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Happy New Year's to each and all !

Sunset in the Woods

I took this photo walking in the woods at , " Three Sisters Lighthouse " in Cape Cod. They are some of the prettiest and most interesting woods I have ever seen.

Color from Jersey

Feeling refreshed

back home , sitting here with a nice hot cup of tea , I'm feeling refreshed after a week of strolling the beaches and broadwalk, spending time with family , old friends and a few new ones . I can't help but look back and realize that even with the few potholes along my wacky trail , it has been a very good year for me. there is still lots of time left in this year 2011 but looking forward to the next one with high hopes and dreams.

below are a few black and white photos from the trip with color photos coming in a couple of days. hoping everyone enjoys them as much as I did taking them.

on a lighter note , it appears my Japenese is worst then my English , with everyone asking me to translate a post from earlier. while my words have changed a little since then , I will write it out the way it is posted.

O beautiful girl
feelings of sorrow , so sad
burning eyes so wet

so hard to see friends so near
to accept their hearts so clear

( I know , it sucks ! Cut me some slack. )

to my heart and soul

looking south

looking north

window reflections

Holiday Season

talking with one of my brother's today and a few other friends , arranging dinner plans for Atlantic City next weekend. it occured to us that this will probably be the last time we see each other this year. sitting here digesting that I was thinking about family and friends that I won't see at all for the holidays.

 I don't want anyone one to think I could have forgotten them ( yea right , like anyone could forget these wackadoos ! ) . so here is a christmas wish for each and everyone of you.

                                             

love ya all !

Jersey Shore

after more then a year of planning , unplanning , frustration and disappointment i'm finally going to make it to the Jersey shore next week , yippee !!! I can't wait to just walk the beaches , photograph and plan my year ahead . the ocean is the place that enables me to release and rejuvenate. another good thing about the trip is that I can never travel to Jersey without running into old friends , you just never know who it will be this time. first stop !   59st.  pier , Ocean City and all points south.

a moon lit walk in the woods.

reruns

since fall color was so bad this year I decided to upload one from last October . this was taken a few miles west of Lake Placid.

another pan from the beach this year.

Play day !

Today was a play day for me . Just to go out and walk with my camera and have fun. To explore an area for later and to relax. I arrived a little early for photographing the small stream and waterfalls so I setup at the swings to experiment with motion. Off in the distance I could hear children coming my way , it was a dad with his two little girls and they wanted to play on the swings . while they were playing I asked if it was ok to pan photos of the girls. These are a couple I liked and will give copies to their dad should I hear from him.

    
     

waiting for the sun to move a little farther west.

Overlooking Albany County

A collection of my words

I carry these 4 note books everywhere I go . they are never more then a few feet from me. with a stack of them , they are easily replaced as they are filled. then locked away from the outside world.

there is one that is a collection of my thoughts , observations and ideas. another of poems that I have been working on , changing , growing and maturing as I do. more people have seen the dark side of the moon then the words I scribed between the cover of these two books. hopefully , one day , some of these ideas combined with work from my other passions , will be available to the general public. if not , the whole collection can travel to the heavens on the same sparks as my ashes.   


a third book is where I keep my photography notes. seasons , situations and ideas I want to work on when I find the time. And lastly , I keep a notebook of the workshops I have attended. it usually takes me a few times at a location to really capture my feelings of a place. I don't have that special talent of just seeing everything the first time around. taking notes while i'm there and then evaluating my work to see what to do differently the next time.

attending a workshop at Martha's Vineyards earlier this month I have a few photos I like but many more that I screwed up and as you can see from my notes , I'm ready for next year.


There are also a couple of books like this one I keep handy to remind me of the things to watch for.

They're coming !!!

Sacrifices for the scarey little monsters , goblins and witches.


           Trick or Treat !!!