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