Even without a full array of ancillary pillows, a spot to lounge by the pool on a cool desert evening seems like an enormous upgrade over the second half of winter in Northern New York.
Author: adohertyh
Nap Beneath a Tree
Does anything say “college life” more than an afternoon nap in the sunshine beneath autumn foliage?
White Hart in Autumn
This particular acute crossroads in Salisbury, Connecticut is home to the White Hart Inn, and it turns out that it’s photogenic in just about every season.
Integratron
Landers, California’s Integratron is said to be at the intersection of ley lines and underground reservoirs, and was originally designed to hold a device that its creator hoped would extend human lifespans. While I can’t say I’ve been able to verify any of that information, its stark white presence in the desert above the Coachella Valley is certainly striking.
While it was freezing and blustery outside, within the Integratron, the enormous parabolic dome of wood (with no metal used in its construction) was definitely warm and inviting. I’ll attribute this to thermodynamics more than supernatural forces.
Like a Sports Car Among Golf Carts
Does anything more fully reveal the variety among four-wheeled vehicles than a Porsche 911 GTS pulling into a space alongside rows of golf carts?
Horses Among the Preparations
The background of this image—fleets of golf carts, tons of bedding, parking lots of trucks and horse trailers, plus busy grooms and working students—is a good reminder of the effort that goes into the equestrian experience happening in the foreground.
California Wind Turbine
An iconic image of renewable energy in California, if I do say so myself: scrub brush in the foreground, mountains in the background, and a huge wind turbine in the center of it all. I particularly like the way this particular shutter speed allowed for just a slight blur at the tips of the turbine blades.
Breakfast at Sunrise
A summer sunrise accompanies many breakfasts when horses are involved, but I have to admit that I prefer mine with less grass and more eggs.
Long Lake Boat House
The sight of a boat house on a remote body of water gets my eyeballs ready for an explosive speedboat entrance from a secret agent. I guess an Adirondack sunset is an acceptable runner-up prize.
Wind in the North of Coachella Valley
At the northern end of Coachella Valley, civilization peters out and the wind kicks up. The seemingly endless fields of wind turbines are (unsurprisingly) well-positioned: hopping out of the car to get this shot, I was nearly knocked over by a grit-enhanced gust, the likes of which I’m not sure I’ve ever felt before.
San Francisco Canyon
Describing city streets as canyons is, at this point, a cliché, but that doesn’t mean that an image of San Francisco can’t be perfectly canyon-evoking.
An Adirondack Island at Sunset
A likely astonishing number of my childhood’s imaginary forts and escapes were on islands. Though I have no idea why, the present-day result is that my head snaps to the side with every Adirondack island I pass. What adventure could be happening there?
Like Jurassic Park for Horses
The endless equestrian expanse of the Kentucky Horse Park means that it’s truly possible to get lost within the wide expanse of fields, rings, and museums. It’s a whole Jurassic-Park-like work, but (to paraphrase Ian Malcolm) “At [Kentucky Horse Park], when the [ponies are bad], they don’t eat the tourists.”
Horses in the Back Yard
Summers in Kentucky mean that horses come home from the show for evening turnout.
That, in turn, means that ponies and horses are around for… Well, everything from breakfast to birthday parties.
SoFi Stadium at Dawn
Sunrise over Los Angeles and SoFi Stadium; time to say goodbye to 2021. See you in the new year!
