tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209001792011-04-21T14:58:17.908-04:00a world of continuous images, taken discretely.mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1156900503728131922006-08-29T21:13:00.000-04:002006-08-29T21:16:10.383-04:00

One day last week there were really cool clouds on the way in to work. Every conceivable kind of cloud -- cirrus, mackerel, cumulus, small puffy low clouds and high streaky clouds -- all in the sky at the same time. Amazingly, they stuck around all day and made for an interesting sunset.

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1155172426947215732006-08-09T21:13:00.000-04:002006-08-10T09:47:06.973-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } today they took away my 96 Taurus wagon.i loved that car, but it was aged and infirm, and time to go. ~297,000 miles. there were cobwebs attaching it from its station in the driveway to the nearest tree. waaaahhhh.

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1146850036955780352006-05-05T13:24:00.000-04:002006-05-05T13:30:00.750-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } this was a tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa 'Renkaku') I had bought via mail order years ago. one year we had an large snowfall and the weight of the snow broke off the plant at the graft line. (apparently tree peonies are

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1145733468742611152006-04-22T15:17:00.000-04:002006-04-22T15:27:33.876-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } about this time of year the mock orange (Poncirus trifoliata) should be blooming. but last fall i cut it down and hacked it into pieces with my lopper. it has killer thorns and you just can't do anything with that plant

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1144262889226477092006-04-05T14:48:00.000-04:002006-04-05T14:55:22.526-04:00

Forsythe Refuge, last November.

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1143597967345048482006-03-28T21:02:00.000-05:002006-03-28T21:07:30.563-05:00

actually, he was yawning. taken New Years Day; since the gym was closed, we decided to take a walk on the boardwalk.

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1142893711074119792006-03-20T17:23:00.000-05:002006-03-20T17:28:31.123-05:00

all the milkweed seed pods were covered with these colorful little buggers (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Forsythe Refuge in November.

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Today our camera club's monthly photo contest theme was Still Life. Mine didn't win but I had fun shooting different fruits, outside on the wooden table on my deck. It was LOVELY: about 74 degress, sunny (although i had to keep moving the table because the sunny spot kept advancing across the table). This was my first time trying a still life, and it is much harder than it looks. I took 71

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1141919487670651482006-03-09T10:51:00.000-05:002006-04-05T14:56:01.270-04:00

spotless entryway. perhaps never used? Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA

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Forsythe Refuge, wintertime.

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1140376455111972692006-02-19T14:08:00.000-05:002006-02-19T16:45:06.613-05:00

i think these might be red chokeberries (Aronia arbutifolia). the birds don't seem to be that keen on them. perhaps they will be eaten later in the winter.

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The theme this time for our club's photo of the month was Portrait/People. This is victor's dad and sister, taken at ryan's wedding. I just love teresa's expression, and his dad's little tongue sticking out. The old guy is 87, and such a character.

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since it was so clear out, every body of water looked very blue and beautiful. i liked how the ripples on this pond made it look like it was shivering.

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near my house there are many open farm fields. when there is lots of wind along with the snow, it blows across the roads making plowing by the county useless (they never make it out here anyway).

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1137863827210296222006-01-21T12:11:00.000-05:002006-02-19T16:46:28.940-05:00

another shot from sunday's mission. this is a secluded glade in a dying white cedar stand. i had to hop over the metal bar preventing access to an abandoned road off county route 575 to get back in here. my boots got wet from tramping around in the snow and my feet started getting cold.

mariannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02922304346417511158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20900179.post-1137550230824658082006-01-17T21:10:00.000-05:002006-02-19T16:46:22.560-05:00

i would not make a good hunter. several times as i was crashing through the underbrush, i scared away birds. these geese figured they better put some distance between them and me. notice the sideways looks at the intrusive human. Lake Fred.

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a surprise snow on saturday night. this wetland is probably technically part of Lake Fred. doesn't that water look cold, dark, and mysterious?

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This is the photo i submitted today for our club "Photo of the Month" competition (after i cropped a little on the left side). it didn't win but i had a few positive comments on it. i think this was taken on Liepzig Ave... just driving home from the mall one day... stopped the car and shot it out the window.

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i took this one day when i went to the Forsythe Refuge at about 4 pm. a great time of day -- the backlighting was wonderful.

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