La Fête Nationale du 14 juillet 2013

I took the opportunity available and ended up in Paris for a whirlwind weekend that ended in the national fireworks. July 14th for us started with a military parade down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in view of the Arc de Triomphe

secret service simply wouldn't get out of the picture but you can see the giant flag

tank parking

I've never seen a helicopter parade before but here it is

 then we ended up on the banks of the Seine at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. We picnicked there so we saw all the various stages of the Eiffel Tower.

at this point it's twinkling

...and the flag was still there? oops, wrong country. le drapeau tricolore!

one of the final volleys

Lantern

Nighttime visitor

Scarborough high street

gets lit up at night

Durham Cathedral lit up at night

St. Andrews University

Glasgow at Night

Burns Night

the Burns Victims...somehow I managed to only get the fiddler's face in focus...

Edinburgh at Night

Heriot School


Knox Storytelling Center-a restored medieval house

Pintia throws a party

on the first night was a Night of Magic (una quemada)



then, on the 2nd night, a round of experimental archaeology
Though I've done lots of pottery, I'd never known I was doing a specific style of pottery with its base firmly on the wheel. The Vacceans threw their pots the opposite way, rim to the wheel...

decoration techniques

Bingo Factory

A fixture of my NJ bowling experience with the added challenge of dark night photography with no tripod.

uncomfortable angle

walking through this public transit tunnel is a bit unsettling given that the outwards force of the barrel vault seems unsupported by the strangely angled walls. we trust in cinder blocks?

a grand swoop

Main Library, Salt Lake City, UT

Gallery Opening

a transformed studio

Allegra and Sara, our openers

The Euphemism Quartet

yay art!

Dirty Lamp

Happy Lantern Night

photographing lantern night is basically impossible without a tripod so I present some light painting with minute long exposures

the upperclasswoman stand poised right before all lights are shut off

the lanterns being run out


it was pitch dark, the blue sky is purely long exposure time but check out those freshwomen in line.

red lanterns departing


Congrats Class 2013!

Mormon Temple at Sunset

Trinity Place (at dusk)

The Pynx and the Deme of Melite

I have to admit, I had no idea where I was...all I knew was that it felt like an archaeological site and...there's a pointless gate

I don't think I had realized quite the beautiful view of the akropolis the Pynx had

I am enamoured of drains. This one is rock cut like most of the deme of melite

I am indeed, still in Athens

stairs to the top of a hill where I spotted a pottery sherd...that's right, a grubby unpainted sherd that I of course left there

sunset on the Pynx