Images

Walking Through Goldsmith Woodland

Alpha child and I took our cameras on a walk through the Goldsmith Woodlands.

marsh and trees reflected on waterI have a new camera, an Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV.  (Their new naming scheme is kind of terrible, but the cameras are still good.)  The last camera I owned was an Olympus OM-4, so using a digital camera is taking some getting used to.

Over time, Alpha has adopted my old OM-4, a Canon EOS DSLR from 2005, and a small number of truly vintage cameras.  Today was a Canon kind of a day.

All of these photos were taken by me on my OM-D.

tree truck with insect and woodpecker holes
One of a number of dead tree trunks in the Goldsmith Woodlands. The grounds are carefully managed, and that includes leaving dead trees in place when possible.
sun through tree branches
Filtered winter sun through tree branches
lone cattail with pond in background
The remains of last year’s cattails, also known as typha
bald eagle in flight
We watched a bald eagle parent taking off; it’s juvenile offspring was still standing on the ice

Massachusetts Names

 

pronounce towns and cities like they're actually spelled if you want to be mocked in massachusetts

  • Barnstable
  • Billerica
  • Chatham
  • Gloucester
  • Groton
  • Leicester
  • Leominster
  • Methuen
  • Peabody
  • Quincy
  • Reading
  • Waltham
  • Woburn
  • Worcester

No, I will not tell you how to pronounce them.

Mystery Man In My Attic

While demolishing Alpha’s bedroom last month I uncovered a photo tucked into the insulation.

mystery man in rickshaw

It seems to have been deliberately placed, as it was deep in the attic crawlspace between two batts of insulation.

This is one of those photos that spawns more questions than it could possibly hope to answer.

  • When was it taken?  (there are no dates, not even a printers date on the back)
  • Where was it taken?
  • Who is this?
  • Was this someone who used to live here?
  • Why is he sitting in a rickshaw?
  • Why was it in the attic?
  • Who put it there?

If you know anything about this photo, please email me or leave a comment.