FAVORITES – Inner Space Magazine

Phoebe Henderson photographs an ornate temple-relic within Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia.

ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia

Phoebe stops to photograph the relic site while I stop to photograph Phoebe. Looks like a movie set!

A camera glitch produces a surreal image of a wide intersection in Siem Reap, Cambodia with a headless person riding a bicycle and a whte van without wheels running into a motorscooter.

GLITCHY STREET SCENE—Siem Reap, Cambodia

Obviously, a glitch occurred when I took this shot. Check out the headless person on the bike and the white van (without wheels) colliding with a phantom motorbike.

Ralph Williams stands next to his daughter, Phoebe (both in semi-silhouette), in front of a reflective pond at sunrise outside Angkor Wat complex as Phoebe extends one arm upward, palm open, as if to hold the rising sun.

ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia

Phoebe assumes a goddess pose as she holds the morning sun in her hand. Meanwhile, I just stand there. Amazing place, but hotter than Hades in mid-May.

A huge and ancient sculpture, built out of golden-brown stones, of a face with ethnic (Cambodian) features and eyes closed in meditation.

FACE OF STONE—Angkor Wat, Cambodia

One of many giant heads carved out of stone in the ancient Buddhist-Hindu complex. How on earth did they manage to do this?

A long row of grass huts with a floating wooden walkway in front sit at the water's edge on a lake in Kao Sok National Park in Thailand.

GRASS HUTS—Kao Sok, Thailand

These waterfront grass huts are probably sinking, but who cares! They're awesome!!!

Three smiley-faced Nepali boys stand together, posing for the photo, while holding long wooden sticks with a hot-pink substance (cotton-candy?) at the top, for sale in plastic bags.

KATHMANDU KIDS—Kathmandu, Nepal

Friendly young faces. Not sure what they're selling, but it looks like cotton candy on steroids.

A multitude of tiny daisly-like flower blossoms (white with yellow centers) and two large marigold blossoms float in a large golden bowl that is filled to the brim and sitting on a wooden table.

GARDEN of DREAMS BOTANICAL GARDENS—Kathmandu, Nepal

A touch of elegance and simplicity in a beautiful place.

A cluster of blue canoes with red trim sit lengthwise (all pointing in the same direction) on beautiful Phewa Lake in Pokhara, Nepal, with mountains visible in the distance.

CANOES on PHEWA LAKE—Pokhara, Nepal

Synchronized canoes!

A couple in silhouette walks barefoot in the wet-packed, reflective sand near the water's edge near-dusk with highrise buildings in the background.

GOLD COAST—Coolangatta, Australia

An Aussie couple walks barefoot at low tide along the Gold Coast just south of Brisbane. You can almost feel the sand squishing between your toes, eh mate?

Colorful image of a shallow, reflective stream with light ripples on the surface and featuring shades of bright blue, indigo, and green.

IRIDESCENT WATERS—Redwood Park, North Island, New Zealand

View of a clear, cool stream in a nature park just north of Wellington. That blue reflection looks iridescent, like liquid silver. Just gorgeous!

A classic blue dome with a small gold cross at the top accents a beige-concrete roof as a young woman (bent over at the waist) takes a photo through a window on a large gateway partition.

BLUE-DOMED ROOF—Pyrgos Kallistis, Santorini, Greece

That's Phoebe on a concrete roof in the small town of Imerovigli. What do you suppose she's aiming at? Gotta love that turquois dome.

Rooftop Romance—by R. Williams

Santorini, Greece

A young woman in a black dress sits on a low stone wall while holding a wine glass and looks upward as her hair blows in the wind.

PHOEBE in MOTION—Venetsanos Winery, Santorini, Greece

After a few cabernets, Phoebe goes into an ecstatic rock star trance at the Venetsanos Winery in Santorini. WHAT a VIEW! Watch the wine, honey, and seriously, don't lean back.

Big scraggly-red cactus blossoms on long curved stems grow out of a thick cactus bed and reach for the pastel sky at sunset as a few small sailboats navigate the calm waters of the caldera in the distance.

