Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Trees on Feb 6th, 2012 5 Comments »
Salisbury, Connecticut. We always look forward to this beautiful stand of beech trees on the Appalachian Trail between Salisbury and Lion’s Head on the way to Bear Mountain.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Patterns on Feb 2nd, 2012 4 Comments »
Schaghticoke Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Kent, Connecticut. This foam whirlpool was on a stream crossing the Appalachian trail on the Schaghticoke Ridge section between Bull’s Bridge and Rt. 341. This is the largest stream on the hike which can be difficult to cross in high water.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Landscape, Places on Feb 1st, 2012 2 Comments »
Kaaterskill High Peak from Dibble’s Quarry Along the Pecoy Notch Trail on the way to Pecoy Notch just east of Sugarloaf Mountain in the Catskills. Kaaterskill High Peak is on the skyline. Dibble’s Quarry was mined for sidewalk slate used in New York City but over the years that it’s been part of a state [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Ice on Jan 30th, 2012 5 Comments »
Mt. Race, Massachusetts. All of these shots were taken in a single puddle to the side of the Race Brook Falls trail near the intersection with the Appalachian trail. This was taken in a small pool in Race Brook on the blue Race Brook Falls trail.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice on Jan 30th, 2012 4 Comments »
Mt. Race, Massachusetts. All of these shots were taken in a single puddle on the Appalachian Trail on the north ridge of Mt. Race. I don’t know enough about ice crystals to understand why some puddles produce crystals and others don’t but when I find a patch of great crystals like this it’s like finding [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice, Landscape on Jan 11th, 2012 No Comments »
Race Brook, Southwestern Massachusetts. More ice formations from our hike up Race Brook Falls and Mt. Race. This one’s got a lot of small detail which I’m delighted the point and shoot camera picked up.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Ice, Landscape, Shadows and reflections on Jan 10th, 2012 3 Comments »
Race Brook Falls, Massachusetts. On the way down from Mt. Race Loren and I noticed a great reflection in the new ice on Race Brook. To the left in this frame the brook makes a small drop over some rocks making ripples that are freezing in this pool. I’m beginning to see how these wonderful [...]
Posted in Adventure, Hiking, Ice, Landscape, Places on Dec 27th, 2011 4 Comments »
Schaghticoke Ridge, Appalachian Trail, Kent, Connecticut. This is one of our favorite hikes in the area, from Bull’s Bridge to Kent on the AT. Near the New York/Connecticut border we crossed a little stream that had some nice ice on it. Had to stop and see if I could capture some patterns.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Ice, Landscape on Dec 25th, 2011 6 Comments »
Dave, Bill and I took a hike up to the Pinnacle overlooking Lake Waramaug in the Macricostas Preserve yesterday. The ice on Bee Brook was stunning where the stream braided and the flow of the water was disrupted. Had it not been in the 20′s (F) we’d have hung out longer looking for more patterns [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Landscape, Trees on Dec 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Mt. Everett Reservation, Massachusetts. We hiked up Everett and then around Guilder Pond and I caught Dave out on a cliff shooting an island in the pond. Everett isn’t a hard hike although it’s the second highest point in Massachusetts. Guilder Pond is a jewell that makes the entire hike worthwhile. In July the mountain [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Ice, Landscape, Places on Dec 20th, 2011 7 Comments »
While hiking up Bear Mountain today we stopped a few times to take pictures of ice. As someone with Raynaud’s syndrome (cold hands from a faulty thermostat) it’s tough to take gloves off and take pictures on cold days. A solution for me is carrying hand warmers and more serious mittens for the times I [...]
Posted in Adventure, Climbing, Social Software on Dec 10th, 2011 No Comments »
On Ledge and Online: Solitary Sport Turns Social Social media and handheld devices for posting is invading what used to be solitary adventure sports. Many have mixed feelings about this. As one who posts hike progress on Path and Instagram who am I to say that this is a bad idea. It will be interesting [...]
Posted in Adventure, Art and Design, Climbing on Dec 7th, 2011 4 Comments »
Refuge Gervasutti by LEAPfactory This is a great idea: a prefab climber/hiker refuge that’s airlifted into place and assembled in a few hours. The Airstream trailer of refuges. I wonder how this idea might translate into low cost housing on level ground? My only concern is that in the example refuge the front door is [...]
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S95, Hiking, Landscape, Places on Nov 17th, 2011 7 Comments »
North of Great Barrington, MA. We almost always stop at this pond on our way up to to Mt. Greylock and back in October we caught a sunrise on it. Combined with the fall colors it was quite an amazing morning of photography.
Posted in Adventure, Canon PowerShot S100, Hiking, Places on Nov 17th, 2011 No Comments »
Southwest Massachusetts. Just as we started to hike up Race Brook Falls to Mt. Race we saw a porcupine at the edge of a field. This was a beautiful little animal, no danger to Dave (they don’t shoot quills, you have to touch them) so he got close and got some nice shots. Many people [...]
Posted in Adventure, Birds, Places, Video on Nov 4th, 2011 2 Comments »
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo. Sophie and Liberty run into a “murmuration” of starlings. I must disagree (which I rarely do) with my most excellent source Jason Kottke, the quality of this video is perfect: it’s what my wife and I would make if we kayaked out to an island and caught a [...]
Posted in Adventure, Our Place on Nov 3rd, 2011 8 Comments »
We just got our power back, took a bit of the cable to come back but it is and our network is back up and running. Today we’ll clean the house, top to bottom, run wash, run the dishwasher and enjoy hot showers. Let me tell you, being without power for 5 days is a [...]
Posted in Adventure, Landscape, Our Place on Nov 2nd, 2011 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. We still have no power and may not until Sunday and I’m posting this from a friend’s house in Goshen where they got power yesterday. Anne and I got our first shower since Saturday, it was heaven. We had a lot of damage at our place, the oak trees hadn’t lost their leaves [...]
Posted in Adventure, iPhone, Our Place on Nov 1st, 2011 3 Comments »
I’m back at the Danbury Mall to charge up our electronics and be online for a bit. Today I brought a power strip and I’m sitting on the floor near enough to the Apple Store to get on their network which is fine and far enough away from the mall walkers so I’m not distracted [...]
Posted in Adventure, Our Place on Oct 31st, 2011 7 Comments »
My apologies for lack of posts or attention to this web site. The storm that hit the east coast killed our power and we may be without power for as much as a week more. It sucks. But, we have a wood stove and we’re warm. Many trees down at our place, a huge amount [...]
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