As I prepare for a family trip to the beautiful Sonoma County/Anderson Valley area of Northern California, I welcome you back to Inspiring Reads! I hope you enjoy this week’s links.
Animal photography: I love this set of photos from Leigh at Hike Bike Travel. As part of a photography course, she had an assignment to take photos of the animals at the Calgary Zoo without showing that they were taken at a zoo. If you love animals, you will love these photos! And if you enjoy taking photographs like I do, you will be inspired by the guidelines of the photography project that Leigh participated in.
Can you disconnect? Ayngelina of Bacon Is Magic explores that question in “Disconnecting in Hana”. While staying at a wonderful resort on Maui, she finds out, upon arrival, that there is no Internet. The best part is that she offers a surprise solution, which left me wondering if I could and should do the same, especially because I recently enjoyed spending a weekend offline. I always love her honest writing and beautiful photography, and this post is no exception.
Green Global Travel: The Endangered Species Spotlight that Bret and Mary have created at Green Global Travel is a great way to get educated about the world’s endangered species–you can learn where they live, why they are endangered, and what is being done to save them. While you’re there, get inspired by all the other eco goodness that their site offers and spread the word!
As always, I would love to hear from you, so feel free to leave a comment or tell me your suggestions below.
Aww thanks so much for including me, it’s Friday and I’m hopped up on coffee trying to get work done because I’m not working this weekend!
Ayngelina recently posted..Food Friday: Where to eat in Hana?
I hope you got it all done so that you could have the weekend to yourself, which is how it should be. I think about your blogging-free weekend and wonder how I could make a similar change in my life. I work way too much on the weekends, not just on my blog but also for my teaching job, but I don’t like having to do that on the weekends at all.
Jenna – A huge thank you for including me too. I hope you take your kids to the zoo one day and have fun with your camera. It’s a great and fun exercise and I think it’s improved my photography.
Leigh recently posted..Camping with Charlie
I love animals but I never would have thought of doing this type of photography project at a zoo. I will definitely give it a try!
So awesome of you to include us in your wrap-up, Jenna! Our Endangered Species Spotlight is a fairly new feature– the 4th one goes up tomorrow– but it’s one of my favorites. I think because it reminds me of watching nature shows on Saturday mornings when I was growing up. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks!
Bret @ Green Global Travel recently posted..ECO NEWS: Global Sustainable Tourism Council Announces Trailblazing Travel Destinations
You are so welcome. I love the work that you two do on behalf of nature and by promoting green travel.
Great reads!!
Brock – Backpack With Brock recently posted..Exploring Franconia Notch State Park – New Hampshire, USA