
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween!

Flowers from different places
I couldn't decided on a post today --couldn't find a halloween photo I was looking for--so I looked through some of my florals. I try to go to Elizabeth park once a year--it's the oldest rose garden in the US.
Poppies in my yard. These are a beautiful color with paper thin petals.
Black Eyed Susans, growing wild in my yard
Poppies in my yard. These are a beautiful color with paper thin petals.
Black Eyed Susans, growing wild in my yard
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
1st snow of the season!
Yesterday afternoon it started with the big wet flakes. This is what I got up to this morning.......And very cold ( for here in Oct!) Supposed to be 45 with wiind chills in the 30's--Yuck!
From the house, looking to the driveway
Stay warm!
From the house, looking to the driveway
Stay warm!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Butterflies
All of these photos were taken at Magic Wings butterfly place in Deerfield, Ma. I have been here several times and also to Butterfly Place in Westford , Ma. Magic Wings is a great day trip from my house & it's just down the road the world headquarters of Yankee Candle--they have a huge series of stores & a nice restaurant there. FYI--I didn't spend alot of time looking up the names--I bought a cheat sheet at Magic Wings with photos & names on it!
Piano Key butterfly---(Heliconius melpomene)
Julia butterfly ( Dryas iulia)
Hecale Longwing (heliconius hecale)
Rice Paper (Idea ieuconoe)
Indian leaf butterfly ( Kallima paralekta)
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunrise on Isla
Can't wait to take more photos like this --less than 3 months to go! All of these were taken from a perch along the malecon. I love to go & sit there early in the morning & then go walk around town to see Isla waking up.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thinking about the Barracuda Bash 2009!
Finally close enough that we can start thinking about the Barracuda Bash! It's January 21 & 22 2009! Getting together this weekend with a few of our Isla friends & I know it will be a topic of discussion.
This is Rick (the person who won last year) and his son, Steve.
Weighing the fish!
This is Rick (the person who won last year) and his son, Steve.
Weighing the fish!
Friday, October 24, 2008
A visit to the feed & grain store
I go to a feed store about 20 mins. away that is owned by the man that we got our dog from. He sells alot of natural food and other pet products & some gardening things. There are usually a few of his dogs there & yesterday was no exception. One balck lab that belongs to his son and then 3 chocolates. They are very well behaved dogs.
They had a large yellow ball they they wanted me to throw--so I did! Fun to watch them race down the aisles trying to get the ball
They had a large yellow ball they they wanted me to throw--so I did! Fun to watch them race down the aisles trying to get the ball
Thursday, October 23, 2008
sealions and an eagle-a continuation
Here are pictures of the whole buoy that I mentioned in the previous post. I think I took 24 photos of this hoping a few would turn out ok. Enjoy!
Whales and eagles
Just a few photos of some of the whales I saw when I went out off the coast of Juneau. There were many in the pod we came upon--one person was spotting & saying look over here, over there. My camera wasn't fast enough to keep up ( or maybe it was me!)
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Mendenhall Glacier & Auke Bay
This waterfall was off to the side of Mendenhall Glacier. I went there on a phto excursion from the cruise ship when we were in Juneau. You go out with a small group & a pro photographer--they take you places depending on the weather & guide you to take better photos. The group( 9 people) I was with had quite a range of people from a pro photographer from Austrailia to several people that still use film cameras.
The tour company had rain ponchos and monopod/walking sticks for everyone to use. This is the actual glacier. We were across a small pond from it, on walking trails.
We were told if anyone saw something they thought the rest of the group would be interested in, please let us know--so someone said--do you see the bear up in the tree?! Luckily I had a zoom lens--it was quite high up!
The tour company had rain ponchos and monopod/walking sticks for everyone to use. This is the actual glacier. We were across a small pond from it, on walking trails.
We were told if anyone saw something they thought the rest of the group would be interested in, please let us know--so someone said--do you see the bear up in the tree?! Luckily I had a zoom lens--it was quite high up!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
a few macro shots
I decided to put the macro lens on my camera & see what I could find around the yard. Have a few new roses blooming....
Kind of odd to see them this late in the season.
Have been picking a small amount of raspberries every day. These golden raspberries have been nicer than the ones we had earlier.
Just thought this was an interesting shot of the underside of a mushroom......
Kind of odd to see them this late in the season.
Have been picking a small amount of raspberries every day. These golden raspberries have been nicer than the ones we had earlier.
Just thought this was an interesting shot of the underside of a mushroom......
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Winter storage
Friday, October 17, 2008
Last gasp of fall foliage....
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