Fore River Sanctuary

Due to unusual circumstances, I was able to not work today, thus allowing me for some time to take pictures. I went to Fore River Sanctuary, and actually found the path this time.. The lighting was troublesome, so I played around with settings a lot.

And lastly

I went back to Monument Square to see what was going on. Just test runs but I caught a few pictures. I didn't have the right lens and couldn't find a good spot, so this will be short. I didn't stay for the event, but hey, some things are more important..like..dinner.

Portland's "Downtown Showdown".



The last two are cropped from the above.

Happy Valentine's Day

And now for a real post. It was cold, it was windy, the ice I was looking to take pictures of was mostly melted. :( But I made it out to take some pictures today, finally. It was a long time coming, but it's extremely hard in the winter when the only time I can take pictures, is generally on the weekends. Now that the light is making it's long-awaited comeback, I may have more and more time after work to actually get back into this. So. I walked along the Back Cove Trail today, and here are the results.

Oh wait, before making it that far, I walked Congress St. briefly to see what was going on at monument square..nothing yet, but I did spot another Oprah! So I think that makes 3 so far.




Now most of these will look very similar since I'm posting quite a few and well..the back cove is the back cove. You can only get so many pictures of snow and ice and water.

I'll start with my arrival.




Street lamps





A few randoms




Messing with camera settings.





Many feet have been here.





And some very blue pictures.






That's all for now. Should have more time to mess around with my camera soon..unfortunately mud season isn't generally that pretty! I'll try to think of something..maybe it'll snow again (yes I'm one of the few that wouldn't mind one last snow storm).

Baxter Woods in Portland Maine

Since I didn't have much time to take pictures yesterday, I tried again. Unfortunately it was later in the afternoon and the sun doesn't like to stay out anymore. I was again rushed to take some pictures. These were in Baxter Woods on Forest Avenue in Portland Maine.

Gorham and Portland Maine - Royal Hammer at the Porthole

I biked to Gorham with a friend, who continued on to New Hampshire. Here are a few pictures in Gorham.





Then I decided to meet up with a friend at the Porthole for "Reggae Sunday" to watch The Royal Hammer. On the way I took this picture.





Some pictures of the band.







A nearby Volvo.



And lastly, a picture of the Back Bay on a walk to a friend's house.