Heavy Metal meets Christmas! While in Connecticut last week, I attended a concert by my favorite Christmas group, Trans Siberian. The auditorium at Mohegan Sun was alive with their sound. From the balcony I managed to get these few shots. . .



Kathy E, Pat B. and I headed out to Griswold Ct for our sunset/sunrise trip to the sunflower fields – worth every minute of the trip, from dinner at Mystic Pizza to a beautiful sunset, meeting up with Ralph in the morning and a trip to the vineyards. Good shots, good friends, good times.
I was unable to meet up with Mariann and the others on Sunday so I did a solo trip on Wednesday. I bumped into Jacob Mosser of Greater Lynn, Peter and Steve of Stony Brook and a few other familiar faces. With the help of a local resident I was able to forego my first choice for dinner – an ice cream sundae and had something more substantial.
Here are a few of my keepers. . .
The weather forecasters had it right this morning as they had predicted a severs thunderstorm would be moving into West Bridgewater shortly – and, shortly it did. I just had time to grab my camera and point it toward the skies before they opened up! After the lightning had quieted down, I positioned myself on my screeened-in porch and shot through the screen for the last one.
“Close Encounters” I saw this same cloud formation in the movie of the same name. Still waiting for the Mother Ship – how did that musical greeting go
This year, instead of the traditional showcase featuring a world class photographer, the organizers brought in three hot-air balloons! For the night segment, there were inflated and then fired up to glow. In the morning, there were scheduled to launch but weather at the touch down site was uncooperative. Hence, a no go!
Here are a few shots I got with my new D7000. . .