Love is in the air :-)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!! I just got home from having a wonderful dinner (LOBSTER CASSEROLE.....YUM) at P.J.'s Country House in Scituate. (A favorite special occasion restaurant of ours.) This is the first year, since we had kids, that we actually had a date night on Valentine's Day.......25 plus years. It's also the first time that every single one of us in this house had a date night on Valentine's Day. All 3 kids had dates......including Jay who took a girl out to dinner tonight......was news to me that he even had a "special Valentine", but then who am I and why should I know such things anyways?

Mr S received a very special Valentine........and it was not from me.....it was from another girl. Well, take a look at it yourself:

What man could resisit this charm?????? :-)

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Cold. Very Cold

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I went with the black and white for today's photo. It was such a gray day and the black and white suited the mood of the scene. And it was cold. Very cold. Very cold and windy. And it was gray. Gray and cold. Very cold.

The Specs: 

Panasonic LX3, ISO 400, 1/2000, f2.8 shot in Dynamic Black and White Mode

It's that time of year again

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The days are getting a bit longer.....the sun is setting later in the afternoon.......the first day of Lent is just a few weeks away..........and the Girl Scout Cookies have arrived. These are all  reminders to me that winter is more than half way over.

The Specs:

Panasonic LX3, ISO 400, 1/15, f2.5

Ring-billed Gull

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Well, hello there you golden eyed beauty. Isn't this a good looking Gull? Or, am I just happy that I found a bird to photograph today?......................

The Specs:

Nikon D90, 18-200 mm lens, ISO 200, 1/320, f14

Birdless branches

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Only me. I swear. Who else would go visit a wildlife bird sanctuary, and not see one bird? Not one. I didn't even hear a chirp. It was cold, but it was peaceful. There was a nice deep blue sky dotted with a few puffy white clouds. There was no other person there the whole time I was there either. It was a bit eerie. I couldn't even find a bird to keep me company.

These bare branches gave me the feeling that nature knows that the promise of Spring is coming. They are just waiting for the inevitable..............just a little bit more time.........they will be budding and providing a nice sanctuary for our feathered friends.

The Specs:

Nikon D90, 18-200 mm lens, ISO 200, 1/1250, f5.6

Dream

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I hope all of YOUR dreams come true!

At Home

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There's no place like home.........

The Specs:

Nikon D90, 18-200 mm lens, ISO 800, 1/6, f4.2