Blacks Creek

Day 315/Year 2

Here's another image recently taken at Blacks Creek in Quincy MA. I liked the look of this image in black and white.

Sigh......no more snow is forecasted here in the next week. In fact, tomorrow is going to be in the mid to upper 50's again. Although I'd like to see some more snow, I certainly will welcome tomorrows temps and won't complain, that's for sure!

Playing in the snow :-)

Day 314/Year 2

Well, not so much playing in the snow, but rather playing with a snowy image. This image was taken 10 days ago back when winter made a very short visit to us here in Southeast MA. I don't even remember how I did this, and I honestly don't even know if I like this all that much......but I think it is kinda cool so figured it could be shown as todays photo of the day.

Here's the original for comparison:

Just playing around. If you didn't like the version I posted first, at least I hope it gave you something to think about. Perhaps you liked it as is, or perhaps you can think of ways it could be better, or perhaps you think it should just go in the trashbin. :-) Either way, it is "art" and art is always subjective.

This was taken at Blacks Creek in Quincy MA.

Empty slips

Day 313/Year 2

These empty slips at Hewitts Cove Marina at the Hingham Shipyard are just waiting for Summer.

GurnetLighthouse

Day 312/365

I went back to Duxbury Beach this afternoon in search of the Snowy Owls. Ths time I went legally, with my cousin Maureen and her husband Dave in a vehicle with an over the sand pass. Diane accompanied us on this outing as well.

However, the owls did not accompany us this time. We couldn't find any. We did find a few familiar faces out there though........we ran into a few members of my camera club. :-) We exchanged cell phone numbers with them......we'd call each other if one of us spotted an owl.

We never got a call from them.

We did however stop at Gurnet Light. I have never been here before, and it was great to finally get out there. It's beautiful!!!! The lighthouse sits high on a hill. It was verrry windy and rather chilly up there, but honestly, it felt invigorating.

And one ocean shot taken from high up on the bluff

It was a beautiful afternoon and we had a great time....despite the fact that we couldn't find any owls this trip.

Thanks Maureen and Dave for the ride! We had a ball!!!

A gull of a day!

What a foggy soggy day we had here in SE MA. I should have gone out picture taking early this morning because it was nice and foggy. But, I just couldn't get myself in gear. I went out late morning to deliver a box of popsicles to poor Miss J who was home sick with the stomach bug. :-( No matter how old our kids are, our Mommy instincts kick into high gear and we do whatever we can for our kids. right? Right!
On the way home from Miss J's house, I stopped off at Whitmans Pond in Weymouth and took some gull images. It was drizzly when I got there, but afer a short time, the rain became steadier and heavier. This gull didn't seem too happy with the rain. He looks quite PO'd, doesn't he???

Perhaps it was a female gull and she wasn't too happy with her appearance in the mirror.....

We all know that rainy days make bad hair days.........

P.S. Hope you feel better Miss J xxoo

Wahlburgers

Hello everybody. Were you one of the unlucky ones to receive spam email from me at 2:00 this morning??? If so.......I'm very sorry!!! What a way to start my day! As soon as I got up I was informed that my email account was compromised and that everyone in my mailbox got spam from my account. UGH!!! I have changed my password, run a virus scan on my computer, and I am good to go now, thank goodness!
So, after a not so nice morning, I ended up having a very nice afternoon. I took the folks out to lunch (meaning I drove but my Dad paid :-) ) We went to Wahlburgers at the Hingham Shipyard. For those of you not familiar with Wahlburgers, it's a burger joint owned by the Wahlburg Family ( Mark Wahlburg from the movies, and Donny Wahlburg from the hit sensation The New Kids On The Block) :-)........their brother Paul is a renowned Chef and they opened the restaurant Wahlburgers this past year.
My impression: The burgers are very good. The folks LOVED their burgers and they ate every last bite.
The decor: Very cool! Wahlburg movie and television memorobilia.
The cons: It's LOUD in there.......meaning they play loud music. Fine for me but not so good for 89 year old people who both wear hearing aids. :-)
It's more of a place for a younger crowd, but my hip and happening folks both enjoyed themselves, are glad we went, and would like to go back sometime! :-)

After lunch, we went over to the waterfront and I took some shots. They have done a beautiful job working on this area, and it looks great.

Beach grass

Day 309/Year 2

We're back to the other morning at Wollaston Beach in Quincy MA. It's great to be out shooting at sunrise......not only for the sunrise itself, but also to look around and see how the low angle warm light hits more intimate areas around you.........such as this beach grass. And as the minutes go by, the light keeps changing.........