Archive for June, 2009

New slideshow toy

June 30, 2009, by Karen in Uncategorized

I just learned that I can create embeddable slideshows from Zenfolio, one of my online photo gallery services. (Zenfolio is awesome, by the way) I wanted to test it out so I embedded the Austin pix as a slideshow for the blog.

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Keepin it wierd this week in Austin

June 29, 2009, by Karen in Uncategorized

* First of all I must note that I KNOW there were hardly any Alaska photos posted on here so far. That is because there are just SO many of them to go through, sort and edit. Since life has been splendidly busy these days, I haven’t spend as much time on them up until …

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An amazing day in Juneau

June 12, 2009, by Karen in Uncategorized

I know I’m getting backed up on the blog posts. Basically, that’s because I’m in Alaska and there are too many other great things to do! But I did get to some of the Juneau images. There are so many things to say about the day in Juneau, but neither words nor photos can really …

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Ketchikan & Misty Fjords

June 8, 2009, by Karen in Uncategorized

Today was incredible. The ship pulled into Ketchikan around 5:30 am this morning and I was already out on deck. All the little colored houses among the hills welcomed us into this totally charming town. Today’s excursion was the Misty Fjords Wilderness Explorer, which was a boat ride through the fjords. A fjord is basically …

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Bon Voyage! Hello, Alaska!

June 8, 2009, by Karen in Uncategorized

Alaska, here I come! Finally! I’ve been wanting to do this trip for so long and now, here I am, sailing up the coast of Canada, halfway between Vancouver and Ketchikan, Alaska. I left Jersey on Friday morning, for a long day of travel – I had a layover in Dallas before flying to Vancouver …

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Oklahoma Wedding

June 8, 2009, by Karen in Uncategorized

As I write this I’m sitting in O’Hare waiting for my last connecting flight to Philly, and reflecting on the weekend. Our great friend Lindsay got married on Saturday, in an unconventional fashion, to say the least. Have you ever heard of Okemah?…Neither have we. In fact neither have most people. Okemah is a tiny, …

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