BASKETS
11 photos
Various baskets that I acquired while living in western North Carolina. The colorful ones are of Cherokee make, no doubt.
BREAD AT HOME
185 photos
"It is rare for homemade bread to be wasted, whereas a very large proportion of bought bread ends up in the dustbin, because it is not in any way respected.";
--Elizabeth David, 1977....
EXPLORE-D
198 photos, 2 videos
My pictures selected for EXPLORE!
UC BOTANICAL GARDEN
671 photos, 1 video
Plants growing at the wonderful garden; open to the public.
FLOWERS
644 photos
From my old rural garden in the North Carolina mountains to my new home in Berkeley, CA.
BUTTERFLIES
36 photos
TREES
577 photos
Mostly seen in Western North Carolina
& and the California Bay Area.
CLOUDS
88 photos
SUNRISES & SUNSETS
201 photos
Western North Carolina, Bay Area California, Hawaii & Beyond.
CHURCHES
159 photos
Here and there.
BILTMORE ESTATE
137 photos
House, gardens, extensive grounds.
Built for George W. Vanderbilt II in 1895.
Asheville, North Carolina
WORKING HORSES
15 photos
Various sources, but mostly from Plow Day at Warren Wilson College.
NORMANDY
174 photos
Some views from 2 weeks in Normandy during 2019;
a Road Scholar trip, September.
CHRISTMAS
18 photos
UC BERKELEY CAMPUS
789 photos, 2 videos
A diversity of perspectives.
CLARK KERR CAMPUS/UC BERKELEY
24 photos
Built in the 1930s as California's school for the deaf and blind, the campus is now part of UC Berkeley.
BERKELEYSIDE
92 photos
Pix of mine that have been featured in Berkeleyside.
STAIRS & STEPS
171 photos
A variety of styles.
VIGNETTES
131 photos
A wide range of views, from my homes in North Carolina and California.
BENCHES and SEATS
319 photos
Here and there.
BLACK & WHITE
537 photos
Pure and simple.
SKY
67 photos
Its infinite variety!
FRAMED
151 photos
Any photo of mine bearing a "made" frame.
MOSAICS
108 photos
Fun with the Mosaic option on FlickrToys.
WINDOWS
180 photos
HAWAII
85 photos
A visit to the Kona Coast, Big Island, December 2017.
MELINDA
9 photos
Miscellaneous takes. . . .
BUTTERFLIES
1 photo
GUATEMALA
20 photos
Old U.S. Mint
6 photos
San Francisco, CA.
ARCHITECTURE
353 photos
A wide range, from log cabins to skyscrapers, with a sample from China.
BRIDGES
124 photos
Big and little, far and wide.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
235 photos, 1 video
FORAGED FOOD
37 photos
Gathered by me from the wild--forest, field, urban streetscape.
It's safe, but get educated! Delicious and highly nutritious. And sometimes cost effective!
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
12 photos
Masks
4 photos
Covid-19
EK BALAM
13 photos
Archeological zone, Yucatan, Mexico.
2013.
THREE DOORS
8 photos
FENCES
316 photos
Seen anywhere.
PANORAMAS
49 photos
PEAKED ROOF HOUSES
43 photos
Berkeley, California/USA
PUBLISHED
14 photos
in paper. Various others used online by news outlets.
HEARING LOSS
22 photos
Various moments in my hearing-loss life. If you have the condition, step up to advocate for accommodation for yourself and everyone else who is HOH (hard of hearing)!!
UTAH
27 photos
Adventures while attending the national hearing loss convention in downtown Salt Lake City.
SCENIC SCAPES
187 photos
Mostly my home areas over the recent decades--western NC & the CA Bay Area.
MINNEAPOLIS
54 photos, 1 video
Shot during a 4-day stay in June.
GREENSBORO
20 photos
SAN FRANCISCO
207 photos
MUSEUMS
454 photos
Seen in many places.
LIBRARIES
174 photos
Public, university, large, and small. Various places, city and country.
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS
292 photos
BARNS & OUTBUILDINGS
94 photos
Mostly in the southern Appalachians about 25 miles from Asheville in Buncombe County.
EAST BAY, CALIFORNIA
536 photos
A variety of scenes since 2015.
