Saturday, August 26, 2006

Pigeon cools off

REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (ITALY)
A pigeon seeks relief from soaring temperatures
in a fountain in Catena Square in
Riva Del Garda, northern Italy,
August 23, 2006.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

My great-nephew, Lil' Jimmy

Watercolor - D. Bowden
2006

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Moon rising

(AFP/Aris Messinis)
The moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon,
at cape Sounion, some 60 kilometers south of Athens.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Grand Canyon Desert View Watchtower

Photo: D. Bowden - 1998
Build a structure that provides the widest possible view of Grand Canyon yet harmonizes with its setting: this was architect Mary Colter's goal when the Fred Harvey Company hired her in 1930 to design a gift shop and rest area at Desert View. Colter's answer was the Watchtower.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Inside a glacier

TIGNES, France: Tourists take pictures inside a cavern
at the glacier of the Grande Motte in Tignes, in the French Alps.
(AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)

Father and son

A father plays with his son at a swimming pool
in Shanghai
July 30, 2006.
REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)