Nature Photography

Travels with Ted

A New Year & Starting From Home

What a terrific month. We’re beginning the new year and all travels emanate from home, so that is what we’ll look at first. Check out the aerial shot of Sedona and then a couple of birds…

Travels with Ted

Once Again Remembering The Seasons

It’s that time of year again as we near the end of the year and begin the season of winter. This is a time when life is shutting down, and creatures that hibernate are in shelter,…

Travels with Ted

Dining With Wildlife

There’s only one place in Sedona where you can dine with wildlife and share the same fine meal that they have, and that is at the Rainbow Trout Farm in Oak Creek Canyon. The trout in…

Travels with Ted

Only Man …

Only man has developed the ability to build structures and alter the face of the Earth to accommodate his needs and provide the technology and infrastructure that has permitted the widespread growth of our species. We…

Travels with Ted

The Ladies

In the animal and bird kingdom, there are no fancy restaurants, beauty shops or other pleasures that we have in our world. Although we do have a plethora of “salons” for our pets. Nature does provide…

Travels with Ted

Entertainment In and Around Sedona

There is a plethora of things to do while you are visiting Sedona and its environs: shopping, restaurants, vineyards, hiking and enjoying a splash in Oak Creek. There is the solitude found in the wilderness where…

Travels with Ted

Home Design and Function

Home is where you live and the type of home you have is dependent on your tastes and frequently the depth of wallet, for humans. For other species, home is not so much where they live,…

Travels with Ted

Travels with Ted: The Joys Of Home

There are times when it is nice to take time from travels and explore the natural beauty and creatures that reside where I do. I get terrific photographs of wildlife and nature wherever I go, but…

Hum Along

Hum Along

There’s a buzz in the air. The Sedona Hummingbird Festival is returning from July 26 to 28 and promises to be a celebration of hummingbirds. Learn more about these tiny birds via 14 different speaker presentations,…

Travels with Ted

Travels with Ted: Dining In The Wild

While we tout the amazing restaurants, creative cooking techniques and delicious meals and desserts that we prepare from what nature provides, we tend to forget that there are other creatures on the planet that rely on…

Travels with Ted

Travels with Ted: Building A Home

Over the millennia, we humans have constantly been able to improve our living conditions, building more and more creature comforts into our residences. We have gone from the sod homes of the prairies that my late…