Miss J......you look different!!!!

Cute story: Miss J is a preschool teacher. She did not tell her students that she was pregnant. While sitting on the rug with the kids for story time the other day, a few of the students commented that she looks "different". One little girl could not keep here eyes off of Miss J's belly. Miss J asked "How do I look different?" The little girl, still staring at her belly replied...."You look taller!" Miss J asked...."How do I look taller? "Do my legs look taller? Does my belly look taller? What looks taller?" One of the litle boys raised his hand and stood up all proud saying "I know what it is. I know what it is!!!!!! Your forehead looks taller!!!!"
Out of the mouths of babes! :-)

She is just adorable....forehead and all! :-)

She is eighteen weeks pregnant this week.

Thanks Miss J for agreeing to let us follow your pregnancy here on the blog.

Happy Easter!

Here is today's sunrise taken at the beach in Cohasset MA. I had a great day of shooting today....left the house at 5:40 this morning and got home around 3:00 this afternoon.

It was a glorious morning!

We are taking a quick overnight trip to VT. Will be home in time for Easter dinner on Sunday. I hope you have a wonderful Easter.

Winning Images

Last night at camera club, the winning images were chosen to be sent to compete to the Tri Club competition which we are participating in. The final competion of our club vs. the Boston Camera Club vs. the Newton  Camera Club will take place on Monday April 15th. There are 12 categories in this competition, and I'm honored that 3 of my images were chosen last night to represent my club.
Here are my three images:
This first image is one that has not been seen yet here on the blog.

Category: Minimalism Black and White:

"Simple Pleasures"

Category: Child/Children:

"Christmas Love"

(This is my Great-Niece Rowan!!)

Category: Intimate Landscape

"The River's Chandelier"

Congratulations to the other members whose images were selected. There were so many excellent images submitted. It was a fun night of judging.

Spring In The Woodland

Just little patches of snow here and there are all that's left of the winter.

Ames Nowell SP in Abington

You can't see it if you don't look

                 
  The tree with many toes:

The River Branch:

The river's chandelier:

Just a few of the many things you see if you just take the time to look around.

Welcome Spring!

Yesterday was the first full day of Spring 2013. It sure doesn't look or feel like Spring here in SE MA. We still have snow cover on the ground (maybe 6 inches?) and last night we got clipped with another quick couple of inches. As much of a nuisance it was, it sure was pretty....especially this tree as a street light was illuminating it from behind.

One of the many reasons why I love New England.

I made the Globe!!!!

A little bit of self indulgence here if I may!
Today's Boston Globe features an article about the Photographing The South Shore Workshops, led by Greg Lessard, of which I attended some of the workshops. I blogged about this recently, as some of my images from these workshops are hanging in an exhibit in Marshfield during the month of March.
There is some excellent photography at this exhibit, and I am just a lucky one who was contacted by Anne Steele of the Boston Globe for an interview. She also included my Summer Solstice image in color with the article.

This may be obnoxious self-indulgence, but here is a quote from me:

It's kind of cool to have your name given credit for an image in the Boston Globe:

And here is the original Summer Solstice image. This image means a lot to me, as this photography outing was during the time when my father was critically ill. It was my first time out with the camera in almost two months and it felt so good to be back shooting, as well as knowing that my Dad was going to be ok.

Thank you Greg for the opportunity, and thanks to those of you reading this for allowing me to indulge!