Week 37 - Christmas

Great holiday week with lots of photo opportunities, however, I left the camera in the during much of the holiday festivities...

Karen got me a fantastic Christmas gift:  a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens.  A majority of the pictures this week were taken with this amazing lens.

Here's this week's seven photos:

Day 259/December 31 - Favorite Ornament

Day 258/December 30 - Christmas Reflections

Day 257/December 29 - Christmas Bell Ball

Day 256/December 28 - Ice on the Pond

Day 255/December 27 - Catching the Last of the Holiday Magic

Day 254/December 26 - Post-Christmas Relaxation

Day 253/December 25 - Funny Aunt Honey

Week 36 - 'Tis The Season

Holiday colors galore this week.   Quick post before the Christmas Eve festivities begin.  Hope you enjoy this week's photos as much as I do.

Merry Christmas!

Day 252/December 24 - E-Streeter's Christmas Breakfast

Day 251/December 23 - No Line On the Horizon 

Day 250/December 22 - Merry Christmas 

Day 249/December 21 - Festive Bouquet

Day 248/December 20 - Christmas Tree Bokeh

Day 247/December 19 - Pond Dawn #5

Day 246/December 18 - Colored Glass

Week 35 - Christmas and Tebowing, Go figure!

Lots of holiday photos this week.  I'm still loving colorful shots, and holiday decorations and lights are a welcome change from the many flower photos I've taken during this project.

The week ended with a bit of Tebow-mania hitting the E-Streeters Running Club.  Looking forward to the Patriots crushing the Broncos tomorrow.

Here's this week's 7:

Day 245/December 17 - E-Streeter Tebowing

Day 244/December 16 - Ornament Bokeh

Day 243/December 15 - Rocky 

Day 242/December 14 - Ornaments

Day 241/December 13 - Pond Dawn #4

Day 240/December 12 - Westford Common Christmas

Day 239/December 11 -  Sorry We're Closed

Week 34 - Christmas in Edgartown

The Christmas season has begun - we've hung our wreath and bought our Christmas tree.  I expect most of December's photos to be holiday related, we'll see.  The end of this week we made it back to Martha's Vineyard for Christmas in Edgartown, which means a parade (best one yet this year!) and spending money in the local shops.

Here's this week's lucky 7:

Day 238/December 10 -  Santa Arrives in Edgartown

Day 237/December 9 -  Festive Edgartown Town Hall

Day 236/December 8 -  Dawn over the Pond

Day 235/December 7 -  The Chicken Shack

Day 234/December 6 -  The Soft Glow of Candles

Day 233/December 5 -  Under the Petals

Day 232/December 4 -  Holiday Wreaths

Week 33 - A Mix.

This was an interesting week for me with regards to photos.  For some reason, each day was a challenge to create a decent photo.  One day I saw a great dawn, but by the time I got in position, it was over (seconds count!).   There were several rejected shots/situations that I'm going to revisit in future weeks.  As the week came to a close, however, I found myself repeatedly looking at my selections and enjoying what I saw.  Bottom line, I really like my selected photos this week.  It's an eclectic mix, I hope you enjoy them too (but if you don't, there's always next week).

Here they are:

Day 231/December 3 -  Purple Flower

Day 230/December 2 - Swoosh!

Day 229/December 1 - Nelson's Candy House

Day 228/November 30 - Lake House at Dawn

Day 227/November 29 - Designer Shoe High Rise

Day 226/November 28 - Chips!

Day 225/November 27 - Meadowbrook Farm 

Week 32 - Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving week featured a couple of self-portraits, a couple of pond shots, and a couple of cute kid shots.  I also revisited my "leave on the stream" theme.

This week, great weather and a few days off from work allowed me to take outdoor shots. Winter will be coming soon...

Here's the 7 for this holiday week:

Day 224/November 26 - Summer-like

Day 223/November 25 - Christmas Season Begins

Day 222/November 24 - Marissa

Day 221/November 23 - Rainy Fall Day

Day 220/November 22 - Reading 11/22/63 on 11/22/11

Day 219/November 21 - Self Portrait #3

Day 218/November 20 - Fall Treads Water

Week 31 - New Nikon 105mm Lens (Flower Week)

I bought a new lens last weekend: a Nikon 105mm micro f/2.8 lens which supports micro (very close up) shots as well as regular shots at 105mm.   I spent most of the week taking close-up shots of colorful flowers.  It's been a lot of fun, and I think I took some interesting (and colorful) photos.

Here they are:

Day 217/November 19 - Pink Flower Close-up

Day 216/November 18 - Red Flower Close-up

Day 215/November 17 - Rose #2

Day 214/November 16 - Indestructible Violets

Day 213/November 15 - Thanksgiving Guest

Day 212/November 14 - Kimball Farm Ice Cream

Day 211/November 13 - Rose #1

Week 30 - Two New York Trips

We've had very nice weather for the week, of course the clocks were turned back so it gets dark at 5pm now.  But at least the mornings are lighter.  A set of random photos this week - 2 are from two different New York trips, for example.

Here's the week's finalists:

Day 210/November 12 -
Japanese Maple Leaves #5

Day 209/November 11 -
VoltDB Snacks

Day 208/November 10 -
Fall Fog

Day 207/November 9 -
Wineglass Reflections

Day 206/November 8 -
Midtown Manhattan

Day 205/November 7 -
Last of the Hydrangeas

Day 204/November 6 -
Orient Point Ferry