inSPIREd Sunday

The picture was taken almost 30 years ago,
when Kodachrome was king.  This is
the monastery of the Taxiarchis, in Panormitis,
on the Greek island of Symi.  My family and I
spent a couple of idyllic days here as guests of the bishop,
who showed us the miraculous icon
of the archangel Michael that's housed here.
(This is also where we saw the Milky Way
for the very first time.  
Unforgettable in lots of ways.)

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Thursday Challenge—"tranquil"

Sunset over Loon Lake, in Maine.
I took this picture 40 years ago, when 
I was on my way home from my 
honeymoon (so TBT too)—and it was 
very tranquil here, at least until 
the loons started calling each other.

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Thursday Challenge: "architecture"

I dug deep into the archives for this shot of the Parthenon
(I took it 26 years ago, with Kodachrome—remember that?).
As I recall, we weren't allowed to get much closer than this.
Even so, I was lucky to capture it without any people in the frame.
  Or maybe everyone else was smart enough not to be out 
in the blazing sun, on a treeless Greek hill, in July, at noon.

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You must remember this . . .

A little over 35 years ago, I took my
first trip to Rome, armed with my trusty
SLR camera and plenty of Kodachrome.
(And back then, I wasn't even winded
when I got up here to the top of St. Peter's!)

[The theme for this Thursday Photo Challenge
is "photography."  To see more, go here.]

abc wednesday - A is for "ancient"

And also for Athens and Acropolis, where

I took this shot a long time ago—using

Kodachrome (speaking of ancient), a

kind of film you can't even buy anymore

(sorry about that, Paul and Art).

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