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So here's the story. North Carolina is apparently full of waterfalls. Sunday we were going to go hunting for a few. Bought a book and everything. Well I read the wrong page and got us to the end of a 4 mile one way winding mountain road with a rock face on one side and a cliff on the other just to find out that hiking to the one I read by mistake would have been close to suicide. Anyway, goofed that one up and opted for an early retreat to tacos and a movie back at my buddies place rather then drive all over the North Carolina countryside hunting down falling water. Next time I know how to better prepare and it was a good lesson in preparation since had then been an assignment it could have been disastrous. The next day I went around downtown Charlotte and sure enough I got a picture of a waterfall... :)
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I got lucky. In many things in life. I got lucky to be at work with a great job in something I like. I got lucky I never joined the military like I once considered. I got lucky I never got my PhD. I got lucky that my job as Assistant Manager at Sabaro's didn't work and that my Assistant Manager job at the Dry Cleaner also was temporary. I got lucky to be working at a great company at Amazon. And I got lucky with this shot. I am sitting at work in the morning in a dark room with the shades drawn and only the light of my screen. I put the camera on timer, guessed on the f/stop and shutter speed and let it fly propped up on a kleenex box.
How this picture was taken pretty much sums up my luck. :)
I got a couple of good ones before she got bored, and then goofy! She just wanted to get to the river for a dip! Come on mom and dad!! Swimmah Swimmah!!! =oD
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First Night in Boston got its start on Dec 31, 1975. This year is the 44th year for the event. As part of Boston's First Night celebration... there were 24 ice sculptures throughout the city.
As part of the Boston Harbor Now "Ice Sculpture Stroll"... there were 21 ice sculptures located along the waterfront.... going from the Charlestown Navy Yard to the Seaport District.
As part of "First Night" and "Back Bay Ice Gallery"... there were only 3 ice sculptures at various Back Bay businesses (the Copley Square ice sculptures weren't put in place as of 5:30pm... already dark outside).
Ice Sculpture: Sea Turtle
Created by: Brilliant Ice Sculpture
These pictures were taken on Dec 26th when the ice sculpture was being made.
This ice sculpture was located outside of the IMAX Theater at the New England Aquarium..
Ebony jewelwings are one of the prettiest damselflies I've ever seen. "Living jewels" is a very good description, and seeing a bunch of them flitting around in the dappled sunlight around the edges of the creek is absolutely beautiful. They are not, however, easy to photograph because they're skittish, I typically find them in shaded creeks in the woods where light is poor, and when they do hold still in good light, they have a tendency to turn and face the camera. Cute, but not a very effective way to show off their pretty green and blue pattern. For reasons known only to him, this male decided to land in the sun, right in front of me, within easy focus reach. I didn't argue--he's very pretty!