Year 2_Day 101

Scott & Mary

My son and his girlfriend are heading back to college. They have been together for 5 years...since they were sophomores in High School. Not only will I miss Scott...but I will miss having Mary around the house too. They are both great kids. Good Luck Scott & Mary as you start your Junior year in College.

Year 2_Day 100

“Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worth while. So when you are lonely, remember it's true: Somebody, somewhere is thinking of you.”
~unknown

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Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. ~Author Unknown

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Ok...here is the story behind this photo. I have this weed growing in one of my flower pots on my back deck. It is literally growing like a weed...it is now about 10 ft tall, the stalk is thick and the leaves are large and jagged.
Every day I Looked at it, it seemed to get taller and taller and then it started to grow these buds. So I everyday, l looked to see if these buds were going to turn into flowers...
This morning as I was getting my coffee, I saw this bird on one of the top branches of this 10ft tall weed. And he was pulling theses furry seedlings out of the buds, flying away and coming back for more, probably using for a nest of some sort.
mmmmm, I am still really confused as to what this "weed/plant" is and what these seedlings/buds are. My dad called me and he has the same strange looking weed in his yard too. My dad is very knowledgeable when it comes to wildflowers and weeds...and he has no idea what this things is..And on top of that, Mom and Dad, who also are very knowledgeable about birds, have no idea what this bird is.

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Beverly, MA
This is a coyote Cub that was sitting outside my co-worker's window....There were actually two of them...but I was lucky enough to get three great shots of this one before they took off into the woods.

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May our love be like good wine, grow stronger as it grows older.
~ Old English Toast

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Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; Not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual
~Edward Weston

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Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.
- Bobby Jones

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Went to the The EcoTarium in Worcester, Mass, which is a indoor/outdoor museum of science and nature, with my friends Mary and Christine.

EcoTarium is home to two Bald Eagles. The male was found in 1978 in the Great Lakes area with a wing injury and arrived here in 1983. The female was found in 1998 in Maine with a broken wing and arrived here a few months later. Both birds are flightless and non-releasable. Our Eagles are fed mice or rats and fish, usually butterfish or mackerel. We moved the eagles into a new habitat together in June 1999. This habitat is specially designed to be safe for these eagles, who do not fly.

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I am so excited...my dear friend Joanne got the call today that she was selected to be on the new syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal, that is airing starting Sept 8th. Yup...She is going to Hollywood.

Congratulations Joanne...I am rooting for you to win the $500,000 big prize....!!!

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Year 2_Day 090

Jolie's Light

Spent the evening with my friend Joanne and her daughter Jolie at Salem Willow's in Salem Ma. We had so much fun; we walked along the shore, had dinner and ice cream, and then Jolie won lots of prize tickets on games in the arcade. On our way out of the park, we saw the most fantastic sunset.

As Mom and me took photos of the sunset, Jolie collected some special shells on the beach for mom and me. Thanks Jolie...you are truly the sunshine in the lives of the people who have the pleasure of knowing you.

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There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.
~Richard Bach

Year 2_Day 088

sssshhhhhhhh....
Don't tell anyone that i am trying to take a self portrait in my bathroom to show off my new hair cut cause i like the light in my bathroom better than any room in my house. sssshhhhhhhh !!!

Year 2_Day 087

I went to the Red Sox game in Boston today. Boston vs Toronto…it was a sad day for the Red Sos, other loss. But it was a fun afternoon just being at Fenway Park and well….the tickets were a gift, so who’s complaining.

I had a couple photos that I took inside the park that I could have used for today’s photo, but I decided to use this photo that I took OUTSIDE Fenway Park. Every day people spend hundreds of dollars at the Red Sox game…..tickets, parking, fenway franks, peanuts, beer,icecream, pretzels.etc etc. All of these things are so over priced…but we pay the money because, well it is Baseball, The all American Pass Time. But out side the Ball Park, there are people that are homeless with barely any money for food and clothing and just barely getting by. Maybe instead of buying that $4.50 Fenway Frank or the $7.50 sausage, we should have just dropped a $10 bill in this man’s cup.

Makes me appreciate what I DO have and remember what others DON’T have. Next time I will eat at home before I go to the game and spend my money to help feed someone else who’s cabinets are empty.

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"If I died tomorrow, would you cry? Look up to GOD and ask him why? Still love and miss me as time goes on? Or am I in this world alone?"
~unknown

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“Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.”
~Og Mandino

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"It's Morphin Time"
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers circa 1993
"We call forth the magic, together as one, united for all time, Power Rangers Mystic Force"

Year 2_Day 083

I got the chance to photograph my first cycling race this afternoon, the Witches Cup in Salem MA. www.witchescup.com/

This photo is of the Elite Men's Professional Division. The race was 30 miles, making 70 laps around the Salem Commons. These races are 45-60 minutes of very fast cycling, with racers averaging 25-35 mph and reaching speeds of up to 45 mph during sprints and attacks. It was totally awesome to watch and very very exciting.

Year 2_Day 082

Description of photo: this heart is actually a photo of part of my cloth lampshade in my bedroom. I cropped it and worked with layers to get rid of the background and colorize it. It was a neat project and fun to create something different out of a real photo.

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My project my rules.

It was another rainy day and i really did not take any photos worthy of posting...so I decided to take a photo from my yesterdays trip to Maine and get creative with it in photo shop. So this is TODAY'S CREATION

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Went to the 53rd Annual Boathouse Art Show at the Kennebunkport River Club in Maine today. My friend Jim Scourletis was displaying his photographs. Please take a look at his work. jimscourletis.com/

Year 2_Day 079

“Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.”
~Francis Bacon, Sr.

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The 8.8.08 train rolls through Beverly on it's way to Newburyport MA

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"Watching for mom to cross the finish line"

(My boss, Susan and her husband, Mark, ran the 5k Beverly Homecoming Road Race tonight and her sons Andrew and Luke are watching for her)

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She will fill our lives with sunshine... And our hearts with love.
-- Author Unknown

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Tonight there was a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the Friend's of Beverly Hospital. The Breast Health Center patient waiting area at Beverly Hospital at Danvers was named in honor of the Friends of Beverly Hospital and a plaque was unveiled.
I was the official photographer for the evening.

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Took a walk this evening after dinner and we struck up a conversation with a lovely Lady who lives around the corner from us whom we have never met. She invited us into her your yard to see her beautiful garden of flowers. Snapped a few photos and we chatted a bit with her and her husband...It is so nice to meet such friendly neighbors.

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“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
~Elliott Erwitt

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“Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.”
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Fun with Hoola Hoops in Newburyport MA