Consider this my love letter to my home.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
At Christmas I no more desire a rose...
... than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth....
and yet here we are, almost December, and everyone's in t-shirts playing golf and admiring the blooms that persist. As I type this, it is 60 degrees outside - yes, sixty degrees at 8 pm on a late November night in New England. This balmy weather will persist into next week.
Bizarre.
and yet here we are, almost December, and everyone's in t-shirts playing golf and admiring the blooms that persist. As I type this, it is 60 degrees outside - yes, sixty degrees at 8 pm on a late November night in New England. This balmy weather will persist into next week.
Bizarre.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Emergency Chocolate
The Village Market is ready for the holiday season and knows exactly what you need - emergency chocolate.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Are you ready for some football?
Football games on Thanksgiving Day are an American tradition; high school teams draw alumni in town for the holiday as well as their usual crowds. This morning the Scituate Sailors took on the Hingham Harbormen in a home game.
I am grateful for my husband Michael, who went out on his own with a camera to take this photo for today's post. I'm still currently getting my butt kicked by my asthma, so Mr. Scituate Daily Photo stepped up to the plate.
I hope your day was filled with blessings and bounty and that you have much to be grateful for today and every day.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Gobble gobble gobble!
On this eve of Thanksgiving - when the grocery stores are a tangled mass of shopping carts and the liquor store has lines stretching back to the beer coolers - when the highways and byways and airlines strain to contain all the traveling that's being done - when folks are girding their loins for encounters with their crazy conservative uncles and loopy liberal cousins - when there's never quite enough room or time or patience -
Remember to gather up your smallest and simplest blessings and be grateful for them.
And give thanks.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monochrome Monday: Chicken Soup
Scituate Daily Photo has been under the weather and not getting out to get photos. Hopefully we'll return to our regularly scheduled programming soon.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Find your own sunny patch of sky
Today I really needed sunlight and blue skies - but mother nature was not obliging. So I reached back to a recent sunny day and made that my mental image for the day instead.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Go Sci-Coh Superbowl
Spotted on the back window of an SUV...
The SciCoh Sharks are a local youth football league for Scituate & Cohasset. Looks like their superbowl was last weekend and this window paint job is hanging on after the fact - hope you did well!
The SciCoh Sharks are a local youth football league for Scituate & Cohasset. Looks like their superbowl was last weekend and this window paint job is hanging on after the fact - hope you did well!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Ouch.
This office park is located across the street from the North Scituate commuter rail stop and is pulling no punches in advertising for new tenants! I'm sure my husband isn't the only parent who said, "Ouch!" when he saw that sign....
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Where have all the pumpkins gone? Long time passing...
In my wanderings this morning, I came across a small wooded area filled with jack o'lanterns. They hadn't been stolen and smashed, but rather laid out carefully among the trees. They still smiled and grinned despite the solitude and the decay. Perhaps they're feeding birds and squirrels; perhaps, come the warm weather next year, their seeds will emerge as flowering vines.
Perhaps they're waiting for the Great Pumpkin.
This is definitely one of those instances where the actual story behind the event could not possibly be as good as all the possibilities I've come up with in my head!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Thar She Blows!
Literally, thar she blows, since this life-size North Atlantic right whale is kept inflated so visitors can wander right on in and have a look see at the inside of a whale.
This particular whale was at the Scituate Library today, thanks to the good folks at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sancutuary. With their "Whales in Your Backyard!" program, folks can learn all about whales of every shape and size and have a tremendous amount of fun while doing so.
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year - and here's to twenty more, because we are very lucky to have such a wonderful resource here in Scituate!
This particular whale was at the Scituate Library today, thanks to the good folks at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sancutuary. With their "Whales in Your Backyard!" program, folks can learn all about whales of every shape and size and have a tremendous amount of fun while doing so.
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year - and here's to twenty more, because we are very lucky to have such a wonderful resource here in Scituate!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday Whatzit
Today Scituate Daily Photo is rolling out a new feature - "Whatzit Wednesday." Every Wednesday, I'll feature a what/where/who type of photo and ask you, the readers, to share your knowledge about the subject... Locals and former residents, tell us what you know!
