Cambridge at Night

John and I have been enjoying our end of summer evening walks in Cambridge.  It's great during the day but even more beautiful as dusk sets upon it.   Our days are getting shorter fast as fall comes.  I started seeing some color change a couple weeks ago, but it is now starting to show more noticeably, a couple of the trees are turning yellow and orange.  I'll fall photos soon...can hardly wait!

The tree in front of King's College Chapel is a Eurasian Horse Chestnut known in the states as a Buckeye tree.  It's a fall practice to go conker (buckeye) hunting.  There's also a game called Conkers.  "Oddly oddly onker my first conker".  Saying this when finding your first conker is supposed to bring good fortune for the following season. 

Evening Boat Ride

There's not much more relaxing than an evening ride on the lake at dusk.  Ari and I made a trip home to Ohio and were able to spend some time at the in-laws lake.  It was a gorgeous evening the night we went out.  I could easily imagine spending my whole life near the water. 

Travel Photography

We spent 11 gorgeous days in Oahu and 4 in and around the Seattle, WA area for our family vacation this year. It's been a dream of mine to go to Hawaii and when friends told us they were moving to Oahu for 2 years, I became very excited and started planning our trip to get there. It is beautiful and I can't wait to go back some day. I've spent a lot time editing all the pictures from the trip. I'm publishing a few photos that I artfully enhanced, hoping that you'll get a feel for what Hawaii and Seattle are like.

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Makapu'u Point Lighthouse

Sandy Beach, Oahu

Waikiki

The Lagoons at Ko' Olina Beach

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin

Waterfall on way to Mt. St. Helens

Waterfall on way to Mt. Rainier

Seattle Skyline