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pierced red metal heart and wood sculpture / red berries against rusty corrugated tin wall; two photos next to each other in my photo previewer

2020 Photos in Review

January 8, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

Let’s face it, I have been somewhat of a Grinch this Christmas. All over the internet everyone was writing ‘Merry Christmas’ and I was thinking “What’s so merry about it?” […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
large-leafed plant curling in and around itself

Searching for Wabi-Sabi in Japan

December 3, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Tina of the Lens-Artists Challenge introduced me to a completely new word/concept this week: Wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. When I thought back to the times […]

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Japan, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
cherubs crushing grapes in a press in the museum in Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, Canada

Mission Hill Winery in West Kelowna, BC’s Okanogan

November 27, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 12 Comments

Now. I just finished reading the novel Crush by Jennifer Margaret Fraser, described as a wine thriller. I found it in the little free library on Granville Island near me, my […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Novels and Travel Books
a silver bear with sunglasses waves from a roof deck backdropped by a Haida-inspired mural.

Meandering Around the Murals of Main Street in Vancouver

October 8, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Lately I’ve been walking around Vancouver’s neighbourhoods checking out the murals. Plus any other oddball thing that catches my attention. I made my way down Broadway past the old Bow […]

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BC, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Domed Art Deco ceiling of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

Exploring Symmetry

October 1, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

The latest Lens-Artists Challenge is ‘Symmetry’ and so I have been looking at it with a new eye, and finding it everywhere! Vertical Symmetry Here the axis runs vertically through […]

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Collections from Around the World, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Two people, a dog and a channel marker for scale out on Spanish Banks during an extremely low tide

Tracking Down Photos with Negative Spaces

September 16, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

When I first looked for photos with negative spaces in them the only ones I noticed were all silhouettes. This is my second attempt, this time with non-silhouettes. Big negative […]

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Collections from Around the World, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
a string of light bulbs silhouetted against a dramatic sky in Penang, Malaysia

Interaction of Positive and Negative Space in Malaysian Silhouettes

September 13, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

When I’m working on a painting I’m constantly thinking about the interactions between positive and negative space. With my photos not so much… In fact, as I go through my […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Malaysia
Dad's painting of the 'Ice Cream' man and his horse in Denmark

Tracking Down the Past: Making Ice Cream (Denmark & Vancouver)

July 4, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 14 Comments

In 2018 Al & I headed to Denmark and Sweden with the idea of meeting up with my aunts and uncles and cousins, and also to track down some of […]

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Denmark, Experiencing History, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Road Trip
An orchid with purple markings in the Singapore Botanical Garden

A Single Flower in Singapore

June 15, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 17 Comments

You can find flowers everywhere in Singapore, even in the airport where orchids were artfully arranged on the stainless steel platforms of the luggage carousels. There were flowers in the […]

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Gardens, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Singapore
sunset reflection on the Playa Principal in Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Meandering Down the Pacific Coast of Mexico by Bus

June 11, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

For this trip in November & December of 2019 we decided to try something different, going by bus from Puerto Vallarta all along the Mexican coast ending in Huatulco (La […]

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