a touch of class

                                        The grill and lights on this old Rolls Royce are still fantastic.

Iconic Pine

Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

The Irish Pub

You can find an Irish pub almost anywhere.  this one was in Taormina, Sicily.  A little too early in the morning for the usual crowd.

Rain coming to Vernazza?

The harbor in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy with a big storm brewing

My Karen

A photo of my lovely wife, Karen, taken 50 years ago.  This was originally an Ektachrome slide converted to digital.  By the way, she is just as beautiful today as she was in 1968!

Pacific anchorage

The calm waters of Drake Bay, Costa Rica offer a safe anchorage for the sailing ship, Wind Star.

Carolina Color

The little waterfall is just a highlight to the rich fall colors in this North Carolina landscape.

Lakeside at Cannobio

The small harbor at Cannobio, Italy on beautiful Lago Maggiore.  Cannobio is the first significant town on Lake Maggiore south of the border between Italy and Switzerland.

Carolina mountain men

Typical attire of men in the Appalachian mountains circa 1780

fall shoreline

The shoreline, in November, at Cane Creek Lake, south of Charlotte, North Carolina