Skating Rinks for Trails?
I love winter. I do NOT love winter rain. This Sunday was a real demonstration of why I hate winter rain. Our trails had just gotten nice and snowy. They were packed down. Then the rain came, along with the January thaw and turned the trails to this: There was usually a swath a few [...]
Mushrooms
I’m not sure what’s going on this year but parts of my yard are covered in mushrooms. I could understand if the mushrooms were growing in the forest around my house, but these relatively big mushrooms are growing in the center of my yard in clumps. They’ve been turning black with time. I wonder what [...]
Picture perfect
Yesterday I was running out of the house getting heading for work. I had my camera with me because my commitment to posting on this blog again requires that I take pictures. And with the beautiful color in New Hampshire this early October I didn’t want to miss a great shot. I found a great [...]
Photo Editing
I have this bush in my backyard that has the most amazing leaves in fall. They actually turn an amazing pinkish red. The picture below is actually a pretty accurate color on my monitor. It’s beautiful. Just for fun though, I decided to throw the picture into Picnik’s AutoFix. This is what came out. Perhaps [...]
Frog Catcher
A couple weekends ago, in the middle of all the rain we went for a walk in Pawtuckaway State Park. The backwoods of Pawtuckaway have trails that go around several swamps. I spotted several frogs and because I didn’t have a zoom lens I was having a hard time taking pictures of them. I found [...]
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
We’ve had a lot of these around lately. The Eastern Tent Caterpillar is a very common caterpillar in the NorthEastern United States. Their silky nests can be unsightly and they can do a lot of damage to the foliage in the area. Every few years we get an infestation of caterpillars that is bad enough [...]
Nature walk
One of the reasons I love New Hampshire is how close I feel to nature. We spend a lot of time hanging out in the woods. I love getting close ups of all sorts of different things. I actually wish I had a Macro lens for the Pentax *ist, but I make do with what [...]
My Monkey Man
I like monkeys. I find them humourous and I love to watch them climbing all over things. So somehow I turned my husband into a Monkey. When I met my husband he was frightened of heights. So to help him with his fear I brought him to a climbing gym. He quickly developed a passion [...]
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