Harvey Travel Arts

This, my friends, is the recently opened Native American Museum in Washington DC. This museum has been beautifully done. We spent a couple of hours in there, and only got to see part of it. The exhibits were in cozy alcoves, a maze that reveals each new tribe or season as you turn through the darkened paths. The sounds that surround you tell the stories of those who were here long before we were. These Native American cultures have an interesting history. One of the things that I found fascinating was their culture's search for a creator, and search to know their creator. Of course, as a Christian, I know my Creator is God in Heaven. These tribes had legends of the people living in sickness and dying off because they had stopped listing to their creator. A man from their tribe took a journey and learned from the animals and plants how to take care of himself, came back, and retaught the people. It makes me wonder how God revealed Himself to these people. They were obviously searchi...

This is the amazingly long--for a resort--beach that Brian and I had access to while in the Dominican Republic. Beyond the trees was another trail that went for a ways, followed by a rocky cliff that we crossed about halfway before it got to difficult. We had talked of going back out there but instead discovered other hidden beaches at the resort. Looks like every other beach, doesn't it? That's what we thought. Anyway, looking at this picture reminded me of our wedding and honeymoon, exactly six years ago today...in Jamaica. I have a lot of pictures of us in Jamaica since that time, but our actual honeymoon pictures burned up in a fire in December 2003. Fortuneately for us, my mom, in her wisdom, had requested a copy of all of our pictures from our wedding on. Today I have a discs and some prints from all of those trips. Someday, my hope is to get those on here and share them with you, my reader. Until then, enjoy the sands!

This was our backyard in Fort Worth until a couple of months ago. The neighborhood we lived in was adjacent to some parks. Brian and I have always enjoyed the various kinds of wildlife that we come across in our yard wherever we live: gheckos, lizards, squirrels, birds, dragonflies...all kinds of creatures. We often reminisce about our life in New Braunfels when we would even have deer in our yards. I would say the only experience that I didn't particularly enjoy was the bees that we got in Heidelberg because we had to leave the screenless windows open during warm weather. However, this was the only occassion that we were able to photograph any of the creatures. We watched a pair of ducks in our yard for several weeks. I told Brian that one day we were going to have a whole family there, and he would sigh. The day arrived one afternoon when I came home from work. I spotted them learning how to navigate the water with momma in the lead. I ran inside to Brian where he came out with h...

Here I am, wandering through Your halls, Here I am, wandering through Your courtyards, Beautiful imagery surrounds me. A glance through time, Ancient windows surround me, What would they say, If I asked them today, What they know, What they saw, Who You are? You tell of the rocks crying out to You, Surely the manmade stone can cry out too. After all, You made Man. You made stone. You created everything. The beauty of what Man creates, Does not compare To what awaits Past Your Heavenly gates.

These two pictures were taken in Reims, France. We found the architecture there to be stunning! Take a look at the detailing of the cathedral doors. There was restoration work going on at the time, but the intricate carving still takes center stage! It amazes me that those who completed these structures did so without any of the computer technology that is almost a necessity in today's society. I love the clean lines of modern architecture, but the thought, planning and talent that went into ancient designs reminds me of just how intelligent and special humans are. Just how intricately designed human minds are -- thanks God!

When Brian and I recently made our move to Maryland, we began exploring the area right away. Soon after getting settled, we found our way to some caverns in nearby Virginia. The pictures here show the reflecting pool inside Luray Caverns. I think these reflections are incredible. At first glance, the water appears to be several feet deep, but in reality, it is only a few inches. We are created to be reflections of God's image. Genesis 1:26-27 KJV "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." We as humans fall short of that image every day. What God wants from us is for us to be made new in Christ, so that we can be like the water in this reflecting pool and ac...

These ruins were photographed several years ago while on a cruise. I often wonder, when traipsing through remnants of ancient cultures, what the place must have looked like 1,000 or even 2,000 years ago. What they're lives were like. We do know that some of the ancient cultures had very strange and even violent rituals. How did the people get across from one side of the earth, where I believe civilization began (Mesopotamia) to the other (the Americas)? Was there one large continent (Pangea), like some believe, that broke away, perhaps after the flood or some other event? Were there migrations over a footbridge in present day Alaska? What was the climate like? I believe that God created the earth and that He has no limits. The vastness of the ocean reminds me of a miracle that Jesus Christ performed. Matthew 22:14-36 tells of when Jesus walked on water. Only an all powerful God could have a Son who performed such miracles. Faith was required of Peter, and it is required of us as we...