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Pictures of My 2012 – 24 Shots from All Over

I was rather heartbroken when I left my kids at the train station on a drizzly morning in Vasa, Finland at the end of March. They were flying home to New Mexico. I was flying south to Toulouse, France.

2011 had seen me in twice in Finland (once with the kids), in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Haiti and I’d already started off 2012 in India so I decided that despite a few other trips I had in mind for 2012, once I got home from southern France at the end of April I’d stick around Taos for the rest of the year and do all my travelling in my home region and WITH my kids.

It was a wise-choice because we had a blast.

It is always amazing what you can find around home and we’ve never forgotten that. Through the summer we were camping and fishing and playing in the mountains at every chance. In the fall we were at the harvest festivals, the art shows and Isabella was finally old enough for her first hot air balloon ride.

And of course, trains.

Soon the youngest will be old enough to travel with me more often and I can’t wait to take them to all the places I’m lucky enough to experience. For right now though, I’m happy that they get to know their home….of course, the fact that they are half Finnish means that they have two homes so….

2012 was the year I got back on my feet after several years of heartache on a number of levels. I fell clear on my writing and photography goals, cleared the fog off my values and lust for life and by the end of the year I was able to allow a very wonderful Panamanian woman into my heart.  It was a good year and so I offer you pictures of 2012 (and some travel photography tips if you care to read more).

Please come back for 2013. I’ll start off in Panama –  in just a little more than a week.  Finland is back on the agenda (with the kids!) later in the year, as is England, France, Sweden, Norway…possibly another trip to Panama and a lot more from glorious New Mexico and Colorado….and…I’d still like to get back to Haiti if I can figure out how to do that.

And I have a few other ideas.

Stick around. ~ ~ ~

January 2012

pictures of 2012
Mandovi River, Goa, India
pictures of 2012
Karnataka, India

February 2012

pictures of 2012
Disney World
pictures of 2012
Spoonbill Ibis. Florida. USA

 

March 2012

pictures of 2012
Kvarken Archipelago. Finland

 

pictures of 2012
Vasa, Finland

April 2012

pictures of 2012
Basque Country. France.

 

pictures of 2012
St. Jean de Luz. France

May 2012

pictures of 2012
Lunar Eclipse. Taos, New Mexico. USA

 

pictures of 2012
Smoke-filled sunset over Northern New Mexico. USA

June 2012

pictures of 2012
El Rio Grande del Norte. Pilar. New Mexico. USA.
pictures of 2012
Verse-Converse Poetry Slam. Taos, New Mexico, USA.

 July 2012

Tusas Mountains. New Mexico. USA
Tusas Mountains. New Mexico. USA
Colombine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area, New Mexico
Colombine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area, New Mexico

August 2012

Taos, New Mexico. USA
Taos, New Mexico. USA
Valle Vidal, New Mexico from Wheeler Peak, highest point in New Mexico

September 2012

Glass Blowing. Taos, New Mexico. USA
pictures of 2012
Renaissance Fair. Las Golondrinas, New Mexico

October 2012

pictures of 2012
Chama, New Mexico
pictures of 2012
El Rio Grande del Norte. New Mexico. USA. 1500 feet up in hot air balloon.

November 2012

Cousins jumping trains. Pueblo, Colorado. USA
Cousins jumping trains. Pueblo, Colorado. USA
Taos Mountain Balloon Rally. Taos, New Mexico. USA
Taos Mountain Balloon Rally. Taos, New Mexico. USA

December 2012

Colombine Hondo Wilderness Study Area. New Mexico. USA
Colombine Hondo Wilderness Study Area. New Mexico. USA
2012 in pictures
Taos, New Mexico. USA

 

I wish you all a fabulous 2013.

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