22 posts tagged “pics”
So, the winter wonderland may be somewhat melted or iced over by Christmas, but this latest snow storm was GLORIOUS. Okay, so maybe it is obvious that I haven't lived in a snowy place for a while, but I love the cold and the snow. Always :) And here we are. First winter in Massachusetts and we get the storm of the decade. Brilliant!
Mostly self explanatory pics. Not much in the way of artistic. That fourth pic in is poor Frodo, totally covered. He got rescued today, no worries. Then today (pics 6 and 7), all nice and sunny, I decided that I wanted to see what a snowy beach looks like :) While I didn't trudge through the snow to get to it, I could still see it from where I was. Pretty awesome! Snow right up to the water! Not something I've seen before.
Anyway, I quite enjoyed my first Massachusetts snow storm (not my first storm, I lived in upstate New York, this was NOTHING to that, but still quite awesome!). Nothing when I went to sleep and a foot+ when I woke up! Very fun. And the streets are still totally covered, which is neat looking. Makes me feel like we traveled back in time and don't have paved streets.
But eek, the sun today means ice tomorrow morning. That'll suck.
~Nikki
A nice little hiking trip in Purgatory Chasm...
We left my mom behind at the beginning, which was a shame because it was really neat, but she couldn't make it, especially with the shoes she was wearing.
~Nikki
More pictures of trees. I just can't help it! The colours are so beautiful! These are just from a short walk I took around my neighborhood.
The colours have been awesome, I'm a little obsessed, obviously. But a storm came through yesterday and blew all the leaves off the trees. The ground is completely covered in leaves, which is actually kind of neat looking, but not nearly the same. Fall seems to be nearly over now!
~Nikki
Some pictures of when my sister was here to visit last weekend! Right in the height of fall. The colours were gorgeous. The first day we went to the Shakespeare Company (in western Massachusetts) and saw a play, Hound of the Baskervilles turned into a comedy, Monty Python style. It was HILARIOUS. Anyway, it rained that entire day, which was a bummer, because that part of the state is gorgeous. Well, I got the first shift home to drive and guess what? THERE WAS A SNOW STORM. I kid you not. SNOW. Everywhere! Fantastic :) I'm the only one in my family with the patience to drive through the traffic and snow, so it was probably for the best, but because of that, I don't have any pics of it. Very awesome though. First snow of the year! Even if it wasn't directly here. The rest of the weekend was gorgeous though.
Oh oh! And my dad just got new internet service. SO glad to finally have some speed!
Hope you enjoyed the pics!
~Nikki
Just a bit of fall colour here on the South Coast. I've seen some gorgeous trees and colour while driving, but I haven't been able to take many pics. Maybe I'll go out for a drive in the country sometime on my own so I can stop and take pics. There are some gorgeous scenes along the freeways, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get to them.
Oh, and there was a ginko tree in the cemetery. It hadn't turned yet, but I plan on going back to snap some pics. I remember the ginko trees in Beijing, they were spectacular.
~Nik
Fantastic! I've been complaining about wanting to see some seals since I moved here and we finally got to see them! They were all in the water, but I talked to a local in a book shop nearby and they said that low tide was the best time to find them on the beach, so I plan on going back. There were a ton of them though! I would say 60+. So adorable :)
Hard to get pictures of them, my camera doesn't zoom much, but they are there! It was quite a trek to get to them. In the sand. Nice workout :) On our way back I was telling some people how to get there and they decided that it wasn't worth the walk :P Totally was.
Those pictures in the middle are the ones of the seals bobbing around in the water. Super cute :) I had binoculars with me so I could see them better than that.
Fun times! And it was really a gorgeous day out!
~Nikki
Well, first, a couple of random donkeys. I just couldn't help myself! They came right up to the stone wall :) And, as you may or may not know, stone walls could possibly be one of my favourite features of New England!
I've got some more pictures of a beach I went to on the Cape last week. I decided that it is my favourite beach in existence. When you see the pics, you'll see why. I've never seen anything quiet so awesome before :) I'll post those later in the week.
