Walking back to the main building of Quinta da Roêda in the Douro Valley, Portugal in 2019. This tree was probably the tallest in the immediate area.

A statue in the middle of Whistler, Canada. I love the contrast between the black statue of the fruit and cup and the bright red of the bush in the background.

Beautiful late afternoon light hits the hills of the Douro Valley in Portugal in November 2019.

Birds resting on a construction crane above my head in Porto, Portugal back in November 2019.

The vines in a distant field as seen from Quinta da Roêda. Bit of a drive from Porto, but lovely to visit. Portugal, November 2019.

One of the benefits of working from home at Automattic is meeting up with your team a few times a year in various parts of the world. Obviously that did not happen last year, won’t happen this year either and we had been playing a meetup for April or May last year but that didn’t…

The Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, Portugal last November.

Stinson Beach, California. July 2007.

The Pantheon is an almost 2,000 year old building in Rome. Originally it was a pagan temple but it is now a church and has been used throughout it’s history. The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a…

The trapeze artist at the final night’s party at the 2017 #a8cgm. Whistler, Canada. September 2017.

Whistler, Canada. September 2017.

At the final night’s party in Whistler, Canada. September 2017.