2008 marks the 25 annual Mitchell Columbus Day Regatta that races from Newport RI to Block Island RI. This season was my 3rd year crewing on one of the race boats and by far it was one of the best weekends that I have ever spent on the water. From our departure from Cranston RI Friday evening until our return on Monday evening, we were blessed with clear sky’s and warm weather!
Since the race had a “staggered start”, meaning the slow boats had a head start, the end of the race became rather active when the faster boats began to catch up.
Over the race weekend I ended up taking about 1200 photos of the racing fleet, Newport, Block Island, the Bay, Birds and all sorts of interesting people. I’ll post some of the pictures on this website and maintain the other pictures in case they are needed for other projects. If you raced in the Columbus Day Regatta and you would like a copy of my photos, please send me an e-mail.
Photos of birds on Block Island <—click to view
It’s cranberry harvesting time in New England! I drove around today for an hour in order to find a cranberry bog that was in the process of being harvested and this is what I found.
I decided to capture some images of a few of the flowers in my yard since it’s fall in New England and our summer flowers have retired for the season. My front yard was the shortest I’ve ever travel for an Eco Tour!
This picture is a reminder that I need to buy a Macro lens for my camera while I wanted to blur the background I was trying to keep both stems in focus.
I just love sunsets! It’s been weeks since I’ve been able to capture the sun so I decided to get our sky at sunset with all of the blue shades.
Trees Changing Color in October
A Collection of Colors as Leafs Change Color
Fall in New England is full of different colors as all of the trees contain several different shades of green, red and orange.
Fall Leaf Peeping in New England
Due to the rain today I sat in my living room working on this website. If it was not for the rain I would of grabbed my laptop and blogged from my tree house. I was shocked to look out my patio door and see the trees on the other side of our lake start to change colors.
While the trees look beautiful in the fall they are a reminder that winter is only a couple of months away. In a way it is their last chance to show off their beauty before they hibernate for the winter.
The red leaves on this tree remind me of the maple trees in Vermont and how they would fill the state with tourist every fall. Growing up their we enjoyed when the tourist asked if they could remove some of our leaves so they could take them home. One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure?
I’ll try to put up some more photos as more of the trees fade into the fall. I might even use a tripod so the images are a little more in focus.