TITAN ARUM
9 photos
As it bloomed (rare event) at Berkeley's UC Botanical Garden, Autumn 2017.
CALENDARS
9 photos
ROWING
13 photos
The sport of rowing.
PROTEST
10 photos
SORGHUM
11 photos
HOUSES
132 photos
BAY AREA
382 photos, 1 video
Various spots I've visited since returning to live here in June 2016.
HISTORY
48 photos
CROSS COUNTRY
31 photos
From Michigan to the Bay Area by Camper.
VIDEOS
13 videos
Various and sundry.
HOCKNEYIZED
9 photos
Created with Big Huge Labs app.
BERKELEY
397 photos
Various views.
CALIFORNIA APRIL 2016
19 photos
CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 2015
63 photos
CALIFORNIA JUNE-JULY 2014
57 photos
During a three-week visit to the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. Much to see and enjoy!
DOCUMENTARY
11 photos
TRAVELS
27 photos
Various excursions away from home.
BONSAI
16 photos
Examples from the collection at the North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville.
SPRING
233 photos
A variety of spring views, mostly floral.
UNCA
43 photos
MOSTLY ORCHIDS
49 photos
Seen at Biltmore Conservatory, winter of 2014-2015.
COLEMAN BOUNDARY
83 photos, 1 video
Section of the Pisgah National Forest, NC.
FLORIDA:FLAGLER COUNTY
54 photos
Three enjoyable 4-day trips to the northeast coast of Florida (between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach) in the autumn of 2010, 2011, and 2012, 2013.
REUTER CENTER, UNCA
12 photos
Home of Asheville's Wonderful OLLI!
DAVIDSON, NC
35 photos
Town and gown and including a peek at Lake Norman.
BOUNDARY END
98 photos
WASHINGTON, DC.
64 photos
AUTUMN
114 photos
North Carolina and California. Over the years.
HOME CANNING
30 photos
YUCATAN, DECEMBER 2013
62 photos
An 8-day trip with Maya Field Workshops to: Chichen, Coba, Ek Balam, Izamal, and Balancanche Cave.
YUCATAN 2012
20 photos
A trip mostly to Merida and Valladolid over the Christmas period. . . .
"MESTIZA: EL HIPIL DE YUCATAN"
23 photos
Documenting the traditional, and current, dress of indigenous women of the Yucatan Peninsula--the "hipil". This characteristic dress is still commonly seen as the everyday dress of many...
YUCATAN
30 photos
Various views from trips to the Yucatán Peninsula--a favorite place--over the years. I'll be adding more as I rediscover them.
MESOAMERICAN TEXTILES
8 photos
UNC CHAPEL HILL
122 photos
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
SUNFLOWERS and GIRASOLES
19 photos
All seen in western North Carolina at or near my home.
CAMDEN, SC.
13 photos
Spring visit, 2012, including views of the Robert Mills Courthouse (outside and in), a town park, the old Buckley mansion, and the old Chesnut family plantation house. A beautiful colonial town,...
ETOWAH INDIAN MOUNDS
9 photos
A state park in Georgia, preserving the excellent remains of Native American earthworks from the 1400s.
Most of what we see here is an archaeological dig during the summer of 2013.
BARNS and OUTBUILDINGS
57 photos
A selection from, mostly, western North Carolina.
WOODS WALK, 14 APRIL 2012
9 photos
A visit to the national forest within a half mile of my house.Things are changing every day, whether we can perceive them or not. In spring and autumn they are most visible!
ASHEVILLE, NC
86 photos
Views all over...mostly buildings.
AUSTIN
32 photos
Views taken during visits to the University of Texas campus and environs . . . usually in January, as many years we went there when my husband attended the Maya Meetings at UT. I took pictures in the...
REYNOLDA HOUSE & GARDENS
9 photos
The Reynolds Family (tobacco) summer house in Winston-Salem, NC. For almost half a century it has served as a house-and-garden preserve and museum of American art. Worth a visit!
FUNGI and MUSHROOMS
15 photos
Seen mostly in and near the Pisgah National Forest. North Carolina mountains.
Green Cove Springs, FL
19 photos
A charming waterside town of historic interest on the St. John's River, northwest of Jacksonville.
FOAMHENGE
10 photos
Natural Bridge, VA (Rt. 11).
