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July 4th In Pictures…

 

Happy 240th birthday America

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Newport, RI continued …

Believe it or not, no more mansions :)  just a little of this and a little of that.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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Portuguese Discovery monument

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Sunset at Breton Point

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And this and that…

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This concludes my posts about the trip to Newport, RI … I think:)

(photographs by my daughter Deb and myself)


Beach Rules …

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Menemsha – Martha’s Vineyard


One Boat, Two Views …

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Martha’s Vineyard


Weekly Challenge: Landscape …

For this week’s challenge, share a photo of a landscape: a wide establishing shot of a scene in nature or an urban setting. Landscape photography is typically displayed in a horizontal orientation.

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I have 3 choices for landscape.

A snippet of landscape through the door of a Martha’s Vineyard lighthouse…

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The Hudson river flowing east to NYC… taken from Walkway Over the Hudson in Poughkeepsie, NY

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A picture of Milford, Pennsylvania taken from High Point Monument in New Jersey… you can see three states from the monument, the highest point in NJ.

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Weekly Challenge: Half-Light…

The prompt is tosee if you can capture the beauty of morning or evening half-light in your corner of the globe.

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These photos of sunset were taken at a friend’s house on Martha’s Vineyard.  Supper on a screened in porch overlooking Vineyard Sound, followed by the most dramatic and beautiful sunset I’d ever seen.  Perfect end to a perfect evening.

It started like this …

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And then exploded into this.

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Harbor Reflections …

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March Afternoon …

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February Afternoon At The Lake …

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Vineyard Februaries …

I’ve been to Martha’s Vineyard in February and I love it.  I love it any time but February is a different from summer on the Vineyard as you can possibly get.

There’s a  cold crispness in the air, the colors are more vivid, the Island is quiet and yet speaks volumes to those who take the time to look, listen and drink in the beauty and wonder that is the soul of Martha’s Vineyard.

February 1989…  a light dusting of snow made everything look like powdered sugar had fallen all over the Island.

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February 1995…  no snow that trip but bitter cold.  Did not stop me from visiting the Gay Head cliffs in Aquinnah on the western most tip of the Vineyard… or hiking through the woods of Christiantown to visit the tiny chapel there.

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I also  experimented a bit with black and white film. From top left… Edgartown harbor, Christiantown stone wall..Sengekontacket Pond and South Beach.

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February 2007… bitter cold, dusting of over night snow, icy ponds and harbors… and brilliant sunsets.

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My birthday is in February and sadly the only one I’ve ever spent on the Vineyard was in 1950 when my beloved godmother, Gertrude Norris passed away.  But I’m not anywhere near done having birthdays so who knows what the future will bring :)