Photography: December 2010

It seems as if every other vehicle that drives down my road is a plow truck. Some of them doing it for money, and some of them clearly just for fun. Example being the one man in a blue truck that felt the need to plow the sidewalks with his street plow, piling the snow in huge mounds leaving it un-walkable. The land becomes increasingly whiter everyday while the ocean storms on remaining its rich blue-green-grey.

This is just a little update from my window.

Love Birdie

The day greeted me with sunshine.

I was pretty much blinded when I first opened my eyes, because the sun was beating right through my curtains. With a big stretch as if to give the day a welcome hug, I grabbed my camera and set off for a walk.

It was cold, but I was so fascinated by the world around me enough not to really notice that the feeling in my fingers had escaped them. And then only did I realize when I went to snap the shutter for an amazing shot, my finger was motionless, uncontrollable and utterly frozen to the bone. This is the excuse I have for these photos not being the most in focus. Due to extreme chill it became a highly difficult task to focus the lens in time for Action-Birdie-Shots. =D my fav! So these are just a little bundle of photos I have for today. Enjoy.

yes of course I had to throw some of my cat in here. She's beautiful, photogenic and I just couldn't resist!

I will be posting these all year round. Just photos I take out my window. =] Very excited about living in Gloucester!

On my walk home I came across this man at the end of my street. He was set up perfectly on the corner. Totally excited to talk to an artist I asked him if he would mind having his photograph taken. He nodded and said it would be fine.

I talked to him for a little while, about how the light was today and facts about Gloucester. His name is Jeff and he has been coming to this little corner 4 or 5 times in the past couple weeks to finish this painting of the boulevard. He has a gallery in down town that I am excited to check out.

"so you paint Gloucester?" I ask

"yep, thats what I do." he said with a smile.

It was good to see someone so happy doing something they love. Even through the bitter air. He was bundled up just right unaffected by the cold.