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Steve McKinney Family
Steve, Debbie, Sarah, Meghan, Bob & Wyatt
McKinney Gathering Go-Karting
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David McKinney Family Plus
Dave, Julia, Christopher & Thomas
Claire McKinney
Vintage Finger Lakes
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McKinney Family Gathering ~ Keuka Lake 2013
Thank You Doris & Jim Lally
Weather up on the north end of Skanaeteles Lake got in the way of the Skanaeteles Antique and Classic Wooden Boat Show for some for others not so much, water is water I guess.
From Skanaeteles, on to the once a season (tourist season) Classic Car Show in Seneca Falls.
Birds of a Feather
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Birds of a Feather
A chance to revisit the bird photography opportunities from the past three winter seasons lived on the road.
Text below individual images is linked to the original post and add’l images.
2010 – 2011
Everglades ~ Chokoloskee Bay
J.N. ‘Ding’ Darling NWR
… and Again
More ‘Ding’ Darling
Everglades ~ Florida Bay and Flamingo
Kissimmee Lake – Wood Storks & Sand Hill Cranes
Davis Bayou ~ Gulf Islands National Seashore
Grand Isle – By the B’light of Day
Bayou and Swamp ~ Atchafalaya Basin ~ Lake Fausse Pointe SP
Texas Primeval
Port Aransas Preening
To Fly ~ Goose Island SP
Whooping Crane Tour ~ Fulton, TX
2011 – 2012
Bitter Lake NWR
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Gulf Coast Morning Light
Cameron Prairie NWR ~ Cameron Prairie Parish, Louisiana
Lacasine NWR ~ Cameron Parish
Okeefenokee Swamp NWR ~ Stephen C. Foster SP
Okeefenokee Swamp NWR
Okeefenokee Swamp NWR ~ Eastern Entrance
Savannah NWR
The Center For Birds of Prey ~ Awendaw, SC
2012 – 2013
‘Water Ranch’
Desert Botanical Garden
Hummer & Raptors ~ The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Arizona ~ The Good Oak Tree & the Santa Cruz River Valley
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
Whitewater Draw
Bosque del Apache NWR
Cochise Stronghold
Birds of Texas ~ The Texas Hill Country
Lagganulva Heron
One’s Work
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Much of our travel-based images revolve around what one does for work.
We revisit some of those posts and images.
Carlos Valdes ~ The Havana Cafe ~ Chokoloskee, Florida
Bayou la Batre ~ A Real Bubba Gump
‘Gabby’ Paxton ~ Cow Camp ~ Kissimmee, Florida
The Hardest Working Bluegrass Band In Austin
Delacroix Island Blue Crab Fishery
The Family That Ranches Together …
The Willcox Livestock Auction – Buyers & Sellers
Bern
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Bern
An old city of bicycles, banking, pedestrians, the capital, motor scooters, public transport, river front, restaurants and cafes, cobbled streets, churches, domes, spires, arches. The old and the new …
Bern, Switzerland
Saint-Nicholas Church
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Saint-Nicholas Church
Heremence
Switzerland
“The parish community of Heremence is happy to welcome you to its church. Here, we meet to pray, to share the Eucharist, to celebrate our joys and our sorrows …”
“We would like this church, along with the works of art it contains, to be seen above all as a witness of faith, the faith in which we try to live with God in the present, but which finds its roots in a long secular tradition and links us to countless generations of christians, who have preceded us. We dare to hope that you will not visit our church as if visiting any museum, but by your behavior and discretion, you will respect what it represents and what it is.”
“Thank you for your visit.”
The Church History
“In a confined space since the beginning of the last century, and dangerously damaged by an earthquake in 1946, the church of 1770 needed to be replaced. The decision was made in 1961, after consultation with the parishioners (January 20th, 1961 and the council authorities.”
December 1961 – June 1962
“Architectural competition: 15 projects are retained out of over forty presented; public exhibition of the projects and the jury set to work …”
January 15th 1966
“The definitive project and the financial plan is unanimously approved by the general council.”
Autumn 1967
“Demolition of the old church.”
September 22nd 1968
“Benediction of the first stone.”
October 31st 1971
” Monseigneur Nestor Adam consecrates the new church of Saint-Nicholas. The architect is Mr. Walter Forderer, Basel.”
Total Capacity: 1500
Seating Capacity: 500
Height From the Village Square: 37m
“The bells come from the Eschmann Company, Wil (SG) and the organ from Fuglister, Grimisuat (VS).”
As well as the church itself, and it’s services, the building contains various parish meeting rooms (including 4 within the bell tower), two main entrances, the entrance hall to the main council hall, and a village shop.”
Text directly from church pamphlet.
Meat Market Man ~ Guido Macai
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Sion Market Day
Guido Macai
The Meat Market Man
😉
Sion Market Day Raclette
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A man and his work; a man and his culinary art.
Sion Market Day Raclette
A Character Study
Marie-Anne & Philippe Savoiz
‘Les Futgittes’
Grand-Pont 44
1950 Sion 2
cavalesfutailles@gmail.com
Marie-Anne & Philippe Savoiz
‘Les Futgittes’
Grand-Pont 44
1950 Sion 2
cavalesfutailles@gmail.com
Market Day ~ Sion, Valais Switzerland
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An old piece of the Suisse culture enjoying an extremely successful revitalization in the Valais city of Sion’s old town is that of the out-of-doors market day.
Photo-ops abound – a photographer’s heaven.
😉
Pa Capona ~ The Bisse
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When confronted with a dry mountainside and parched vineyards the industrious Swiss applied their engineering skills and ‘pa capona’ (it can be done) attitude to channel water from the wet side of Mount Prebe to the dry side.
Debbie and our Neuf Torrent walking hosts Isabelle and Romeo Tichelli alongside The Bisse
The Swiss of Valais live in a vertical world
Presently the solution involves an irrigation tunnel and holding lakes but back in the early 1900’s the solution was hand-dug channels along the precipitous sides of the mountain above Sion in the Valais region of the Swiss Alps.
Clouds lifting after a grey and close start to the day
Fresh apricots and tea along the way courtesy of Isabelle and Romeo Tichelli
YIKES!
Wine and cheese waiting at the far end of the Bisse walk
The Bisse as a wooden channel hanging off the montainside
The view from the Bisse Neuf Torrent
Sion, Switzerland
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Switzerland is a beautiful country.
The canton/region of Valais is the heart of the Swiss Alps.
The small city of Sion is the center of Valais.
Two churches/cathedrals face the town square: one French, one German.
The cobbled streets and tight streets of the old part of Sion.
A cobbled climb leads upwards to the twin hills in the center of the old city: on one an old castle and on the other an old church.
Our host family’s namesake business.
Fendant and Johannisburg: local wines that are not to be missed.
Terraced vineyards most every where below 1000 meters but not enough wine for export.
🙁
The local folk obviously value their wine.
A huge Merci to Anna and Sylvianne, and Romeo and Isabelle Tichelli.
Thank you for sharing your country and yourselves.