I also have some sewing things I've done. Not much, but I finished a vest last week that I still need to take pics of and I'm working on a few things now and messing up on some plaids, etc, etc.
But that's it for now. I wanted to get some of these pics out of the way.
~Nikki
Well, the weather here has been really dreary and I tend to get very affected by the weather. Yesterday it was almost pitch black all day because of the tropical storm Danny and I was ready to go to bed at around 1pm. It just drains my energy. Plus, I had another muscle spasm in my back yesterday, it is getting a bit better. I know how to deal with them no, but it doesn't make them less painful. And also, with all the different storms and fronts moving through (and a spasm in my neck) I'm getting some awful headaches and just feeling horrible. It is annoying.
Combine that with the fact that I just watched Torchwood: CoE, the most depressing and upsetting mini-series in existence....I just hoped that some pretty pictures would make me feel better.
First set is from Lloyd Center for the Environment. Just a nice area with some hiking trails. I really enjoyed it. I would love to go back and take some of the longer hikes. You can also rent kayaks and go out on the lake. It would be fun. There are some bald eagles out there and apparently there are occasionally seals during the fall. I'll have to go back! The last two pictures are of 'stonewalls'. They are everywhere around here. People would take them out of their fields and build short walls out of them. Sometimes you just see them meandering through an old forest and you wonder how long they have been there. Some of the towns around here have been here since the 17th century. These walls could be hundreds of years old. I love seeing them :)
The beach over on West Island in Fairhaven, MA. Neat beach. Long and narrow. My favourite part was that the sky was so fantastic, and if you've seen any of my pictures, you know I just can't help taking pictures of sunsets :)
So that is all. Pretty pictures. The weather is getting nicer here, mid 70's and sunny for the rest of the week. Fall is just around the corner. Now, I just have to go to sleep and wake up pretending that Torchwood didn't make a Season 3 :P
~Nikki
Just a few pics from the Blithewold Estate and Gardens that we went to when my sister was here. Think of it as a mini Newport mansion. The gardens are the best part, so thankfully, when we should up and the house was closed on Mondays, the gardens were still open.
I had been there before but how can you not want to go back to someplace so pretty? Plus, there is something magical to me about forests when it is overcast outside. They seem more alive to me than when it is sunny out for some reason. Which is strange for me to say, because I generally don't like cloudy days at all. But in a forest, it just seems right. I could have stayed in the forest all day. Somehow you can just see all the ancient magic of the forests come alive. It is perfect :)
Now that I sound like a loony, here are a few pics from the zoo we also went to in Rhode Island, near Providence.
Oh, and just because some of you out there will definitely appreciate this, check out this knitting store we found on the cape
~Nikki
My sister was visiting last week and we were very go go go. One of the first trips we took while she was here was to The Book Barn in Niantic, CN. Very neat place! The selection may not have been better than other book stores, but all in all, it was probably huge. I sound unsure about this because of the most bizarre set up they have. The books are scattered (loosely by genre) in sheds, barns, and houses throughout the property. Very strange, but very cool. Some are rubbermaid sheds, some are wooden barns. Meandering through gardens to get to different sections. Very cool place. It was a few hours away from us, but definitely worth it. My family doesn't like to browse book stores nearly as long as I do (I can spend days in one store, I don't know how they see everything!), but I would definitely go back. I didn't think of taking any pics, but my mom did. Here are a few to get the idea :)
Yes. They had a goat. Three, in fact.
We rushed out, to get to Gillette State Park before it closed. I'm telling you. It was 3pm and they hadn't fed me lunch, I was near dead, but it was still very enjoyable. It was a castle, built by Gillette, who was an actor in the 20's, I believe. The first actor to play Sherlock Holmes (on stage). Relatively small, but all the stone and giant bulky wood things made it really neat. The light switches, bars, doors, etc were all this bulky, rough cut looking carpentry. It was really interesting. And wow, did he have a view as well! Over the Connecticut River. Very nice :) There were also 2 people there pretending to be him and his wife. It was cute.
Fun trip :) Gorgeous area. Thought I should do our multiple adventures in multiple posts so as not to overwhelm any of you or me :P
~Nikki
