Leyden St.

Speedy Red Car

Made this as part of a photo assignment, using slow shutter speed to express motion.

f16; 1/13 sec; 100mm; .3 exposure compensation (only because I forgot to change it back from a previous photo. oops, but didn't hurt anything.)

How I Quit Smoking and Lived (so far)

Today is Cinco de Mayo. It is also the 7th anniversary of the day I quit smoking.I didn't quit because it was Cinco de Mayo though - that's just silly. I quit when I quit and for the next couple years I struggled to remember the anniversary and then it finally dawned on me it was cinco de mayo, so now i can always remember. It took a few more years before I could remember the year I quit. 2004. It's nice to no longer have to go through old emails to figure it out.

So to quit, it was a piece of cake, or maybe not. I didn't know it at the time but I believe my life was on the line. I didn't get the message from the waking dream I had earlier - more on that later.

I got a real nasty chest cold that just would not go away, no matter what! I couldn't even start to talk without going into a horrible coughing fit, so bad I couldn't even get a breath in between coughs. One day I realized if I went a ½-hour to an hour (if I could manage it) without a cigarette, things improved a little. Hmm.

The snow on my truck's hood (pickin's are slim)

Day*48

My Truck

Day*4

More experimenting with long shutter speeds. This is a 5 second exposure of a car driving by(obviously or maybe not obviously, the car wasn't in the frame during the whole exposure). I don't remember if there was more than one car but I think just one.

Also from the correct date. Somehow I wonder if I should have not been so honest...now having confessed, you may think the whole year has been a farce...perhaps I took all the pictures last year. lol
Anyway, the steering wheel cover in my truck...removed from my Blazer when I got rid of it. I always carry an item over from the old vehicle to the new one...never thought about it, but I'm realizing now that's what I do. Cool tradition though, I'll certainly continue it.

More Oliver Mill Park. What a surprise. lol

My truck hits 200,000 miles. It's previous owners must have taken very good care of it.

Then back to Plymouth

...for the fireworks. I have to admit they were probably better than I originally told people, after seeing my video (see very bottom of this post). It was my first time seeing them in Plymouth.

I think I was more preoccupied with trying to get good photos of them, which I didn't do so well.

The whole atmosphere was great though, as well as hanging with friends.

Traffic was absolutely horrible afterwards, so we walked around by the waterfront for awhile.

Police boats (Harbor Masters) standing by while the many boats were taken out of the water and loaded up on their trailers.

There were a few bands playing in the few bars around. Local bands I assume but sounded great and added to the whole atmosphere.

After enduring the traffic, we finally got home at about midnight.

Night time shot

of my friend/coworker's car, lit by an outdoor light on the building and the camera's built-in flash. I had to use software to bring the rest of the car out of the darkness, then blur the parking lot and background around it, and to smudge the license plate.

Your Mileage May Vary 4/13/2009

Well, I am at a loss. Isn't this a desperate post? lol
This is the mileage of my "new" truck when it was purchased by the previous owner. MY mileage is a tad bit higher. Mm-hm...ayup.

My New Wheels - 4/10 - Day 100!

I really like it, but I am so going to miss the Grand Prix. It was the best car I ever had and I will probably get another one some day.
Got a really good price on this truck because of the very high mileage. It's clean and seems well taken care of, so hopefully the mileage won't be an issue.

Extras - EOS Rebel G 35mm

Just a couple photos for the sake of showing them and to make up for a couple missed days so far. These are taken at various times with my "new-used" 35mm camera.

My car decorated for winter.

In Bridgewater, MA after a snowstorm.

In Middleboro, Long Point Road by Little Quittacus Pond

A little knick-knack I tend to photograph often for some reason

The Blazer 1/30

I was going to fix this up and drive it as a beater, but it's too far gone. The body rot is very extensive and being out in the back yard all this time, I'm sure the rust goes beyond just body rot. Sadly, I am going to junk it. I'd love to have an SUV again, but actually I would rather have a pick-up truck again. Right now though, I can't afford to have two vehicles on the road anyway.
I can't even get this truck started (it used to run great), so that I can get it out of the way of the tree people who are coming to remove 30 trees from the backyard. They're using a crane - maybe they can move the blazer for me. I don't think a ramp truck can even get at it right now.

Here we go again ~ 1/28

More snow...changed to rain...what a mess. What a mess. Come on, summer.

Don't let it snow, Don't let it snow, Don't let it snow. 1/18

Thanks to Eric's and Ryan's help, the cars and driveway were cleared. Unfortunately a couple hours later we got another 5 - 6 inches of snow.