2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Owl has been the highest ornament on every tree since 1977.
2012
And Owl too.
2013
And Owl too.
2014
And Owl too.
Eight years worth of trees from three houses. One for each year that my wife and I have been together. I cannot tell you how lucky I am that she and her kids have let me be a part of their family. No one is more blessed than I.
Santa Jenny and the two step-Elves brought me a new lens for Christmas. I only have a few pictures thus far, but I like the results.
Look who I just saw in the back yard!
I’ve been hoping to get a picture of one of the big suckers living out in the woods. He flew into view as I was walking past the window and he was (finally) nice enough to stick around for a pic.
The question now is, is it a hawk? Is it a red tailed hawk? Is it something else? I think it’s a red tailed hawk but I really don’t know for sure.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I hate snow.
Let’s go back to San Diego.
My goal, never stated until today and pretty much unachievable, is to catch a sunrise or a sunset from each state that borders an ocean and has a good East or West angle. I have New England covered. Rhode Island and Connecticut both border the ocean, but they both face the wrong direction. Rhode Island has a bay that faces East, but I sort of don’t think that counts. I might change my mind on that though. The goal is to see the sun break the water.
So far we have sunrises in…
Massachusetts:
New Hampshire:
and Maine:
On the sunset side of things, we have California:
That’s four! I’m practically done! WOOHOO
I took a bunch of longer exposures today. Most of them came out terrible. There was too much light to leave the shutter open for more than a few seconds. Here are a few of the less disastrous pics.
I almost didn’t make it. Sunrise was at 6:30am. I left home at about 5:15. When I plugged Old Orchard Beach into Google Maps on my phone it told me I’d get there at 6:33. Uh oh. Fortunately the pre-dawn traffic was non-existent and I was able to shave a few minutes off of that time. Still, when I got to the water I only had a few seconds to spare. The tide was so far out that only the furthest end of the pier was in the water. That meant I could mess around shooting from underneath the pier. It was kinda cool.
That boat came close to messing up my sunrise shots. He stayed out of the way though. Mostly.
I wasn’t alone, which sort of surprised me given that it’s November and all. There was one other person running around with a tripod like me, and one who was right on the water’s edge with a cell phone, and one more who was standing on the sidewalk, not quite yet on the beach, flying this thing.
Yeah, I’m giving up the software industry and getting into the post card business.
The Amusement Park is shut down for the year. It looks kinda sad.
The city of Methuen is littered with castle walls and structures. There’s one near us that I pass a few times a week and have always wanted to grab a picture of. Today I finally did it, despite the overcast gloomy sky and the crappy light.
Inside the Red Head's Head 