I took the shot above in July of 2007 on the Gaspe Peninsula on Canada’s eastern coast. The lupines were in full bloom and they were everywhere — planted in people’s lawns and growing wild in big patches like this one. I’ve wanted to grow lupines at home ever since but they may not appreciate [...]

After an ugly week in Bangkok, the protests have been dismantled and everyone seems to be waiting to see what happens next. This has been a tough time for Thailand. For a country that thrives on tourism, more tough times will likely be ahead. But this is a resilient region and hopefully the situation will [...]

The situation in Bangkok has ramped up again. Red Shirts maintain the protest they began over two months ago and the government’s patience is wearing thin. While I was there in March — oddly enough arriving on the same day as many of the Red Shirt protesters — things were quite peaceful and the protesters [...]

From time to time I make a point of googling around to see if I spot any unlicensed photo uses or even licensed uses that I just hadn’t seen reported yet. This time I turned up something even more interesting: I found this photo, provided by a Sharon McClure, on a Ripley County, Indiana geneaology [...]