these are more recent constructions on the Roman-engineered foundations, but…

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Temple of Mercury

Within Schwetzingen Garden, the Temple of Mercury is an intentional ruin from the late 1700s. Built to romantically fall down, the question today is how to conserve a structure intended…

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Visual Palindrome

A palindrome is a phrase that is the same read backwards and forwards. Some examples are Madam I'm Adam, A man a plan a canal Panama, and of course Napoleon's…

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Reflections in the Untersee

Before coming to Lake Konstanz, I didn't have a very good sense of its geography, other than Lake Konstanz was on the border of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. My friends…

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Wisteria Gate

The wisteria are in bloom around town. Their lush blues and purples, and lavish grape-juice odor, dominate the staid landscape of "the flats." In the hills, the wisteria are not…

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Pale Garden

From our garden I cut clematis, clivia, and iris. The tulips were store-bought. I assembled a composition to echo Flowers of Spring's Desire and Poppies and Mallows, but using a…

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Our side door

We generally prefer folks use our front door, where there is a nice sheltered porch for Amazon to leave their near-constant droppings. But of course if you are a friend…

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Cutting Corners

In Mounts Botanical Gardens of Palm Beach County, Florida an impressive exhibit of an installation by stick-work artist Patrick Dougherty was showcased when I visited recently. I'm always interested in doors,…

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