Old Dresser

This photo shows the dresser of the historic house at Saguaro Ranch and how it might have looked.
Textures by Les Brumes and Sharon Pruitt.

Black Dress

Here is another photo taken at the restored main house at Saguaro Ranch Park in Glendale, Arizona. A single black dress was hung in the master bedroom closet.
Textures by Muffin and Shadowhouse Creations.

Jar of Buttons

While attending the recent Folk and Heritage Festival at Saguaro Ranch Park in Glendale, I took this photo of a room in the main house. Saguaro Ranch was a 640 acre ranch that was homesteaded in the late 1800s and has been preserved and restored by the city of Glendale, Arizona. We enjoyed a self-guided tour.
Textures are by Shadowhouse Creations

Geese at the Chateau

We encountered these geese on the extensive grounds of the 17th century Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Texture by Shadowhouse Creations

Awaiting Her Cue

Dressed in period costume, a reenactor peeks around a street corner at the Tower of London.
Textures by Tim in Ohio and Shadowhouse Creations

Rock Springs Cafe

Rock Springs Cafe is located at a site that was once a stagecoach stop along the Black Canyon stage route between Phoenix and Prescott. Nowadays, the cafe serves up some of the best pie in Arizona.

Texture by Paree Erica

Garden Ornament at Vaux-le-Vicomte

Statue of three cherubs in the formal gardens of the chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris.
Texture by boccacino

Cassis Harbor

The harbor of Cassis was a study in colorful pastels on this bright, sunny day.We spent the better part of the day here while our ship was docked in Toulon.
Texture: Kerstin Frank Art

Eiffel Tower from the Peace Pavilion

This photo was taken at dusk as Travel Partner and I were making our way around Paris via Segways.TP loved this mode of transportation, but due to my lack of coordination, I was more than a little relieved when the evening ended and I was still in one piece!
Textures: Brenda Starr, Shadowhouse Creations and boccacino

Shore Bird

This image began with a photo taken on the shore of Monterey Bay not long after sunrise.
Textures: Paree Erica and Shadowhouse Creations

Nash's House

This well preserved Tudor building is part of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. The foundations of Shakespeare's final home are located near the beautiful New Place gardens.
Texture: Jody Dog Ma

Windmill in Provence

Travel Partner and I discovered this windmill at the edge of a vineyard while driving the back roads of Provence.

Textures: Ruby Blossom, Playing with Brushes

Garden Song

This image was taken in the beautiful Luxembourg Gardens located in the 6th arondissement of Paris. I love spending time in this park!
Textures: Shadowhouse Creations, Playing with Brushes, French Kiss Textures

Floating

This image shows a little waterfall which was part of a larger stream running through a hotel property in Hawaii.
Texture: les brumes

Green Door

LaCoste is a small, picturesque hilltown in the Luberon.While searching for the ruins of the chateau that once belonged to the Marquis de Sade, we passed this doorway catching the last rays of the day's light.
Textures: ruby blossom and Paree Erica

Here's Looking at You

Barcelona has some amazing architecture, no doubt about it. This intricate carving adorns one of the buildings in the Eixample district.
Texture by boccacino.

Port Miou

While in Cassis, we took a boat trip to several of the calanques, the steep walled limestone inlets that ring the southern coast of France near Marseilles.
Texture: Stonewall by French Kiss Textures

Naples Color

The Bayfront in Naples, Florida is a modern take on Mediterranean style. There are several good seafood restaurants in the area.
Texure by boccacino

Village of Chateauneuf du Pape

From the hilltop castle ruins which I depicted a few days ago, you can walk down steep, cobbled lanes through the wine village of Chateuneuf-du-Pape. The clever sign at the upper left belongs to Le Verger des Papes restaurant, which has lovely views of the vineyards from its dining terrace.
Texture by boccacino.

Pantheon, Rome

According to Wikipedia, the Pantheon is one of the best preserved buildings from antiquity. It was built as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome and rebuilt by Hadrian in 126 AD after all but the columned facade had been destroyed. During the 7th century, it was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and has been used as a Roman Catholic church ever since. 
Texture: boccacino

Big Head

This head was originally part of a colossal statue of Constantine the Great that once stood near the Roman Forum and was erected around 325 BC. Centuries later, the surviving remnants of the Colossus were moved to a courtyard of the Capitoline Museum.
Texture:  Shadowhouse Creations

Ruins of Chateauneuf

Chateauneuf  castle was built in the 1300s by Pope John XXII as the summer home of the Avignon popes. Today only a few walls remain standing, overlooking the famous vineyards of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
Texture: French Kiss Textures

Three in a Row

The three lime kiln chimneys in this image are located at the Zuiderzee museum at Enkuizen. The kilns were used to produce quicklime.
Textures: Shadowhouse Creations and Kerstin Frank Art

Lady and the Lizard

This image began with a photo of a statue in the sculpture garden on the grounds of the Ringling Estate in Sarasota, Florida.
Textures: joes sistah, rubyblossom, les brumes and Paree Erica.

Pelicans by the Pier

Pelicans like to hang out by the pier in Naples, Florida.
Textures: Shadowhouse Creations and tanya felsheim

Big Ben, London Icon

This view of Big Ben emphasizes the blue sky and green foliage of a late May day in London.

Textures are by Emma Cox and Ellenvd.

Chapel, Tower of London

St. John's Chapel dates from 1080 and is the oldest church in London. Located on the second floor of the White Tower, it remains little changed from the days of William the Conqueror.
Texture: a new grunge texture from Shadowhouse Creations.

Tree from the Exotic Gardens

I liked the shape of this tree in Monaco's Exotic Gardens.

I've added textures from Paree Erica and Shadowhouse Creations.

Apacheland Chapel

Apacheland was a former movie studio where early TV shows like Death Valley Days, The Rifleman and Maverick were filmed years ago with the Superstition Mountains as a backdrop. The chapel was spared in the 2004 fire, which destroyed most of the other buildings.
Textures: two textures from Shadowhouse Creations were added.