It’s Thursday so it is tennis and back to Spring Creek park. This time the Boy wore his swimsuit and we waded into the creek. I also brought my prime lenses and tried a variety of shots. I got much closer to my subjects, water included, to bring out some […]
Today was tennis! The tennis courts are in Spring Creek Park which has, wouldn’t you know it, a creek running through it. The weather today was again gorgeous and the chance to wade, toss stones, and take a few pictures was not to be missed.
That is about all we do around here with the Boy. Our Daughter reads and writes incessantly, except when her writing is cessant for playing tennis. The soccer, however, definitely takes up the most time. We spent a gorgeous Saturday with our State College Celtics in DuBois. The boys did […]
This past spring we took a group of students out to San Francisco. The trip would not be complete without a visit to Alcatraz. I have already posted the “Bird, man.”
These are a pair of Wasserspeiern or gargoyles from the Münster in Freiburg. The story I was told is that the buildings across the way were the headquarters, if you will, of the guilds of the town. Each guild gave to the building of the Münster…except one. That one was […]
I am back from my trip to Freiburg, Germany. It was a very productive time and on the last day, yesterday, the sun broke through just long enough to get some pictures at the flower market taking place in the Freiburg Münsterplatz. This statue, presumably of St. George, since he is […]
After a great 2.5 days with colleagues I am headed home. I am currently in Frankfurt Flughaf after an easy 2 hour train ride and awaiting a mere 14 hours more of travel.
I am very fortunate to be able to travel for Penn State this summer. I was recently named as chair of Freiburg “Faculty Implementation Committee,” or “FIT.” Last spring a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between PSU and the University of Freiburg. This is a university-wide agreement and we […]