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Two Birthdays in Washington DC: June 30 - July 5, 2024
With summertime being fire season, it is rare to see fireworks of any kind in California. Dan asked me what I would like to do for my...

Cecilia Clark
Jul 14, 20244 min read


New York City at Night, NY: May 2024
A couple of weeks ago, I submitted this image to http://yourdailyphotograph.com/ for their New York City at Night call. I'm pleased to...

Cecilia Clark
May 14, 20241 min read


Photo Month, Sacramento, California: April 2024
This month I was the lucky recipient of the first place award in the annual Photo Month Open Juried Exhibition at Viewpoint Photographic...

Cecilia Clark
Apr 30, 20241 min read


Astronomical and Atmospheric Phenomena in April and May 2024
Total Eclipse, Plano, TX: April 8, 2024 We stopped in Dallas for a few days on our way home from Sri Lanka. The stop allowed us to get...

Cecilia Clark
Apr 11, 20242 min read


Galle, Sri Lanka: April 3 - 5, 2024
Our last two nights in Sri Lanka were spent in Galle Fort (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The fort has narrow streets, lots of history,...

Cecilia Clark
Apr 6, 20245 min read


Stilt Fishermen, Galle, Sri Lanka: April 4, 2024
Our most photogenic stop while in Galle was at the nearby Weligama Beach which, like Galle, is on Sri Lanka's southwest coast. The clouds...

Cecilia Clark
Apr 4, 20241 min read


Tangalle, Temples, and Turtles, Sri Lanka: April 1 - 3, 2024
We are staying at a beach hotel in Mawella Bay in Tangalle for two nights and one full day. When we arrived, both the wind and the surf...

Cecilia Clark
Apr 3, 20243 min read


The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka: March 31, 2024
The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, home to the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, is situated within the Royal Palace Complex of the former...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 31, 20243 min read


Kandy, Sri Lanka: March 30, 2024
Once in the city of Kandy, we met up with Donald, an insider local guide, at the Queen's Hotel originally designed by a Sri Lankan...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 30, 20242 min read


Time Out in Kandy, Sri Lanka: March 28 - 29, 2024
We stayed two nights at the Santani Wellness Spa and Resort. The resort is beautiful, the architecture stunning, and the food was always...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 30, 20242 min read


Dambulla, Sri Lanka: March 28, 2024
The Dambulla temple complex consists of five caves of varying sizes and decoration that date back to the 1st century BC. The caves were...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 29, 20243 min read


Sigiriya and Habarana, Sri Lanka: March 27, 2024
After breakfast our guide and driver took us to the village of Moragaswava for a bike ride through the village. The length was about 12k...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 28, 20244 min read


Jaffna and Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: March 26, 2024
When we drove over the causeway yesterday on our way to Delft, I asked to stop so I could take photographs of the fishing nets and the...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Jaffna, Sri Lanka: March 23 - 25, 2024
We arrived in Jaffna in the afternoon. At our hotel, the Jetwing Mahesh Bhawan, in Jaffna City we were welcomed with burning incense, and...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 25, 20246 min read


Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: March 21 - 23, 2024
The first morning in Sigiriya we were up before dawn to hike up Pidurangala Rock for sunrise. Before the sun came up, it was blessedly cool. At the top the sunrise was obscured by low clouds, but the view at the top was expansive. The best view is of Lion Rock where other people also rose before sunrise to get to the monastery at the top. There are no structures at the top of Pidurangala Rock. The trail up began with rock steps. Closer to the top and when we had some light, t

Cecilia Clark
Mar 25, 20244 min read


Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: March 19 - 21, 2024
In 2006 Dan and I were Earthwatch volunteers at the Primate Center in Polonnaruwa. As volunteers we followed monkeys (toque macaques and...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 22, 20244 min read


Colombo, Sri Lanka: March 17 - 19, 2024
Vacation in Sri Lanka. Touring Colombo, Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple,

Cecilia Clark
Mar 20, 20243 min read


Winter's Sunset: December 2023
Winter's Sunset I am pleased to share that today, December 29, 2023, my photo "Winter's Sunset" submitted last evening to...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 29, 20231 min read


Porto, Portugal: November 5 - 8, 2023
We stayed a couple of nights in Coimbra before driving to Porto. We dropped the car at the airport and returned to Porto in a taxi as it...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 14, 20232 min read


Chapel of the Bones, Évora, Portugal: November 2 & 3, 2023
From Seville it was an easy drive to Évora, Portugal. After checking into our lodging we walked to the the Church of São Francisco (St....

Cecilia Clark
Dec 12, 20232 min read
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