What IS Travel and Toile?

... I don't know.

Travel and Toile is currently having a bit of an identity crisis.   

What is it?  

It's not a fish...

It's not a fashion blog.  I don't show photographs of myself, or anyone else modeling cute outfits. It's not a lifestyle blog either.  Though it was a photography blog for awhile, it has morphed away from that.  I write too much to justify calling Travel and Toile a photoblog these days. Also, I sometimes sacrifice photographs of quality so that I can have something more interesting to say.  By that, I mean that I don't necessarily post my best shots, I post what I think will serve the overall entry.

Hmm... entry...Is it my diary?  No, I don't write what I do every day as it happens.  I kind of write what I'm thinking about and couple it with photographs I have taken, or pick out some photographs I have and come up with something to say that will weave it all together.

But, what is the classification for that?  Is there one?  I write a blog... blog.  Have I allowed myself to be so random that I defy classification?  I know I'm nerdy and let that show though, but have I only overextended myself by writing about what I'm thinking?

I keep coming back to the idea that I'm an awful photographer, a terrible writer, and an ugly, good-for-nothing, lousy web page designer and overall person.  But, I do have some readers, so that obviously isn't it. My readers are way too nice, classy and cultured to be reading a crappy blog.

  Maybe I don't advertise and put my blog out there enough?  I feel like I do though.

My conclusion... my skirt is in a bunch.

My actual conclusion:  I have no niche.  This blog is rather general haha. 

What is Travel and Toile?
 How can  I end this identity crisis?

Walt Disney World, Florida, USA
Photographs of me taken by Daniel Garrison.  As usual.

All You Need Is Love

Dooo doo doo doo doooo....

It was an extraordinarily hot afternoon in Nevada, like over one hundred degrees farenheit, when my boyfriend and I decided to take a quick stroll outside of the casino.  However, it wasn't humid, so it was nowhere near as beastly as I just made it sound.  Anyways, there was a little tributary off of the Colorado River designed to run through the casino, and they had stocked it with koi.  I love koi.  This is the third photograph of them to appear on this blog.  They just eminate peace.  Especially when they happen to form the shape of a heart!

Loughlin, Nevada, USA

If you like this, then you must must must take a look at Zen and Tranquility.

Zen

This is a detail from a mosaic on the bottom of a fountain!  It's a pretty little one in the center of a small square in Lambeth, right next to the Garden Museum and Lambeth Palace.  That whole area is quite nice, really.  Around the fountain were other mosaics, with hedgehogs, foxes, and badgers.  The whole setup made me happy.  It was just so cute.

London, England, UK

If you like this, then see some real fish in Tranquility.

Tranquility

Koi in the River in the Yard of The Alamo

San Antonio, Texas, USA

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I added a cool quiz to the side of the page!  Vote for your favourite country (out of those choices) or the one you would most like to visit.  They are all ones that I have been to, or am going to visit in the near future.  However, they are not all of the countries that I have seen.  I just find it interesting to know what you're thinking, and maybe you do too.
ALSO I just added this thing called bloglovin.  You can now follow this blog through blogspot, blogger, google, or bloglovin.  So now you will always know when this blog is updating.  Yay!  Here's the link: Follow my blog with bloglovin.
ONE MORE THING- I created a facebook group for Travel and Toile.  To join, or for more updates, go to The Travel and Toile Facebook Group .
Thanks everyone!