Karen’s travelogue

Cabin in the Woods uploaded on 11 May 2008

Colorado back country ... a break in the clouds on a September afternoon 22 years ago (digitized slide).

Here's to Luck! uploaded on 7 May 2008

Kitchen witches are big in the south of Germany. They all sport wild hair, broomsticks, hooked noses with a bean-sized mole at the tip, and a friendly grimace. This one adds a bit of personality ... and attitude.
From Triberg in the Black Forest, Germany.

From Timbuktou? uploaded on 7 May 2008

I wanted it. I didn't want it. It cost too much. I put it down. He grabbed my arm. Again. Gently. No. "It's very old ... from the slave days. Copper." Well, it wasn't copper. Bronze, I guessed. Really heavy, 6 inches tall, it just fit on my forearm. "I'll throw in a whip ..." Sold! Is it really antique? Was $300 a crazy price? It does whisper to me ... of another era, another people, endless weeks of desert on camelback. Sweat. And labor. Haunting. Romantic.
Boutique du Troq, Zagora, Morocco.

Tubingen Fasching Parade 5 uploaded on 25 April 2008

Tubingen Fasching Parade 4 uploaded on 25 April 2008

Confetti in the hair, stolen shoelaces (and shoes and kids) are part of the risks of being too close to the parade participants.

Tubingen Fasching Parade 3 uploaded on 25 April 2008

Tubingen Fasching Parade 2 uploaded on 25 April 2008

Tubingen Fasching Parade 1 uploaded on 25 April 2008

Tubingen Fasching Parade 6 uploaded on 22 April 2008

The southern German version of Mardi Gras is jam-packed with university students, costumes, and beer.

Hanging Loose before the Parade uploaded on 22 April 2008

Antique cars are part of the Koloa Plantation Days parade, too, and these boys are ready to go.