CACTUS FLOWERS over the CALDERA—Santorini, Greece

These strange cactus flowers with their long swan-like necks are so tropical and exotic looking that they almost seem prehistoric. Or like something from another planet!

A huge wall of ivy covers an archway wall as a slender man walks down a long flight of steps and passes underneath.

ARCHWAY of IVY—Monti District, Rome, Italy

Now THAT's a wall of ivy! I swear, I didn't ask that man to walk down the steps for me.

Two people in red Adirondack chairs by a lake with forest and snow-capped mountains in the background.

RESTING in RED CHAIRS—Banff, Canada

These two visitors to Banff National Park are taking a moment to rest their legs and take in the stunning view.

Looking down at the feet and lower legs of Dana Brock which are under water in a metal soaking tub.

BACKYARD SPA—Bartlesville, Oklahoma

These lovely appendages belong to my good friend, Dana, who turned a feeding trough into an above-ground pool on her back deck. Hell YES!

Two young women wearing sunglasses are covered in bold colors after completing a "Color Me Rad" 5k run in Oklahoma City (and getting dowsed with colors while en route), with one of them kneeling and giving a "thumbs up" while the other laughs from above.

COLOR RUN—Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Phoebe (with friend Courtney) gives a thumbs up after getting dowsed repeatedly with color powder during a 5K "COLOR RUN". So fun, so cute, so totally RAD!

PURE PORTLANDIA—Portland, OR

DUDE is right!

A multi-storied yellow-cream building with an adjoining red building overlooks a canal with a boathouse (complete with a green rowboat parked in front on the water) within the Christianshavin District in Copenhagen, Denmark.

CHRISTIANSHAVN DISTRICT—Copenhagen, Denmark

Take a look at that sweet brown boathouse with the "watermelon boat" parked out front. That's my dream home right there!

A lime-green bicycle is parked beneath two trees with yellow fall leaves along a cobbled street in Copenhagen, Denmark.

SIMPLY AUTUMN―Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen in autumn―it's almost as if the city was built for the season. It's moody and romantic with charm out the wazoo!

Charming view of the brick facade of the Royal Copenhagen Building in central Copenhagen, Denmark, which features ornate brickwork around the windows, "Copenhagen" in large copper letters across the building, and an industrial downspout with a greenish aged patina.

THE ROYAL COPENHAGEN—Copenhagen, Denmark

Wonderful brickwork on this building, and the downpipe and letters in aged copper add just the right touch of industrial elegance.

Close-up view of a charming little arched window in a stone building with thick green ivy growing around it that is starting to turn yellow.

WINDOW IVY—Copenhagen, Denmark

It's late October and the ivy is starting to turn around this sweet little arched window. Classic Copenhagen!

A group of white birds sit in a green weeping willow tree that is growing out of a pond in a park in Copenhagen in autumn.

ØRSTEDS PARK—Copenhagen, Denmark

White birds in a green willow tree in a pond in a park in Copenhagen in Autumn...gotta love it.

Vintage color photo of Fran Williams, mother of Inner Space host, Ralph Williams, bathing "baby Ralph" in a small plastic tub.

MOM with BABY RALPH—Sharon, Pennsylvania

Just look at those tiny duck feet. So cute!

Exterior view of the bright red storefront for Victor Scott Kiltmakers on Bow Street in Edinburgh, Scottland.

RED STOREFRONT—Bow Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

Storefront for Victor Scott Kiltmakers on Bow Street in central Edinburgh. That red is bold, classic, sexy, and just plain spectacular!

Nighttime view of the gorgeous arched doorway entrance to Saint-Aubin Church in Toulouse, France, with the long and looming shadow of Inner Space host, Ralph Williams, and the bars of the security gate cast onto the ground, adding a spooky element.

SAINT-AUBIN CHURCH—Toulouse, France

While the grand arched entrance to St-Aubin Church in Toulouse is undeniably stunning, somehow my looming shadow took center stage in this photo. I'm titling it, "Monster at the gate!"

Three stocky, leafless trees stand side-by-side in winter with their branches completely encased in ice as a soft lavendar haze falls over everything.

