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Atlantic Port, Essaouira, Morocco

Momentary Dragonfly guest

While sitting on my back deck I noticed this baby red squirrel decided to raid my birdfeeder.

While cruising through Yakutat Bay in Alaska, I snapped this shot of everyone taking pictures of the glacier.

City Love - Sticker on street lamp crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

While traveling via bus through Denali National Park we spotted this moose with two calves.

Pretty In Pink - Flower along the Erie Canal, Rochester, NY

This was photographed in alaska at our stay in Mount McKinley.

A Natural Beauty - One of my Grandma's Roses

On a motorcycle cruise vacation we rode our bikes in Puerto Rico and stopped a bar on a beach.

The Miracle of Adoption - my baby brother adopted from Papua New Guinea

A spider in a web that was blocking the exit through the back screen door.

This photo was taken while I was walking on the deck of our cruise ship in Alaska.

Ruins In January.

A bee pollinating a flower with pollen all over his body.

Walking along the beach right before a summer storm. Stormy days at the beach can be just as beautiful as sunny ones!

Walking home from the monastery.

A sunny day at the palace.

Literary kitty, discovered on a travelers stroll.

Camel riding in India.

Little Miriam on the steps of her Mother's tailor shop in Uganda, Africa.

Traveling friend photographing the Taj Mahal.

Touring in Nepal. Flags flying to represent favorite World Cup teams.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A spider in a web that was blocking the exit through the back screen door.

A spider in a web that was blocking the exit through the back screen door.

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© Donald Lowder.
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08.2010

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