Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween :)
My nephew Caine carved this pumpkin, kinda creepy :0

I'm Havin' a Party!

...and your all invited :)
So grab your rakes and head on over!
(I'm figuring with all your help we could get all these leaves picked up in no time!)

Bursting at the Seams

Almost looks like this seed pods been sewn, and is about ready to bust those seams wide open!

Catchin' Some Rays

Again I'm going to brag about my Artsy Farsty Sis, she's makes beautiful copper art, all twisty and curly, very eye-catching...umm...sun-catching in this case :)

Hills of Fire

Driving home from work today I always look to the river to see how high it is, with all the rain we've had. It's raging!!
We also haven't seen the sun very often this autumn so as I drove by this area and spotted patches of sunlight on the hills, (the lighting was real funky) I ran home & grabbed the camera.
The waters really high, the folks who live along the river usually have a lot more land between their homes and the water, pretty scary stuff!
The oranges and yellows seem to be the prominent colors this fall, still hoping to capture more autumn colors before all the wind and rain that we've been having drop all the leaves.

B&W

A fellow photoblogger suggested that I try turning this photo B&W. I hadn't even thought to change it till Tobias said anything. I actually think I may like it even better than the colored version.

Weeping Willow

The Weeping Willow has always fascinated me, now I know why!
What Tree Did You Fall From?

Closer

This is as close as I could get without the whole photo being a blurry mess :)

Roots

I love the challenge of taking macro shots, trying to focus in on that one small piece of something.
Things you may see everyday, change before your eyes...closer & yet closer we go...

...tomorrow--can we get closer??

Quality Time

My Niece & I spent some time together the other day to take some photos, this photo is from our day spent together.
She really wants to learn photography so I started a photoblog for her a few months ago in hopes to inspire her to learn more.
I can tell she's hooked, cause she'll call me to tell me of this beautiful sunrise she has seen, but was upset because she didn't have her camera..... this is one of the first signs of addiction--feelings of loss when without camera.....

Autumn Rainbow

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.
-Stanley Horowitz

Let 'em Roll!

A few of my family members like to get together to play a game we call 750 or dice, (not real sure what the real name of the game is??) Wasn't to sure how candid the dice would be, but they sat real still for me as I grabbed the camera and took a few shots. lol : )

Quietly on the Banks

Dawn and I often go out together to take photos & enjoy nature, she's on vacation with her family, and I've been kinda missing her and our outings, so I dug this photo out of the archives & had some fun in PS.
So here she is....Missing you *D*! Hope your having a ball in Disney!!

Who'll Stop the Rain...

It's been raining for a week, but I had a few, (very few) chances to run out with the camera and take some photos.
The Cannas are gone, the last of the petals dropped from all the heavy rain....til next year.... : )

Red Velvet Dahlia

Missing my flowers : (
Dreary weather here in New England, days & days of rain, flooding everywhere! I need the sun!! So I'm posting a long ago flower to cheer me up : )
My Dahlias have pretty much faded away, along with all my other flowers, save for my mums, but their a bit soggy right now.

Water Worn

During the 1920's it became apparent that Eastern Massachusetts did not have a large enough water supply to satisfy its growing needs. Thirsty Eastern Massachusetts inhabitants looked westward at the pristeen Swift River 100 miles away from Boston. This river flowed through a beautiful series of small towns nestled in the Swift River valley. Through a series of "buyouts" the inhabitants of these towns were tossed out of their homes in preparation for construction of a reservoir.
Houses were bulldozed, bodies dug up (except for Native Americans), factories demolished and millions acres of trees were cut down. Four towns Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott were wiped off the face of the Earth and seven other towns were affected. A half mile long dam was built on the Swift River in Belchertown MA and one of the longest tunnels in the world was constructed to carry the water a hundred miles to the east. Flooding of the valley started in mid August 1939.The valley slowly filled with water and in 1946 the reservior was filled to capacity ( 412 billion gallons) and nearly 40 square miles were covered with water. The new reservoir was named after a Native American chief of a local tribe. The chief's name was Nani-Quaben. The name, which was given to a hill in Enfield and a lake in Greenwich means " well watered place."
More Quabbin History

Wonder

This weed (I think? I have no idea what it is!) is growing behind my neighbors house. For some reason lately I've become fascinated with weeds! Maybe it's the camera in my hand, it can make even weeds look pretty :)
(HELP! If anyone knows what this is, please let me know, I've checked for it in all my books & I can't find it!)

Am I Seeing Spots?

You can never close your eyes when your at Quabbin you just may miss something!

My Vision

I really don't like having my photo taken, I'd rather be behind the camera....well this time I was behind & in front of my camera, so with a little Photoshop creativity, I have to say this is one photo of myself that I really kinda like :)