Washington Street Mill

On Saturday I explored the Washington Street Mill looking for interesting places to create some high dynamic range industrial looking images. These are some I like from that adventure.

Snowshoeing

It was bitterly cold early this morning, but by 9:00 AM it was over ten degrees and perfect for snowshoeing. We hiked across the lake and through the woods, seeing lots of deer tracks meandering through the boulder fields. We walked for about three miles, and had a great morning!

An ice Christmas

On Christmas we like to get together with our kids and take a little hike. Yesterday we walked along a stream that meanders through Gill, Massachusetts, on its way to the Connecticut River. There were a lot of beautiful ice formations in puddles, on rocks, covering a beaver dam, and hanging on trees that had fallen across the stream.

Snow swirls

This morning, after a less than restful night (see previous post), I noticed interesting patterns of snow blown around on the frozen lake. I thought they looked a lot like the patterns of the waves I was photographing last fall, without the color.

Eclipse

After waiting 372 years since the last lunar eclipse on the Solstice, I was anticipating a spectacular celestial event this morning. Too bad it was cloudy! There were a couple of breaks in the clouds before and during the early stages of the eclipse, and I was able to get a couple of photographs, but by the time the total eclipse occurred the clouds were so thick that the moon was nothing but a faint smudge on the sky (or maybe that was a smudge on my glasses). Anyway, it was nice to get outside at 2:00 and 3:00 AM.

Frost

Yesterday I experienced a happy coincidence: a quiet, frosty morning on a day when I had my camera and macro lens with me. So I walked and crawled around the yard to capture a few images of frosty leaves, frosty ice, monochromatic weeds, leaves on the ice, and ice on the leaves. A nice mix, I thought.

On the farm

Our sons, their partners, and their house mates have taught themselves so much about the art of organic farming. Even their storage of the harvest is done artistically. And, they're terrific cooks!