Day 57 - I keep the ends out for the tie that binds....

Geometric shapes in architecture always catch my eye. I was heading around the backside of the Emerald Square mall in Attleboro, MA and notices the sunlight hitting some structure and I had to check it out. What it was was one of the parking garages. I drove up and into the garage. I felt a little awkward trying to snap some pictures on the ramps which are clearly not for walkers, but I did anyway. When I was on the top of the garage and walking back up the ramp I noticed the security vehicle approaching, so I casually walked back to my car and drove away. On the way down I snapped this shot

I liked this shot better because of the great lighting created by the setting sun. It's very clean and straight. The metal wires and concrete are such a great industrial look that I enjoy. Those two materials together go so well. It is a simple picture but that's all it takes sometimes..

....Because you're mine, I walk the line....

Day 56 - are you going to Scarborough Fair.....

So what do you get after 6 or 7 hours of cooking in a large stockpot on the stove ? Some of the tastiest boiled dinner you can get. It consisted of smoked pork shoulder which fell right off the bone, along with potatoes, carrots, celery, turnip and some green cabbage. Michelle spent hours preparing and making this great dinner for everyone here to enjoy, even CJ enjoyed the pork and potatoes of it.

I really have been trying to find some better shots this past week and I think I've managed to sneak in a some good with the bland. This shot clearly is a closeup of the vegetables for our dinner. I chose this one over others because of the color contrasts of greens, oranges, and browns and whites. A little reflection of light on one section couldn't be helped as it was from the overhead light from the microwave oven light.....

...parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.......

Day 55 - put me in coach........

Ok, yes there are two pictures. I couldn't help it, I like them both to show off the story. Well these Canadian geese sure made a mess of this baseball field! There were literally hundreds of these buggers hanging out and pooping all over the little league field down in Middletown/Newport RI. I couldn't find any good places to park over near the field so I parked on the edge of it. I walked in carefully avoiding stepping in the thousands of little presents they had left and the geese starting moving towards the outfield. It looks like one of them is rounding first . There goes Lucy heading for second, looks like the other team doesn't know which way to be looking..... So I walked over to the other side of the fence and another group of spectator geese were hanging out there. I couldn't help but remember the scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Sean Connery runs at the birds on the beach..... I did the same and ran right at em.. and quickly snapped this shot!

I know it's not the best clarity, but it was priceless to see the whole 20 or so of them head for the heavens as I charged at them and managed to grab at least A shot at them .... The different outspread wings look very neat in the shot. It was fun to take this one to say the least.....

... I'm ready to play, today.....

Day 54 - Michelle, ma belle......

Well hello there my darling. I decided to get a shot of my lovely fiancee unbeknownst to her she would be ending up on my picture of the day today. Her she is focused intently on the baby and making sure he gets every little bit of that oh so tasty formula inside him. He's a growing boy you know. He's eating quite well and Mom and I are very happy and excited about our brand new baby boy. I hope he knows how much time we take to care for him.

I love this shot. The setting sunlight coming in on the left side creating such great shadows on the opposite side of her face. Well I have to like the shot anyways it's of my honey... I think the colors, and the darkness in the picture adds to the shot and doesn't really take away from anything.


....These are words that go together well, My Michelle.....

Day 53 - nothing's turning out the way I planned....

So I had to pull over on my way back from Sturbridge to grab this shot. I thought what could be more perfect than an odd looking school bus painted and made up to look like a pig. Ugh, what were these people thinging. Well I guess I'm doing some advertising for Carl's diner though. I wonder if it's any good. I mean come on they have an entire bus painted up to look like a pig. Does that mean their they serve up a lot of bacon ? Or you feel very piggish after eating there? OR perhaps you're tickled pink when you are done. Who know's. Well I'm sure someone knows about this place.

I like the shot, I love the bright color and the way the sunlight hits it it just right creating some shadows on the bright pink exterior. I opted for the closeup shot once again because it just looks right and takes away from the viewer looking in the background, which in this case was nothing exciting to look at but a bunch of dirt and some trees. The picture has a bright, cheery, spring like quality too it, along with the creepy feeling as well.

....hey pig there's a lot of things I hoped you could help me understand.....

Day 52 - more than meets the eye......

