It's so hard to tell them apart. There are really only 2 that I can ever be sure about. One is lighter than the rest of the herd so that is Lemon Pepper and one rules the roost and everything in it, so that is General Tso. The other 4 just kind of get called one of the other names I came up with -- 007, Teriyaki, Orange and Egg Foo Young.
After a bit of excitement that included a ride down the road at 55 mph, a romp around the yard and the woods with an extremely excited Stupid Little Angry Dog on one of their heels, all 6 of the ladies are safely locked in their coop until things settle down a bit.
I am so glad that it's still a little bit light out when I leave work on weekends now. It just makes things so much easier. Now, when I get pulled over by the cops and they ask "Do you have any idea how fast you were going?", I might actually be able to say yes. See, the dashboard lights have been out on the Jetta for the past month and a half, so I really don't have any idea how fast I'm going. I just kind of guesstimate it according to the flow of the traffic and on the MassPike, the flow of traffic can be anywhere from 42mph to 95mph.
Luckily though, the clock, the mileage and the gear listing are all still lit, so at least I'm not late, I know how many miles are on the old junker and that I've got him in Drive. YAY!
It's just so not fair. Our snow was almost gone and then last night we got an additional 3 inches. I swear we are going to have snow on the ground straight through April at this point! GAH!
I had the pleasure of shooting some basketball down at Springfield College at the Hoophall Classic yesterday. I think I did ok considering this was only like the second or third Basketball game that I've ever shot. You can check out the photo gallery here. Be kind though, I'm new at this and as I like to say "Although I enjoy my time at the University of Learning by Doing, some day it might be nice to take a course at the College of Practice First."
It was so nice to find the deer at the Quabbin today actually 'being deer'. Those of you who follow my stream know that I don't agree with feeding the deer and yet there were tons of people who would bring them apples and carrots and all manner of things. Well the Quabbin finally got involved. They didn't plow the turnout where the deer hang out waiting for handouts, barricaded the turnout for good measure, and put up more signs with 'no parking' and 'don't feed the wildlife'. When I drove through today, there were no deer standing near the rotary, but I did find them further up the road, in the blueberry meadow, chomping on the underbrush. Doing what deer are supposed to do, not acting like some desperate pan handler! It was really nice to see and yet on another level, I hope they can all manage to find enough to eat to make it through the winter. But that is nature. The natural thinning of the herd is a necessary evil.
Yes, Jethro let me down. It's a new record. I've had the car for a whole 2 days. We went down to Springfield's Big Balloon parade and afterwards we got back to the car, which then wouldn't start. These nice guys stopped with some jumpers to help us but unfortunately I think it's the starter not the battery. So we called my son for a ride home and headed off to Theodore's for a lovely lunch while we waited. Then we called the place where we bought the car and they said they would send a tow truck. Just after my son got to Springfield to pick us up we of course tried the car one last time and, yes, of course, he started... *sigh** So.. we called the dealership back, said never mind the tow and instead we drove the car back to the dealership, where, luckily, it refused to start again so they could see what the problem is. Then we all piled into my son's car and went home. The dealership still has the car and of course, it's supposed to snow tomorrow. I tell you. It's always an adventure.
Always.
An adventure.
I managed to get the entire crew out into the yard before the tryptophan kicked in yesterday after dinner.
We adopted an older brother for Jenny today. Jethro will hopefully get me through the winter (and then some) safely... Hopefully!
I love that the deer are so used to me now that I'm able to circle around them easily and get the background that I want behind them. I really should name this little one, I've shot enough pictures of it.
Keeping really busy here, sorry for the lack of updates. I have however updated my MassLive.com blog, so if you want to see something new on the topic of something old, go ahead and take a look here.
Some upcoming projects include that "Sleepy Hollow" shoot I've been grinding my way through and the day after Thanksgiving it'll be Big Balloons in the shape of a 75 foot long Cat in the Hat!
and all I got was these stupid cattails.
Note to family: Thanksgiving is on. I repeat. Thanksgiving is on. I'll try and call you later but just in case. Thanksgiving is ON.
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I took a walk around the yard with the camera and came across this. Yes, it's an apple on a stick. I think it's intended to be a "deersicle". I'm just going to chalk it up to another great idea from a member of my "Fairly Odd Family"!
I'm freshly back from a long weekend in Vermont. We set up base camp in Burlington and then took every road there is in Northern Vermont. ok, maybe not every road, but darn near it. This is just north of St. Albans, which surprisingly is HUGE. I always thought of it as a small sleepy little burg of a town that you could easily miss if you weren't looking for it. It was a really pretty place when you got away from the strip malls but that wind whipping off Lake Champlain was unbelievable. It has to be unbearable in the winter!
How can something so weird looking taste so darn good?
Speaking of Thanksgiving, listen up family, I will be providing the turkey and fixings this Thanksgiving, per the usual routine, so plan on coming on by. OH, and remember the price of the meal last year? Well this year will be no different, well, except that instead of outside standing around on the lawn I'm going to set up a little 'studio', complete with lights and backdrop. The rules remain the same however, no sit, no turkey! So wear something nice and trim those eyebrows! :)
What is "Why I love the Canon 50mm 1.8 so very much".
and the only 'person' I could get to sit for me was the dog. *sigh**
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It's really beginning to look like fall out there.
It's kind of sad to see that the fawns have all lost their spots. Oh, they're still adorable, just not quite as adorable as they were wearing their baby fur.
Some more shots from my weekend at the Cape. The sunset was absolutely gorgeous!
I had to take the new lens out to the night time soccer game and see what she could do. I think it went alright... Considering this was my first night game, ever. My first soccer game, ever. Plus I was sitting in the stands instead of field-side and had forgotten my monopod so I was shooting hand-held. I think this new lens is going to work very nicely!!
He came out of the woods, sniffed around my garden, strolled through the yard, checked out my car, drove the dog nuts, and headed up off to the neighbors. It seemed like it could see, so I'm not quite sure what is wrong with it's eyes.
