Gallery – I'm Heading Up To Bed

Narragansett mornings and evenings

A few photos over the last couple of days.

seascape and lighthouse — Scarborough Beach, Narragansett, with Point Judith lighthouse in the distance

seascape with fog and waves — The horizon disappeared on a foggy morning. The sunrise is (theoretically) directly ahead.

harbor seal in the ocean — A harbor seal surfaced near us at Point Judith, while we were enjoying the sunset.

meghan with Narragansett in the background — Megh, looking pensive as she gazes east across the ocean

sunset — Sunset from Rose Nulman park, Point Judith, Narragansett

twilight — Twilight from Rose Nulman Park, Point Judith, Narragansett

Moon pictures with a 10x optical zoom.

Original photo of the moon. — Uncropped photo of the moon.

The Moon — Photo of the moon, around 5 PM. Taken with a Moto Z2, with the Hasselblad zoom lens.

Third storm of the last two weeks

View down the street. Its really coming down

Our backyard. The plays cape is not doing well….

Artsy-fartsy picture of my mittens. They kept me warm while shoveling.

View before the second shoveling. Probably 8 inches deep in the shoveled sections – over a foot overall.

So, Storm # 3 (named Skylar) hit today. As of 9 PM tonight, we had at least 20″ – taller than the dog. We had to dig her a path so she could go out to pee, poor thing. But she had a grand time playing with in the snow. For a dog with no fur, she loves snow.

I went out to shovel twice – once around 9 am, and again at 3. Both times took about an hour, and both times were reminders that we should have waxed the shovel in the fall. Car wax does a great job.

The bottom layer was all slush, and really heavy (apparently there was some rain at the beginning). The top layers were light and fluffy, thankfully. I did most of the driveway the second round, but I just couldn’t deal with the slush by the street. I just cleaned up the rest and left it for Quinn. Because I’m terrible.

The kids spent the day inside, reading and playing Minecraft. We kicked off a huge fire in the fireplace to warm up, and we spent some time cuddled up in front of it.

Around 4, we went to our neighbor’s house for frozen pizza and games. We roused Alpha out of her room, and got her to come along. She had fun, once she got there. We played Upwords (for the first time). Beta did better than I did, which is always fun. Sam-across-the-street kicked our butts, though.

Overall, a pretty good snow day!

The snow is deeper than Butter is tall. We had to dig her a path to her “potty.” At least 20 inches.

Hiking @ Goldsmith

We found a new place for a nature walk: Goldsmith Woodlands in Andover. We covered about half of the trails in a two-hour walk.

The town provides a rough map.

flowers — Just a random bush. I think they’re rhododendrons?

All three kids, two human and one dog, heading down the trail

Looking down the trail. Most of the trails are about as well-groomed as this.

bessie's point — Looking out from the end of the trail at Bessie’s Point (click to expand)

My new camera lens

Yesterday was spent at the Boston Museum of Science with the Mystic Joneses. Today, we took Beta back for the thing she loves most: The Butterfly Garden. (We couldn’t go yesterday because it was sold out. Pro-tip, avoid the MOS on Federal Holidays at all costs.)

For my birthday I got something I’ve been wanting for a while: a set of lenses for my phone. I went a little nuts with the macro lens. I can’t even say I’m sorry about it.