Today I took this picture of a hummingbird. Well, I took many pictures of a couple of hummingbirds and this one was good enough to post. I know several photographers in my Facebook community who will look at this and bite their lip at my amateurish use of filters or aperture or whatever. That’s okay…
First Sail Sailing season got off to a great start with a sunset cruise last night on Fayaway. Any sail out of the Merrimack River begins with motoring out of the river. There’s some setup involved in this process, and there’s a fair amount of checking out the stream of power boats zooming past you….
Hot, summer days are upon us. The season is short; too short. Best to embrace these days while they’re here. Garden work done… well, done enough anyway. It’s never really done. These are the days you bought a pool for in the first place. Time to take the plunge. Jumping into a body of water…
Just when your shoes are nice and broken in, the laces seem to wear thin and break. Granted, the same forces that break in your shoes are also working on the weakest link in your shoes, but it has always seemed a design flaw that could be fixed. Shoelaces are not a sexy topic, but…
March of the Giants: Roadside Paul Bunyan Statues An interesting phenomenon that I’ve seen in my travels around the northeast is a crop of Paul Bunyan statues sprinkled around the region. I’ve seen them in Cheshire, Connecticut, Georgetown, Massachusetts, and Elmsford, New York. I’ve seen pictures of one in Bangor, Maine. Some of these, like…
“…. Leaves that the wind. Drives earthward; such are the generations of men.” –…
Peggy’s Cove Standing watch over the rocky coast of Halifax’s Peggy’s Point is a small lighthouse built in 1915. The lighthouse, modest in comparison to other in the region, grows more famous yearly as tourists flock to Peggy’s Cove, make their way out to the point and post pictures in front of this iconic backdrop….
Monday Jump Start My week started at 6 AM with a quick walk around the garden to take stock of things, let Bodhi out and then a dive into writing before I shift gears towards work. It was clear that the first cup of coffee hadn’t shaken the cobwebs off yet, so I indulged in…
Summer Solstice The 4th of July is the big bang of summer, but late June is when the longest day of the year happens. Summer solstice was June 21 and we’ve started the slow tilt away from the sun. It’s hard to imagine because summer’s just begun, but it’s literally the beginning of the end….
Feta Cheese Lady People tend to fall into one of two buckets. Either you’re looking for what you have in common with someone or you’re looking for how you’re different from someone. I’ve had a few conversations over the last month with people who I have a lot in common with who are completely different…