Like I've said before sometimes I have uninspired picture days. You got to expect a few of those in a year at least. Well I do have a thing for Transformers so I took a picture of my all time favorite character, Optimus Prime. I got this one from someone on Ebay who makes the custom trailers for him. This isn't the average original Optimus which I have as well, this is the 25th anniversary oversized version of it, so the trailer is also oversized. A neat thing to proudly display on a shelf somewhere in my own little space.

I like the shot of the toy with the blurred out trailer. If you know what the cab from the truck is you know what the the symbol on the trailer is anyway and it becomes less important for the photo. I tried to make the shot with no background so it becomes hard to tell where the actual truck is on, a black roadway ? or a black shelf ? It makes the photo seem a little more lifelike.

...robots in disguise.......

Day 51 - it's not m-i-c-k-e-y......

So there is this game I play on Facebook called MouseHunt. The object of the game is to catch as many mice as you can using different traps and bases. The more gold you get the more mice you can catch and the more gold you can earn, it's a never ending cycle. Now What I thought was funny was the fact that to catch the mouse you have to sound a hunter's horn. Well this little mouse was something lying around the house and low and behold he's playing his own horn! I saw him and said, look how fitting, I have my own Mousehunt mascot!!

I took the shot using the sunlight to create the cool shadow of the mouse. It does look like they typical Mickey Mouse head in the background. I like the lighting of the shot , again using only the sunlight peeking through the curtains. Yes I used that yesterday as well, this is in the same room as the prior picture, but I think it works so well in certain circumstances. I also like the material contrast of the metal mouse and the stone bricks behind him.....

...m-o-u-s-e....

MouseHunt!!!

Day 50 - let the sunshine in...

It's Friday the 13th in this shot and the sun was shining through the curtains, just lighting up this one book. Now what would have been really cool or freaky I suppose if this was the Edgar Allen Poe book, but it's The Three Musketeers. I just thought it odd how only this one book was lit up so brightly on the book shelf that I had to take this shot. This book shelf holds a collection of the 100 best stories every written. It is a subscription that Michelle has had for the last 5 years or so. All leatherbound books with goldleaf edging on them. They look very nice and will fill our shelves for years to come.

I like the unique shot as I stated above. The sunlight poring in and highlighting the one book only. I was surprised that I didn't need to use a tripod or that the shutter didn't want to stay open longer due to the dark conditions in the room at the time but for the one swath of light. I like this shot because it is unique, I suppose perhaps I should have picked up the book and thumbed through it at least....

this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, age of Aquarius

Day 49 - get your motor runnin.....

I often drive by this place on the side of route 6 on my way to Connecticut. It's this ramshackle building that seems to sell all kinds of old objects, coke machines, tractor parts, and just random antiques. I stopped and was taking pictures of some of the rusty parts in the front yard. The man who owns the place came home and asked if I needed help with anything and I mentioned I was just taking pictures of a few things if he didn't mind. He said, no problem, come inside we have some lots more antiques inside. I politely obliged and spent a few minutes inside out of common courtesy. The shot I liked the most was this one however, some sort of engine thingy , I really have no idea what this was part of or could of be used for....

I like the shot, the closeup of this motor part and definitely the combination of orange rust and blues of the engine, the colors are a great combination and create a unique shot. I also like the random machinery and rusted parts in the background of this shot as well. Overall it was just a unique item in a unique setting.

...head out on the highway.....

Day 48 - It's like a light of a new day-, It came from out of the blue.

Another month where I can take another self portrait. This is me hanging out in the loft of the shed in the backyard. It's a neat little place that I've been cleaning out in my spare time and eventually want to make it a little cottage retreat. At the moment I have to climb up an unfinished ladder step and then climb on top of a desk and hoist myself in here. It's kinda cool space though. It was 50+ degrees out so I thought it was a good time to jump up there and take some shots...

I took many shots here with my camera by attaching the camera to the tripod (shadow) and setting the timer to 10 seconds. It took many tries to get some good shots and while this isn't my favorite shot of them all it shows that I am actually up off the ground and you can get a sense of the size of the shed and height as well. The sunlight provided some great shadows and lighting, almost a bit too much lighting, but the washed out look of the shed is fine for my picture. The actually color of the shed at the moment is a pale yellow, the same as our house, again at the moment eventually we will paint everything and I may shingle the shed as well!

....Believe it or not, I'm walking on air....