A Poorly Timed Road Trip. October 5, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: Bath NH, covered bridge, fall foliage, heron, rain, White Mountains
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This past weekend I had plans to get to the high country of New Hampshire with my friend and photographic mentor Lizz. We expected to meet early on Saturday somewhere in the Mount Washington area of the White Mountains for a foliage shoot.
But my Friday night drive northward was “blessed” with torrential rains, such that I was going 40mph on the Interstate, and Lizz wisely put off her departure from Arlington until the morning.
I got as far as White River Junction before the stress of driving with white knuckles and bulging eyeballs took its toll, and I slept in a park-and-ride.
Come daylight (and a lessening of the deluge) I forged onward, because you know, if you go out in these conditions you stand a 70% chance of getting skunked, but if you turn and run, the chances of a rout go right up to 100%.
I was going there for the colors, and as the Good Ol’ Boys say, “These colors don’t run.”
Along Route 302 I stopped in the town of Bath looking for a bush (damned coffee) and ran across the Bath Bridge, one of the three remaining covered bridges in this town, spanning the Ammonoosuc river at an impressive length of 374-1/2 feet:
There’s a Great Blue Heron perched on a rock to the right, who periodically braved the steady rain to fish in the pools below the falls.
This bridge is in its fifth incarnation, having previously been destroyed by both flood and fire. It’s first incarnation cost We The People exactly $366.66 in 1794.
These days it’s an impressive piece of work, and replacing its intricate truss-work would cost in the tens of millions of dollars:
The orange patch in the middle is me in an orange shirt, trying for an effect which totally didn’t work out. But hey, with a thirty-second exposure, there’s time to kill, and I managed to kill it.
With a rendez-vous in the works, I continued eastward on Route 302 toward the colors of the high country, hoping there would be a break in the rain.
Though I chose not to know it just yet, there wouldn’t.
Ruby Tuesday – Spring is Springing! April 12, 2010
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature, Ruby Tuesday!.Tags: barn, catkin, covered bridge, flowers, forsythia, Sprng
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Some redness from my week.
A covered bridge in Colrain:
Agrarian lawn art:
A maple catkin:
And a seasonal treat, forsythias surrounding a local barn:
For more rubiliciousness, visit Mary over at Work of the Poet.
Ruby Tuesday: A Covered Bridge. November 2, 2009
Posted by littlebangtheory in Ruby Tuesday!.Tags: Arthur A. Smith, Colrain, covered bridge
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Here’s the Arthur A. Smith bridge in Colrain, Massachusetts:
Spans the North River, it does. Recently “refurbished,” to the tune of a million and a half bucks.
There are times when I think that’s a bargain; tonight has been one of them.
See more Rubiliciousness over at Mary’s place, Work of the Poet.
Thanks, Mary. 😉
Random Shots. May 12, 2009
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature, Love and Death.Tags: Bissell Bridge, cemetery, covered bridge, sunset
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A few from today.
The newly refurbished Bissell Bridge, where I worked today:
The Mill Brook is really nice through this section.
A cemetery in Colrain, with a wash treatment:
I like this treatment better than the full color original, though that was interresting to me as well:
…and as long as we’re seeing in color, here’s a shot of evening on the Deerfield:
…and a sunset over Mount Todd:
Hope you like ’em.
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