Designed and constructed by Mark Cline, pop sculptor of dinosaurs and other works of art--like Foamhenge. If you're dying to know more, here's the madman himself:...
WHEAT (TRITICUM)
7 photos
Harvesting a test plot using a 1950s-era mechanical harvester; it separates the wheat from the chaff.
Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
23 photos
ST. LOUIS 2010
55 photos
Some views from mid-April.
FRESH FOODSTUFFS
160 photos
Food prepared, and/or raised at home, or bought locally in western North Carolina.
FOLK ART CENTER
12 photos
Near Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Always an exhibit, demonstrations, craft shop, bookstore--sometimes music.
SALEM, MA
44 photos
Views taken in March and May, 2010. A favorite place!
Peabody Essex Museum
28 photos
Views taken during two spring visits to this fascinating museum in Salem, MA.
HISTORIC BIG IVY
49 photos
Post office designations "Barnardsville" and (part of) "Weaverville".
WEAVERVILLE LIBRARY
9 photos
The northmost branch in the Asheville-Buncomb County Library System, this wonderful place is heavily used by townspeople and those living in the region.
THE BUILDING:
Built in 1926 as the...
WCU: Architecture in Appalachia
8 photos
My black and white image of the Carson Cabin in Barnardsville/Big Ivy, NC, as seen on exhibit at Hunter Library, campus of Western Carolina University (WCU), co-sponsored by the Mountain Heritage...
GRANITE MINE
18 photos
Showing the NC Granite Co., the largest open-face quarry in the world, and some of its history in its homeplace, Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
George's Modern Stone Circle
16 photos
Over a decade, starting about 2003, my late husband, George Stuart (1935-2014) worked with Dr. David Moore of Warren Wilson College to erect a small solar observation circle, composed of large...
PLOW DAY, 2011
20 photos
Warren Wilson College, Swannano, NC/USA.
Ferdinand Richardt
11 photos
Danish-American artist who traveled in the US during the 1850s and moved to California in 1875. Life dates: 1819-1895. He is represented in many museums in this country and in Denmark. Two of his...
FOOD
120 photos
Home-made meals (mostly) and their ingredients.
Carter-Swain House
7 photos
Important historic house and barn on the US National Register of Historic Places. Located about 15 m. NE of Asheville, NC.
Rear part built about 1826, newer facade built about 1849. Read some history...
St. Louis Public Library
11 photos
An elegant turn-of-the-20th-century building, now undergoing restoration. Designed by Cass Gilbert and opened in 1912. I visited just before it closed for a major restoration. Set to re-open in 2012,...
"Most Interesting"
19 photos
Those that have, apparently, attracted the most clicks--automatically chosen.
Set automatically created by dopiaza's set generator on 11th May 2011 at 10:53pm BST
Buchanan, VA/USA
10 photos
WINTER: SNOW 2009-2010
16 photos
Views in the Big Ivy valley.
NICOTIANA
14 photos
Some views of burley tobacco growing in western North Carolina, a now-dying agricultural industry.
BARNARDSVILLE-BIG IVY, NC-1959
16 photos
Scanned from the several hundred snapshots taken in the summer of 1959 to illustrate the annual scrapbook created by the Community Club.
The Club went dormant in the 1960s, but was revived in 1973,...
MY APPALACHIA
261 photos, 1 video
In the mountains of North Carolina, in and around Asheville.
BLUE RIBBONS
5 photos
At the Mountain State Fair, 2011.
SEPIA
43 photos
Memories of the past and present. . . .
Oldies from Wunderground.com
66 photos
Beginning in March 2006 when I began digital photography I posted my best pictures to the galleries of the weather site Wunderground.com [WU]. After enjoying that venue and the friends I made there...
TOMATOES
68 photos
August is the month for it! We've been busy! Last year, the year before, and this year!
TOBACCO: HISTORY and CULTURE
23 photos
Barnardsville, North Carolina.
I am not a smoker. I am interested in cultural history, in how people live and have lived. Tobacco was a large fact of economic life in the state of North Carolina for...
SMITHSONIAN
28 photos
A few views around the Mall on my recent visit to the Smithsonian, which I consider my 'alma mater', having worked there at three different periods in my life. Always a pleasure!
PARIS
41 photos
Road Scholar tour, September 2019.
GEORGE
4 photos