Wandering Camera – Magdalen College, Oxford
Welcome to this month’s Wandering Camera. This month I would love to take you around Magdalen College, one of the three colleges we visited in Oxford. After spending the morning at Christ Church, we made our way toward this beautiful college. If buildings have personalities, which I think they do, Magdalen College exudes
Wandering Camera – Wildflowers
Welcome to this month’s Wandering Camera! A couple of days ago I was plopped on the sofa, balancing my sketchbook, a tiny jar of water, palette, paint and brush on a little board. While looking out toward the blooming flowers in our modest little flower garden, I was doing a practice sketch of
Wandering Camera – Christ Church, Oxford, UK Part II
Thank you for sharing so many personal anecdotes about Oxford on the previous Wandering Camera. Those stories give extra dimension to the places I visit and connects me a little more to the photos I take. Today I will continue with our visit to Chirst Church. Last time, I ended with exiting Bodley
Wandering Camera – Christ Church, Oxford, UK
A couple of years back we finally made it to England. What had kept me away was the predisposed knowledge that once I went to England, I would want to go back again and again. My prediction did come true. We did go back multiple times, not just to England, but to Scotland
Wandering Camera – Music
Today’s planned Wandering Camera would have required rummaging through photos. I am under the weather, and not feeling like sitting at the computer much. I have been playing music quite a bit to while away the sick days. So, here’s a little peek into my musical world. This is my old girl.
Wandering Camera – Muir Woods
This Wandering Camera started with an innocuous conversation that turned into a morning excursion. A few weeks back, my husband and I went to get haircuts during a cold and wet morning. The lady who cuts my hair is usually very quiet. However, the weather outside got us talking about Muir Woods. She
Wandering Camera – October Stories
Every October, my attention gets blown around like a leaf in the wind and I continuously find myself in the midst of stories, but not necessarily stories made of words. This Wandering Camera reflects that. One late afternoon, with rain clouds outside my window, I was practising painting a sunrise after a
Wandering Camera – Camping
If being a good patient was one of my virtues, I would have already recovered from my cold. Other chronic ailments made it a little worse. I still have a lingering cough and laryngitis. It was not the smartest idea to go camping in the mountains after a night of high fever and
Wandering Camera – Clearing Storm
Welcome to Wandering Camera. This month I get to share a few clearing storm photos from the Sierra Mountains with you. This is at my most favourite campgroud there. It is at just over 10,000 feet in elevation. Days stay cool, and nights get very cold. Weather changes here frequently. Sometimes, if
Wandering Camera – Thistles
Welcome to this month’s Wandering Camera. Thistles are not what one would necessarily call very pretty flowers. They are a wild sort that grows on invasive thorny plants. Yet the fuchsia colour is undeniably vibrant and beautiful enough for me to seek out and photograph them, and paint them afterwards as well. A few