Daily Photo: August 29, 2011

The rather frightening power of water.

Late last summer, there was severe flooding in our part of the country, and the dams on the rivers overflowed. What you can’t see here is that the bridge, a few hundred yards downstream, is underwater. Many, many people lost their homes; we were fortunate.

Daily Photo: August 28, 2011

Fort Ligonier: would you want to attack it?

This colonial fort in Pennsylvania has been preserved as it stood, for several hundred years. The spiked walls are pretty intimidating, I think – I’d think twice before storming this place.

Daily Photo: August 27, 2002

The incredible, beautiful Donnottar Castle of northern Scotland.

This is actually one of my father’s photos; I haven’t been here since I was very little. It is one of my mother’s all-time favorite places in the world. I can see why.