WINTER WONDERLAND—Limousin, France

Is it just me or do these frozen plane trees look like hands reaching up from the earth? [photo by Pahkal]

The bright mid-day sun bursts through the clouds over a tree-lined green meadow and illuminates the sky in shades of coral, blue, and purple.

SUNBURST OVER A MEADOW--Limousin, France

Listen closely, you can almost hear angels singing through the clouds.

Hazy light streams through an arched stained-glass window and illuminates a small table covered with a yellow tablecloth within an old stone chapel in central France.

FRENCH CHAPEL—Église Saint Yrieix, Limousin, France

Sweet and humble, this chapel is located in the small village of Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe in central France.

Interior view of Saint Jean Baptiste Cathedral in Lyon, France with gray stone columns on either side of long room, stained-glass at the far end, and a sky-high arched ceiling in cream.

SANT JEAN BAPTISTE CATHEDRAL—Lyon, France

While this cathedral is massive and formidable, it also has a soft elegance to it. Talk about vaulted ceilings!

Overhead view (taken from upstairs) of the back of a middle-aged woman in shorts and sandals pondering the baguettes and sandwiches in a bakery display case in Limoges, France.

PONDERING PASTRIES—Paul Bakery & Cafe, Limoges, France

A middle-aged woman carefully ponders the baguettes and brioche at Paul Patisserie. So many carbs, so little time.

PARK GÜELL—Barcelona, Spain

BUBBLES!!!

A small black & white grafitti-illustration (painted on a concrete wall) of a red-nosed clown in a short-sleeve white shirt hanging from a horizontal pole and looking downward with trepidation.

LITTLE CLOWN on a WALL—Rote Fabrik Art Center, Zürich, Switzerland

This wonderful graffiti-illustration at the Rote Fabrik Art Center in Zürich is actually quite tiny. Boy, can I relate to that clown's expression!

Three couples sit in silhouette on a concrete ledge beside the Limmat Canal and beneath a large tree in Zürich, Switzerland.

LIMMAT CANAL—Zürich, Switzerland

Friends talking in silhouette along the Limmat canal in Zurich in late September. Such an easy-breezy vibe.

An old gray barn sits in an open field of golden tallgrass in Blair, OK.

Blair Barn—by J. Henderson

Blair, OK, USA

Lily Pads—by R. Williams

Florida Everglades, USA

Fran Williams, mother of Inner Space host, Ralph Williams, smiling boldly.

MOM—Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

CLASSIC FRAN!

Sunset Surfer—by P. Henderson

Coolangatta, Australia

The marshy North River at dusk in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA.

North River at Sunset—by J. Henderson

Marshfield, MA, USA

A subterranean monastic chamber with whitewashed walls beneath the Church of the Agia Triada in Santorini, Greece.

SUBTERRANEAN CHAMBER—Santorini, Greece

Tucked beneath the Church of the Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) in Pyrgos Village is this beautiful monastic chamber with whitewashed walls and white stone steps. Looks like an upward journey into heaven, doesn't it?

Candle Keeper—by R. Williams

Kathmandu, Nepal

Silhouette of a cat on a window sill behind a white bedroom curtain.

PETE in SILHOUETTE—Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Pete belong's to my good friend, Kelly (see "Onward" article), and is one of the grooviest cats around. He loves to slip behind that curtain in the guest bedroom and surveil the neighborhood.

A tiny golden kitten looks up from inside a woven basket.

PIMENTO in BASKET—Austin, Texas, USA

Awwwww, it's a kitten in a basket! PIimento (son of Willow, the mom) was part of a litter of five and was one of the cutest and goofiest.

Vista view of New Zealand's South Island (near Wannaka) from a mountaintop with Phoebe Henderson, daughter of Inner Space host, Ralph Williams, sitting on a rock and smiling with her long brown hair in a single braid.

PHOEBE IN BRAIDS IN NZ—New Zealand (South Island near Wanaka

She looks like a mountain elf, doesn't she? Give that girl a bow and a quiver of arrows!