Transformations — Settings and Dress

Yes, this is yet another post about opera (and you have one last chance to get to the VOA production of Lucia and hear Eglise Gutiérrez sing coloratura as it’s rarely sung) — but it’s…

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The Power of Light . . .

In case yesterday’s video didn’t satisfy your urge for seascapes, here are some stills I took at the same time. It was so stormy, but suddenly there was an exorbitantly gorgeous scene as light broke…

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Stormy Seas — but no scarf-tying. . .

This is for Lisa, who requested some sea action — I captured some of this morning’s stormy drama, and, at the end of the video, evidence that I ran outside in my pj’s and slippers…

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Island Life, Beauties and Beasts

I took these photos almost two weeks ago, thinking they’d make a pretty post — details from a slightly decrepit wicker patio chair, beach rocks someone has arranged on a garden stone. Turns out they’re…

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More Opera, Sartorial, Festive Stuff

As promised, some opera sartorial splendor in the form of a kilt worn by Todd Wong of Gung Haggis Productions — ideally, I would have taken a close-up of Todd’s beautiful brocade vest, patterned with…

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