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From our visit to Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, on the hay ride. Honestly, I think Ethan might like his Pepere better than he likes me, and that’s saying something…

This past weekend, John and I participated in the Occupy Worcester March of Solidarity. This was my  first protest march, and hopefully not my last. I look forward to working with these folks in the future!

I was almost tempted to crop my foot out. Aside from that, I just did a couple adjustments when I converted it from RAW…does that means I can call this “as shot”?

I visited Tower Hill Botanic Gardens today with my dad and Ethan. I’ve been meaning to go, and I wasn’t disappointed! I can’t wait until all the color is out, and John and I can go back for a proper hike.

John and I visited Ithaca for the first time this weekend. I went to college there, and I really love that place. We didn’t have much time to spend, so we went to Buttermilk Falls State Park, one of the first places I went to myself. We hiked about 1/3 mile up the gorge trail, and got to here before turning around. Who wouldn’t love this place?

When I took this picture, I wanted the frog to be the focus. When I was working on it, I couldn’t do anything to get him not to be the focus. This made me happy.

Taken inside the New Hampshire building at the Eastern States Exposition (The Big E), Springfield MA.

What flying used to be like in the good old days when men would dress up in suits and use their film cameras to take pictures of things that probably wouldn’t come out. Especially not when he had the flash turned on. Taken at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum, Washington D.C.

John and I have returned from our trip to Washington DC, which seemed a lot less crowded than last year. The Washington Monument was closed for safety after the unusual earthquake around DC on August 23rd, so at least it made sense that there wasn’t anyone there. Though I did notice while working on this one that I happened to catch John as he was taking pictures himself.

The sunset is mostly real…I did do a little tweaking of the colors in a new layer, then did a Linear Dodge blend. It was quite dramatic, so that top layer is set to 70% opacity.

My husband, John, gave me this ring a while ago, around the time we decided to get married. I don’t have an engagement or wedding ring, per se, but the jewelry he’s given me are quite special, as you would imagine.

Oh, and we also got a 50mm compact macro lens this summer.

Yeah…been off with the Worcester Shakespeare Company working on Hamlet and Comedy of Errors this summer, hence the blog has been a bit sporadic. (And that’s putting it mildly.) I do have some stuff here and there, so will start going through that soon. In the meantime, we got a 15mm Fisheye lens. I like it!