This week I'll start off with a fairly recognizable where:
Of course, I could be wrong - but I hope it's fairly recognizable to my local readers.
So... I know what I know (that's a thing that I keep in the back of my head) - but tell me, dear readers, what do you know about today's Wednesday Whatzit?
On a completely unrelated note, I wanted to apologize to those to whom I owe comments, replies and so on. I am running behind on things, as my hands are full - well, honestly, overly full - with other pressing matters right now. I hope to soon get those matters set back in order, but if I'm lagging in anything right now - well, that's why. I'm sorry.
This week I'll start off with a fairly recognizable where:
Of course, I could be wrong - but I hope it's fairly recognizable to my local readers.
So... I know what I know (that's a thing that I keep in the back of my head) - but tell me, dear readers, what do you know about today's Wednesday Whatzit?
On a completely unrelated note, I wanted to apologize to those to whom I owe comments, replies and so on. I am running behind on things, as my hands are full - well, honestly, overly full - with other pressing matters right now. I hope to soon get those matters set back in order, but if I'm lagging in anything right now - well, that's why. I'm sorry.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Marshmallows toasting over an open fire....
What better way to spend a beautiful afternoon than toasting marshmallows for s'mores along with a hundred or so Girl Scouts?
The annual Songs & S'mores Girl Scout event was this afternoon; hundreds of marshmallows were toasted and smooshed in between graham crackers and pieces of chocolate. There were sticky hands and songs from each troop - just another event that makes Scituate such a nice place to be!
Many thanks to the town-wide Scout leaders who work so hard to make events like this happen every year!
The annual Songs & S'mores Girl Scout event was this afternoon; hundreds of marshmallows were toasted and smooshed in between graham crackers and pieces of chocolate. There were sticky hands and songs from each troop - just another event that makes Scituate such a nice place to be!
Many thanks to the town-wide Scout leaders who work so hard to make events like this happen every year!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Fly into the sun
A red-tailed hawk launches itself from the top of a white pine.
From a technical perspective, it's a deeply flawed photo. But the image itself appealed to me to let it go.
Looks best in lightbox - click here to view.
From a technical perspective, it's a deeply flawed photo. But the image itself appealed to me to let it go.
Looks best in lightbox - click here to view.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
One more from the weekend
One more photo to share from thispast weekend's storm aftermath - the surf at Peggotty Beach.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Theme Day: Fences
It's the first of the month and in the City Daily Photo community that means it's Theme Day! Today's theme, chosen by CDP bloggers around the world, is "fences."
This fence went up recently on a gas station on Rt. 3A. The station has been closed for around two years now; periodically someone comes by and puts flowers in the planters or otherwise tidies up the lot, but still it remains shuttered. I'm hopeful that the increased activity means it might be opening for business again.
To see how other City Daily Photo bloggers around the world are interpreting this month's theme, click here.
This fence went up recently on a gas station on Rt. 3A. The station has been closed for around two years now; periodically someone comes by and puts flowers in the planters or otherwise tidies up the lot, but still it remains shuttered. I'm hopeful that the increased activity means it might be opening for business again.
To see how other City Daily Photo bloggers around the world are interpreting this month's theme, click here.
Halloween in the Harbor!
As promised, a few more photos from yesterday's Halloween in the Harbor!!
The lovely ladies of the Front Street Book Shop were having a ball last night!
The Quarterdeck was getting its Halloween groove on.
This punk rock dog was being toted around in a Baby Bjorn.
Witchy Nancie was accompanied by her winged Chi, Cecily.
And this guy was mesmerizing little kids left and right.
For more photos, click here.... drop me a line if you spot yourself and would like a copy of the digital file! Happy Halloween!
The lovely ladies of the Front Street Book Shop were having a ball last night!
The Quarterdeck was getting its Halloween groove on.
This punk rock dog was being toted around in a Baby Bjorn.
Witchy Nancie was accompanied by her winged Chi, Cecily.
And this guy was mesmerizing little kids left and right.
For more photos, click here.... drop me a line if you spot yourself and would like a copy of the digital file! Happy Halloween!
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