Lynn Amber - Travel & Photography
sharing my thoughts through words and images
Category: Places of Interest
Photo Challenge: Acadia: May 1
I decided to start off my second season here at Acadia National Park with another photo challenge for myself. One Photo – One Day for the month of May. I thought it would be fun to continue this for the summer and see the… Continue Reading “Photo Challenge: Acadia: May 1”
30 Days and 30 Photos – Day 27
My day has been full with work obligations so I have decided to choose a photograph from another day during my 30 day experiment – so not totally out of line! I am particularly fond of photographing plants since that was my focus for… Continue Reading “30 Days and 30 Photos – Day 27”
30 Days and 30 Photos – Day 18
I started out the day working some overtime in the ranger station, and then was scheduled to meet some workamping friends at noon. Jim and I worked with these two couples in the Tetons last summer and they were both spending the summer working… Continue Reading “30 Days and 30 Photos – Day 18”
Thuya Garden Revisited
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” –Gertrude Jekyll I finally took the time to return to Thuya Garden so that I could see the perennial borders… Continue Reading “Thuya Garden Revisited”
In Search of Acadia’s Public Gardens
Wherever I travel, I am drawn to seeking out public botanical gardens much like a hummingbird is attracted to Monarda or Lupinus or Aquilegia. Just as the hummingbird gets its nourishment from these flowers, visiting gardens and walking in nature sustains me. My love… Continue Reading “In Search of Acadia’s Public Gardens”
Settling in at Acadia NP
“My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan I’ve completed my first two full weeks of work at Acadia NP and celebrated after the first week with an 8-mile round trip hike up Cadillac Mountain. … Continue Reading “Settling in at Acadia NP”
Road Trip Journal – 9.14.17 to 9.26.17
I thought it would be fun to chronicle one of our road trips in a diary format to illustrate how we travel. Our current trip across country from Wyoming to Vermont is typical of the way we travel when we have a destination in… Continue Reading “Road Trip Journal – 9.14.17 to 9.26.17”
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Our last evening in the Tetons, we… Continue Reading “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Far From the Madding Crowd
Thomas Hardy’s Victorian era novel with this title portrays the main character, Bathsheba, and her life on a Dorset farm far from the “hustle and bustle” of London. The term originated in the solemn 16th century poem by Thomas Gray, “Elegy written in a… Continue Reading “Far From the Madding Crowd”
Food for Thought
We’ve always enjoyed eating out. When Jim and I first met, one of our favorite things to do on the weekend was to eat out for breakfast. Our first year together, we lived along the Brandywine Creek at the corner of Rt. 100 and… Continue Reading “Food for Thought”
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