Category Archives: TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes

A PROCLIVITY FOR PONDERING P**P

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

While jousting jesting with Sir-Walks-a-Lot under a brilliant, vivid sky this day upon a ghill called Martin, the knight errant’s band of merry hounds pointedly raised their moist nose tips en masse to the wind. After an intense, yet brief snuffle,

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, dog food treats, Donna Weidner, dp_photo_challenge/vivid, Gilmartin Drive, humorous vignette | 12 Comments

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE MALL

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Wedding bells are gonna chime very soon, so on the way to shop for my dress I dropped to my knees (well, not really), looked up to the heavens to plead to the goddess-of-formal-wear for a speedy find (yes, actually), and was immediately greeted by this … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, FAMILY, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, Donna Weidner, dp_photo_challenge/on-the-way, formal wear shopping, Nieman Marcus rotunda, pirate tale, stained glass window, vignette | 20 Comments

SERMERSSUAQ UKARPALUGPOQ-An Earth Day Tribute

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

She weeps. She cries. She howls. She sighs at man’s inability to use his knowledge wisely. Sermerssuaq The Big Ice Greenland’s ice cap. Tropical blue melt-water lakes the size of small countries rest upon Mother Earth’s head. Creaking from their weight,

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HOLIDAYS, POEMS, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, author, Donna Weidner, Earth Day 2015, Greenland, ice cap, sermerssuaq, tribute to the arctic | 10 Comments

BLURRED VISIONS

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

It’s a black and white day – fitting for a journey to the past where yesterday easily blurrs with today where peering through dilapidated windows throws a muddied light

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei Human Rights Exhibit, Alcatraz, author, Donna Weidner, DP, dp_photo_challenge/blur | 13 Comments

AS NOW FADES TO YESTERDAY

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

When this very second is no longer the future and becomes the past in less time than it takes to type this sentence, living in the moment almost seems easy, but is it? If I just plug along and operate on auto … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, author, blessings, Donna Lambo-Weidner, DPchallange, dp_photo_challenge/ephemeral, Hawaii, Lana'i, poem, Shipwreck Beach | 13 Comments

DEAR fill in the blank

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

What do you think of when you see a wall of post office boxes? I wonder about the recipients – who they are, what kind of mail they get besides bills, catalogs, and birthday cards… Dear Ice Berg, How many … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallange, dp_photo_challenge/wall, letters of note, writer | 13 Comments

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

WHO’S THERE? The folks at Daily Press – and man do they have a fun way of inspiring awareness with their weekly photo challenge. When I set out this week with the intention of recognizing the color orange, the fog lifted … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, humorous blogs, orange theme, photo challenge, writer | 10 Comments

SCALE

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Every Friday the folks at The Daily Post generate a themed photo challenge. This week’s ‘SCALE’ took me back to a trip we made in the summer of 2009 to the Ilulissat Ice Fjord in Greenland. To know that these ancient mountains of … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged Donna Weidner, DPchallange, dp_photo_challenge/scale, Greenland, icebergs, ilulissat | 4 Comments

SPONTANEITY, THE SPICE OF LIFE

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

If spontaneity is the spice of life, our little road trip on Sunday was a mediterranean street festival on wheels – a true feast for the tongue, delight for the nose, treat for the eye, and a joy for the spirit. The … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged 17-Mile Drive, adventure, Ann Caviness, california coast road trip, Donna Weidner, Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary, Pamela Livingston, San Juan Bautista | 14 Comments

THE STOWAWAY

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Three hours in, and it’s a crapshoot as to whose self-control has disintegrated faster than tissue paper kissed by a lit match. From where, oh where did that blast of vile wind spring forth? What insidious organ expelled you from its … Continue reading →