Through The Lens

Will Be Shutting Down This Blog

2009-03-11T22:25:00.001-05:00

I have decided that 3 blogs is too much work so I'm going to combine my Passport2Cruising and my Throughthelens with my Mamaflo blog as soon as the advertising spots are used up. I appreciate your patronage and hope you will visit me at Mamaflo's Place.

Thank you for your patronage and friendship.

Men Made Up Lady Liberty

2009-03-09T22:20:00.002-05:00

This photo was passed along to me by my wonderful friend Polly at Random Ramblings. It is a life sized lady liberty made up of men (please click on the photo to enlarge it to see the detail.
Thanks again Polly!!

Rudy in his Swing

2009-01-17T15:12:00.002-06:00

Normally I won't post photos of my Grandson Rudy on this site but I couldn't resist this photo. This is a swing set that my daughter-in-law and her Dad made for Rudy when her parents visited during the holidays.
Rudy is just the sweetest little 10 month old in the world (at least to this Nana).

Scenes of the Holidays

2008-12-17T18:33:00.008-06:00

This is a small glimpse into my Santa Clause collection. I have in excess of 370 Santas, some as small as a thimble and others almost the size of a 5 year old child.

Mighty Tugboats

2008-11-25T20:42:00.007-06:00

I don't know much of anything about tugboats but I love watching them in action, they are so powerful!
Each one looks similar and they do the same job but each of these photos depict a tugboat in a different port.

Windows of the World

2008-11-20T07:00:00.000-06:00

I'm fascinated with windows, past, present, and future, or at least that's what looking through them gives the observer.
These were some of the windows I photographed during our visit to Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Colombia.

Panamanian Woman

2008-11-18T19:35:00.001-06:00

Traditional Panamanian Dress

Mythical Beings

2008-11-09T18:53:00.000-06:00

This was a piece of the art on our cruise ship.

You Can Tell How Much Wealth Someone Has By The Number of Balconies On Their Home/Business

2008-10-27T14:42:00.004-05:00

This is a photo of a street in the Old City in Cartagena, Colombia. Go ahead, click on the photo for a larger shot with much more detail.
Only the wealthy have balconies/verandahs and so the more you have on your home or business the wealthier you are (or so we were told by our tour guide).

Day Is Done, Gone The Sun

2008-10-25T09:26:00.005-05:00

Saying Goodbye to the Day.
These shots were taken from the verandah of our cruiseship. There is something spectacular to starting the day in ports that are so beautiful they take your breath away and then ending your day with sunsets that beg to be captured and enjoyed forever.

Beautiful Rooftops

2008-10-21T18:21:00.002-05:00

These are rooftops and steeples we found in Cartagena, Colombia, each is very different yet share so much of the same craftsmanship.
These were found inside the Old City of Cartagena.

Antigua, Guatamala

2008-10-18T14:40:00.002-05:00

We were recently on a cruise that took us to Puerto Quetzal, Guatamala and from there we took an excursion to Antigua up in the mountains. This was a church in the main square area (everything in Mexico, Central, and South America is built with a main square area). The architecture and detail of the stone work can take your breath away.
Where have all the craftsman gone in America, why don't they build such majesty now?

At the Zoo

2008-09-18T18:40:00.018-05:00

My husband and I decided this morning that we would take a trip to the zoo (our first in probably more than 15 years). We "thought" that because school was in session and all that it would be leisurely (wrong), there were children and their parents everywhere (and these were school aged children).......we wondered why they weren't in school instead of at the zoo.
Let me add that I took just shy of 700 photos in about 2.5 hours - LOL.
As always, you can click on any photo to look at it enlarged.

This bird's picture was taken through fencing if it looks blurry but I loved the odd color of it's feathers being turquoise.

This bird was scarry looking, it sat in a corner and looked almost like a odd owl.

Crow Came To Visit

2008-09-05T21:28:00.001-05:00

This crow came to visit and stayed, and stayed, and stayed, moving from one tree and one branch to another, not making a sound but watching me vigilantly.

Meet Mr. Magoo

2008-08-20T18:10:00.002-05:00

This is the stray that came to live with us almost 4 years ago. He is an outside cat but he's kind and loving and I don't know what we did before he came to us.

2008-08-20T09:41:00.002-05:00

This was one of the first photos I'd taken with my Nikon D40. I wish the photo had been more sharp, especially the bee. If someone can tell me what I did wrong, I'd love to learn.

Lily Pad

2008-08-19T14:03:00.001-05:00

I love the scalloped edges of the lily pads and how they lay on the flat water surface and then how the colors of the flora rise up and stand out.

Fowl & Feathers

2008-08-17T13:58:00.001-05:00

I love the red mask on this fowl's face - does anyone know what kind of duck this is?

The Trees Were Filled With White Birds

2008-08-15T12:04:00.002-05:00

The trees in Brackenridge Park were filled with birds, it looked like huge clumps of cotton, it was an amazing site.

Footbridge That's Also a Work of Art

2008-08-14T11:05:00.002-05:00

This is a footbridge but it's also a work of art. There is a famous artist (my bad, don't remember the name) that sculpts this from concrete to look like wood, his work can be seen throughout San Antonio on the Riverwalk, Brackenridge Park, Botanical Gardens.

Parakeet at my Feeders

2008-08-13T16:50:00.001-05:00

I think some of you may remember me telling you about this parakeet that appeared at our feeders one morning and stayed around for probably better than a week and then disappeared again (yeah I know what happened but I prefer to think of it disappearing, maybe finding the household that lost it in the first place).

2008-08-13T12:40:00.002-05:00

I had been to this particular park (Brackenridge Park in San Antonio) many times before and never before have I remembered seeing these beautiful birds. It's magical the way they appear to walk on water as they step on the lilypads.

2008-08-12T14:24:00.000-05:00

I've always been fascinated with the obvious things in nature. The lens allows us to sneak up and be a part of another world.