Day 69: Supine Lupine

The deer came to our bird feeder overnight and trampled some lupine plants.  This lupine is laying sideways (hence, supine) in a vase and photographed indoors in a photo cube.  I love the alternating color pattern.

Day 68: Too Tight of a Squeeze

Came upon this little "accident" on the way into work yesterday.  This is an on-ramp midway up the Tobin Bridge (the Mystic River is quite a long distance below at this juncture).  The semi on the left was broken down when the Peter Pan bus tried to squeeze through and hit the truck and got stuck.  Traffic was in gridlock behind these two vehicles.  Luckily I came up the main portion of the bridge (to the right of this frame), pulled over, and got this photo.  I'd like to see the bus driver explain this one to his company.

Day 67: Family of Gobblers

After a couple years of incresing turkeys (hens and young), last year we had none.  A local Fisher (mean animal in the weasel family) came in and wiped out the nests of 3-5 hens last year.  So we were happy to see this hen 2 days ago in our backyard.  She has 9-10 chicks that we will follow to see if they all make it. 

Day 66: Memorial Day in Boxford, MA

I was driving through town on Monday morning and came across our town's Memorial Day Parade.  Luckily I had the camera in the car and decided to take part in the parade.  My leg got pretty darn swollen after this.

Day 65: Blooming Iris

Title says it all.  Rather than get in close with my macro lens, I stepped back about 6 feet and used my 300mm f/4 lens.  That lens does a great macro job on larger objects like flowers and butterflies.

Day 64: Back to my stand-in model

Out of time on this day and approaching sunset fast.  So I talked my beautiful model into letting me take photos of her biking again.  The 5-8 shots after this one had a menacing glare.

Day 63: Annual Fishing Day

Went Cod fishing with 16 guys on a private charter.  Our 3rd year doing this.  Lots of fish, beer, stories, and another absolutely gorgeous day.

Day 62: The Iris is back

Ok, so I really like this photo.  The iris' were about ready to pop open last week when I took this photo.  It was late in the day and the sun was setting, casting a nice warm light through trees in the front yard.  The flower bud is in shade, but the pachysandra ground covering behnd the iris is in dappled sun, creating perfect light for a soft focused background.