Warm Weather Tall Tales

I rented a metal detector for the day and had some luck on the public beach. Once I reached the end of the public part of the beach, I walked along the road for a little while because but I had a feeling that if I keep going, good things would happen. I thought this little area was so pretty, so after I took a quick picture I found a portion of fence that was knocked down and continued my metal detecting (even though it says no trespassing, I decided to check it out anyway).

I found a gold nugget about the size of a golf ball and about $14 in change. It was a good find, to say the least!

Icy Sunbeams

Thought I'd break up the warm weather photos with an icy one. Sometimes it seems like the sun is brighter in the winter. I do like the sunbeams shining down on the road.

Calendar Photo

This photo I sold to a calendar company. It was the photo for March 2008. I still have about 30 copies of the calendar that I don't know what to do with. The calendar company said it's possible they'd reuse the photo in about 10 years, so that's something to look forward to!

This Post is Fiction. The Photo is Real.

This little guy I spotted while free-diving off the coast of Florida in 2008. To protect my camera from the water, I wrapped it in saran wrap and cut a hole for the lens to poke out. I swam out about a mile from shore and used my ECHO Locator to find a pod of dolphins. This dolphin in particular was very friendly and even allowed me to hold onto his dorsal fin while he towed me! We swam together for about two hours, until my camera memory card was full. I then saw a whale shark cruising by and it towed me most of the way back to shore.

Warm Weather Photo

Since it's winter and finally starting to get seriously cold, I think it's about time for some warm weather photos. Looks nice, doesn't it? White sand, turquoise water and a clear blue sky.... ahhh!

Ice Storm

Found in the archives. Glad the weather has been pretty mild so far this year. (Except for that random Oct snowstorm)

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I miss those sunglasses. They were sturdy and unscratched and I lost them because of karma.

Chain Link Fence

That's the American Flag in the center, way in the distance.

Rings & Springs

I've been going through some of my old photos and finding some random ones. I know this was taken by the baseball fields by our old house, but I have no idea what these are. I think they were attached to a soccer goal post but....

Scott Hall's Blooms

Taken on campus at UNH.

I think this one would have been so awesome if ANYTHING had been in focus!

Fables and Flowers

Kind of looks photoshopped or something, yes? Took this a long time ago, before I knew how to use macro. Could probably use a good cropping.

Blur

Still waiting for the leaves to really change in NJ, so here's more NH foliage from the archives.

Mountains and Lakes

Sometimes I miss New Hampshire.

Fall Is Here

Haven't seen any leaves this color yet, but they're coming.

Quilt of Color

Fall is my favorite time of year. Look at those colors!

Local Vegetation

Not sure what the correct name for these plants are, but they are pretty! This was taken in October during a walk around the block.

Myself

On the way back from a day in NYC

Calm Waters

Taken on the ferry on the way over to NYC

Bear in the Front Yard

Over the summer, my mom noticed a car hovering around the front of the house. They drove slowly by then a few minutes later they drove back in the opposite direction. They stopped a few times and by then my mom was curious enough to need to know what in the world they were looking at. She went through the garage and just past the bumper of her car stood a massive bear. She promptly did an about-face and was in the house in about 2 seconds flat.
Then we got out the cameras.Oh, that doesn't look that big, you say. Well look at THIS:
This was my very first in-the-wild bear sighting and I didn't turn the flash of my camera off, which is why it's so washed out. Who cares, look at that huge animal!

Creative Christmas Wrapping, part 3

This box is a smaller size which means the star in the center is a lot bigger. Instead of trying to make it blend in or add huge letters to match the scale, I decided to just go with it. It's now a shooting star!

And, as ever, there's the holly: