A Nice “Geographic” Surprise!

So I was working on a few things for the website yesterday–technical stuff mostly–and as part of the process I typed my name into “Google” to make sure that if anyone searched for me by name that it did, indeed, direct them to my website. It does. Good news.

While I was there (on Google) I thought I’d nose around a bit and see what people were saying about me and where I’ve ended up over the past few weeks and months. It’s always interesting to see because the various magazine articles, newspaper interviews and other media appearances are now frequently shared in digital, online formats and you never know for sure who’s going to pick it up and print it in another part of the country or world. I’ve been amazed at some of the places I’ve found myself! All good, mind you.

Much to my surprise I saw a headline that said something about “National Geographic”. I immediately dismissed it as another Troy Marden (oddly, there are a couple of us running around) and went on. About two pages later, though, I saw a second headline that said “National Geographic” and had my name in the bylines, so I thought I’d better check it out. I’m so glad I did! National Geographic magazine has an online photo forum that anyone in the world can join–professional or amateur photographers–and post their photos for ratings by others AND the opportunity, just maybe, to have your photo selected as “Photo of the Week”.

Needless to say, I clicked on the link and the surprise that awaited me was that TWO of my photos had been selected to run in an article for National Geographic Traveler magazine. What a nice surprise! Between that and the absolutely stunning weather we’re having right now, it has been a good week. You can see the National Geographic Traveler piece here:

http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/drives/brandywine-valley/1

The opening shot of the gazebo at Longwood Gardens is mine, as is the photo on page 2 (scroll to the bottom of the page and click “next”) of the oval spiral staircase at Winterthur.

Coming next week–“Bluebird Blog”!!! I’ve had a pair of eastern bluebirds nest in an open box atop the potting bench and there are four beautiful eggs. While staying away as much as possible, I can’t help peeking from time to time. I’ll post some photos of the babies as they grow and develop!