Better Cellphone Photography

Phone Photography Tips Spend some time getting to know your cellphone’s photo app functions. Use The Photo App Options Most phone apps when opened start out in “photo auto” mode but there are additional options. They usually include features like “portrait” or “people” mode, “backlight” and “night scene” as a minimum. Each mode has aContinue reading “Better Cellphone Photography”

How To Beat Jet Lag

Jet Lag – The Curse Of Traveling In the last dozen or two years we have made a number of international trips. There have been times when we hardly experienced jet lag at all, but a few trips took days to recover. Our experience has taught us a few things including what causes the worstContinue reading “How To Beat Jet Lag”

Georgia’s Callaway Gardens, For A Family Experience

When I was a child my family spent summer weeks in the Appalachians hiking, fishing and just laying back. The world seemed to move slower back then with days spent on simple pleasures. Rocking on the porch in the evening. Taking a bike ride along a wooded trail. Canoeing across a mountain lake. Wouldn’t itContinue reading “Georgia’s Callaway Gardens, For A Family Experience”

Cruise Deals Hawaii

Cruising Hawaii! The American Paradise Is Waiting Cruising the Hawaiian Islands is an amazing experience, but it does offer a challenge. Because of U.S. maritime laws cruise ships have a challenge visiting Hawaii. Cruise ships are not allowed to embark passengers in one American port and disembark them in another unless the ship is staffedContinue reading “Cruise Deals Hawaii”

Some Flying Health Advice

Keeping Safe While Flying Note: In the times of the Covid pandemic there is actually a bit of good news for air travelers. First, people are much more aware of the risks of contagion when flying and the airlines are taking more precautions. Also with all the emphasis on mask wearing you will no longerContinue reading “Some Flying Health Advice”

Chasing Butterflies

My family just spent a few days at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia and the hit of the visit was the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Everybody loves butterflies, they’re Mother Nature’s most enchanting decorative accent. It’s interesting to realize that as recently as the mid eighties there were no butterfly breeders or attractionsContinue reading “Chasing Butterflies”