We went to the dam to take a few pictures. More than 300 photographs later, we came home. Marilyn is still working on them, but here are some of mine. It was great being able to be outside without freezing… Read More ›
Blackstone River
MY BRIEF CAREER AS DEPUTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
I live in a small town. Just under 15,000 people call Uxbridge home. The village, or as we say around here, “downtown,” has a classic brick town hall, circa 1879, an elegant old library (1885), and a few other historic… Read More ›
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE
CFFC: Water We live between rivers, amidst stream and dams and waterfalls. There are many problems in the valley, among them a lack of work and a fair bit of poverty — but I have always thought the beauty of… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE LANDSCAPES
CBWC: In the Distance This is work I almost always do in color, so finding pictures in black and white was interesting. But there are so many pictures, pretty much everything is there. I just have to find it.
THINKING OF AUTUMN WHILE BUMPING INTO SPRING
FOTD – March 20 – Almost spring yet dreaming of Fall It could be because fall brings our best weather, but I think it’s the colors that enchant me. The warm orange, red, pumpkin, and yellow. The wonderful color shifts… Read More ›
THE TREES BY THE RIVER
FOTD – March 18 – Winter trees by the Blackstone I finally processed most of the pictures I liked well enough to post. And just to make life ever more perfect, my computer went bonkers yesterday. I had to do… Read More ›
BLACKSTONE VALLEY BRIDGES
CFFC: Bridges What a perfectly timed subject! I have a whole new set pf pictures taken yesterday of “our” bridge. Of course everyone in Uxbridge considers it “their” bridge. It’s that kind of bridge. Plus, other Blackstone Valley bridges, most… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 41 – BRIDGE OVER THE BLACKSTONE CANAL IN FALL
I wanted to try something a bit more ambitious and I also really wanted to draw that bridge. It came out well enough, but I think I can do better. The problem is materials. Filling in all that water will… Read More ›
“V” AS IN VALLEY – CEE’S MIDWEEK MADNESS CHALLENGE
CMMC – January Alphabet Letter V anywhere in the word That “V” is the perfect letter for me because I live in a valley — the Blackstone Valley, hitherto known affectionately as “the Valley.” I think that means pretty much every… Read More ›
IF I’M A FISH, HOW BIG IS MY POND?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #146 I have to admit, I have not wondered about where my fish is swimming in years. Since I am, after all, a Pisces, I am definitely swimming. I don’t know where, but somewhere, I am all wet…. Read More ›
TEMPTATION AT WORLD’S END
One of the most interesting ideas I learned from C.S. Lewis was that evil never appears as itself. It isn’t ugly or repulsive. At worst it may be annoying, full of complainers, whiners, and malcontents. They may be wealthy, their… Read More ›
MORE OF AUTUMN FINAL DAYS
FOTD – November 19 – More of Autumn’s End We didn’t take a thousand pictures, but we took a lot more that I’ve had time to organize. That Japanese Maple was so lovely it was like a magnet. Fall really is… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 