Tag: Massachusetts
Jury Duty Tease
The state of Massachusetts just dangled something cool in front of me and Jen and then, much like Lucy with the football, ripped it away from us at the last second.
We both received a Jury Duty summons in the mail today. I opened mine. It was for May 25th. That’s too close to Bellana’s graduation so I knew I’d have to take advantage of my one free change the date option. What did Jen’s say? Hers said May 25th too! How awesome is that! We could go together!
No… wait… Mine is in Lawrence and hers is in Newburyport. While we are given one free date change, we are not giving the option of a location change. I guess we won’t be serving the state justice system together after all.
We both moved the date to November… both on the same day, of course. Still in different courthouses though. Aw, fiddlesticks. Sad face.
Downtown
Walnut Grove Cemetery
I took Dad’s camera to this location twice. The first time the film broke. The second time it jammed with about five shots left so I just rolled it up and didn’t tempt fate. Next time I’ll bring my Nikon instead but I’ll probably go black and white again because it’s spooky looking and I like spooky looking things.
Dam
I went out to run an errand today and I took my new camera with me. After everything was done I stopped at the Spicket Falls Dam because of course I did.
That was Fun
I drove to Cambridge and back tonight. Three hours. I lost count of how many accidents I got stuck behind. Two of them temporarily closed the road I was on. One of those roads was Storrow Drive. Another was route 93. Hooray.
I took pictures from the car while I was stopped. They are kinda funny.
There were more, but they were even more awfuller. Oh well. At least I’m home. It’s 9:23 and now I can eat dinner. Hooray.
Faneuil Hall
I just reblogged this from the film blog, noticed that somehow the title was in italics, fixed the title in the original post, deleted the reblog, tried to reblog the post again and found I could not, assumed it had something to do with the comment on the original post, deleted the comment, still couldn’t re-reblog, said screw it and posted it directly.
Clock from the Car
The clock in the center of town, as seen through my windshield and taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max:
The same clock, taken with my Nikon D90 in Auto mode, pointed through the passenger door window and snapped without looking while stopped at a light right next to it.
And there you have it… two views of The Clock. I hope you enjoyed that. Please remember to tip your waitress. I’ll be here all week.
Dam
I stopped at the Spicket Falls Dam on the way home and snapped a few pics.
Safe bet that the next visit will be on film.
Riverwalk in Lowell
My final stop today was the riverwalk on Pawtucket Blvd in Lowell. The Merrimack looks huge there and I don’t think the shots came out very good. At least they don’t look as good as actually being there looked. I don’t know.
There are a couple of places where you can walk right to the water’s edge. My favs from the visit were taken at one of those spots.
The bridge in the distance is the Rourke Bridge. The story as I have heard it is the bridge was built by the Army Corps of Engineers as a temporary structure… back in the 1970’s (I think)… and it’s still there with huge amounts of traffic sitting on it around the clock. Either that story isn’t true, or it probably isn’t a good thing.
That’s my old school across the river, but that parking garage wasn’t there when I was a student.
And we close the post with a faux artsy lamp post shot. Like ya do.
And that is the end of my picture taking bonanza of a PTO Friday. Tomorrow we go to Vermont and we may take the scenic route… so hopefully another blitz of pics tomorrow. Bring it on, babie!
Inside the Red Head's Head 