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......

Winter storage

Today was winter storage morday at the fairgrounds. People line up early to store their campers, cars and boats in our buildings. We have several buildings that we fill up in 2-3 hours. The above building has high ceilings so large boats and campers go in there.
People were lined up before 7 am--we don't open til 8 usually, but the police came by & said to get the vehicles off the road , so the gates were opened early. I was up there at 7:30 and they had already put quite a few campers, etc. in. We were all done by 10am. It's a great way to utilize the buildings for the winterIn the background you can see the vehicles out on the road--the day started out a little chilly ( about 36 degrees F) but no wind so it wasn't bad; and the sun was out!

Last gasp of fall foliage....

The leaves are mostly off the trees now; had a little rain & wind yesterday so alot came down. Here's Rafe with his ever present frisbee standing on the lawn of leaves.
So many leaves to rake! Hoping for a few nice days, so we can get out & do it--at least before we have more rain--nothing worst than having to rake up wet ones!
Photo taken a few days ago at the fairgrounds showing a couple of the nice trees. This weekend we have a cattle auction and winter storage going on. We have several large buildings that don't get used in the winter, so we fill them with campers, boats and cars.
The view from the top of Mohawk Mountain, looking toward Massachusetts. If you looked at a map of CT. as a rectangle, we live in the NW corner aabout 1/2 hr. from both MA. & NY.
Another view at the fairgrounds

Floating leaf

I drove in the driveway today and saw this leaf with pine needles hanging off it just floating in the air. So I went to get my camera & then to investigate. The leaf is being held up by a thin strand of spider web, coming down off a tree. Pretty amazing to watch it floating in the breeze.

In these photos you can barely see the thread, right above the leaf

This was as close up as I could get

Flea market

Over the weekend I went to a flea market in Stormville, NY with a few of my friends. The market is held once a month from April to Nov. and we try to go a couple of times a year. Even if you don't buy anything ( which rarely happens) it's a fun day out with friends. in the fall months there is usually this farm stand from Goshen, NY with great produce--most of the money I spent was there! Bought potatoes, lots of carrots and radishes--some for us & some to give away.

The radishes were large and are almost sweet; very good!

It was a fun day; beautiful weather, and great friends to spend it with! Sunday we spent the day with Treasureman & his bride. Hadn't seen them in awhile, so we went down--about 1 hr. south of us. Another beautiful day--we were able to sit outside all afternoon! Always a great time when we get together.

What a Lovely web you weave...

I went outside with the new camera to find something to photograph & came across this spider web. The light was hitting it just right --they are a tricky thing to capture.

Enjoy!

sunrise on Isla

This is my favorite time of the day--on Isla or anywhere else! The solitude is so enjoyable.... The colors of the sky change rapidly, sitting along the malecon you don't miss a minute.

The sun breaking through the clouds