No Floatees for this Bird

 

Let me tell you, swans are very confident swimmers! As you can see, this one had some serious wake going on behind him...  I couldn't believe just how fast he swam by me: I only got 4 pictures of him before he was gone.  I also saw him flying earlier in the morning.  It apparently takes a lot of effort to get in the air because I could hear his wings hitting the water for a really long time before seeing him fly overhead.

Location: Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary - Norfolk, MA

Date: 11/2/2013

Shells by the sea shore

So, we were originally planning to go to the beach today.  Yeah, with hurricane Irene looming.... not so much.  Instead we have been taking things off our patio and moving potted plants to keep the wind from getting to the too much.  Keeping with the spirit of going to the beach (I can still daydream right?) I rooted through all my pictures and found this one that I took at a beach down at the Cape earlier in the year. 

5/20/2010 - Plying Insanity

The center pull ball of one of my hand spun singles wrapped around my wrist so I can pull from both ends and ply them together using the Andean plying technique on my drop spindle.  Very very cool and easy to do so long as you remember to not cut off the circulation to your hand, lol.

4/23/10 - Serious Gamin'

A shot of the board game Pandemic, where you have to try to save the world, one outbreak at a time.

4/21/10 - Relaxin' Memory

I used to have a hammock just like this.  It sat is my parent shed for ages while I was in college and grad school and ended up rusting to bits since it was hung on a huge metal frame.  I miss it so. 

2/10/2010 - The Floor's Point of View

If one's cat were to, say.... peer over the edge of the bed and glare at it for no apparent reason.

2/9/2010 - Stark Surveillance

I found this guy and a bunch of his friends taking in the scene near the post office today.

1/26/2010 - What's the American Term for a Level Crossing?

I suddenly feel the need to be wearing a high visability jacket... odd.  Maybe I've been watching too much TopGear (for explanation, see this video).

1/15/2010 - Do plants get cold?

The bare bushes outside my cubicle window.

1/9/10 - Industrial Silhouette

One of the towers atop the Waltham Watch Factory

1/2/2010 - Downtown Cheer

Christmas decorations in downtown Hudson, MA during a morning snowfall.