Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. The image for July's calendar is featuring the Boosenburg Castle.
One thing that I have learned and love about Germany is that it is covered in castles! I love exploring around Germany and finding them in all shapes and sizes. Boosenburg Castle is a small castle in the town of Rüdesheim. It really isn't much more than its 12th century tower and 19th century residence but it is still beautiful with its "front yard" full of grape vines. It is […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. June's calendar is featuring beautiful view of the city of Salzburg, Austria.
Salzburg, Austria is one of those cities that have something different to offer every season. I have visited this city both in the summer and the winter and would definitely go again. In the winter time it boasts one of Europe's largest Christmas markets when the city is full with vendors and strung all over with lights and decor. It full of life and amazing food and drink, I […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. May's calendar is featuring the colorful and beautiful poppy fields of Italy.
In North-East Italy, in view of the Dolomites, fields of poppies pop up all over in fields dotting the countryside during the month of May. They only last a few weeks because they usually cover fields used for other crops by the farmers. This also means they can change which fields they are between years. I loved to go out finding which fields were full of these red […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. April's calendar is featuring the beautiful yellow fields full of rape seed flowers that fill the German landscape in April.
One of my favorite parts about living in Germany is that every spring in April the yellow fields full of the bright rape seed flowers bloom. I am so excited to see them bloom for a third year, I love going out and photographing them as much as I can, because they don't last more than a month usually. They […]
Continuing through this whole year of 2015, I'm offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. March's calendar features a photo I took during my travels to Ireland. It is from the Gardens of Powerscourt mansion with the beautiful hills of Wicklow County behind them.
I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Ireland a while back and was able to be in Dublin for the big St. Patrick's Day parade. It was an amazing trip for me, partially because I have some Irish in my heritage and partly because it felt so amazing just to be […]
2015 is going to be a goal year for me. Part of that is continuing through this whole year in offering my free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork every month. January 2015's calendar is from a trip I took in January 2014 to the beautiful city of Heidelberg, Germany. One of my favorite cities in Germany so far. It features a beautiful downtown area with great buildings and atmosphere, a historic walking bridge, and an interesting castle nestled on the hill above with a great view of the city.
This photo featured for the calendar is from one of […]
Starting in September 2014 I started offering free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork. December's photo actually comes from a little snow boarding adventure we had in the Italian Alps. Near the city of Cortina, Italy lies the slopes of ski-able mountains that are beautiful and enjoyed by many skiers and snowboarders alike.
This part of the mountains are so beautiful and just go on and on. The winter snow just gives them this magnificent crisp and awe-inspiring quality to them. On a nice sunny day like the one pictured here, we could just see for miles and miles of […]
This fall I am offering free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork. November's photo is from my travels here in Germany. It was from a recent visit to castle in the Moselle River area in central Germany. Burg Eltz is an amazing German castle. It is beautiful and well preserved. One of it's most fascinating facts is that it is still owned by the family that built it.
This castle trip was truly entertaining. There was a beautiful hike through the autumn trees that opens up to the view pictured in this photo. What a beautiful sight to see after […]
This fall I am offering free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork. October's photo is from my Italian Travels collection. Photographed in San Marino; this small country inside of the Italian countryside boasts three castle towers atop it's beautiful hills. Not only are these castle tower hills beautiful but they are stunning with the autumn leaves.
San Marino was a fascinating place for me to explore. The idea that an entire country is not much bigger than a city and fits inside of another country was intriguing to say the least. Not far from the popular beaches of Rimini, Italy, […]
Starting this fall I will be offering free downloadable desktop wallpaper calendars of my artwork. September's photo is from my Italian Travels collection. Photographed in Florence, Italy, this is one of my favorite Italian views. Finding the lookout point was a bit of an adventure. Traffic in Florence can be a little scary if you are unfamiliar with Italian drivers in a city setting.
As we came to the top of the hill, this view caught my eye and would not let go. I fell in love with this vantage point of Florence and had to come and photograph it […]
