GETAWAY IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA Just outside of Pheonix, the smaller suburb of Scottsdale is a dessert gem! Though I live in Hawaii, I spent winter of 2021/2022 in my hometown in Minnesota, and after 2+ months of frigid temps, I needed a quick and easy warm-weather pick-me-up. Scottsdale was a great place to relax and […]

  SEDONA, ARIZONA TRAVEL GUIDE I have a lot of favorite places in Arizona, but that was before I visited Sedona. I can’t believe it took me so long to get here.  It’s definitely a diamond in the desert. There is so much to see and do- we could’ve easily spent a week or more. […]

“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist2016 started and ended in Maui, which is a-ok by me!! In between, I didn’t collect as many stamps in my passport as I normally do, but several months this year were devoted to selling our old home, […]

Images captured on the Contax 645 with Fuji 400H film.