The Last of October!

End of October and employees of the Beauport Hotel held a pumpkin carving contest. Here are a few of their Halloween creations.

Also a few morning shots at Good Harbor Beach and the light of the sunset on the hotel and Fishermen's Memorial.

Sitting in the 1606 at Beauport restaurant.

 A creation in the kitchen.

 The winner, a VW bus jack-o-lantern!

 Beauport Hotel

 The hotel at sunset.

 Fishermen's Memorial

 My photos on the banners!

 Looking out as cloud cover takes over.

 Looking up.

 Taking pics.

 A cormorant flies by.

 Morning at Good Harbor Beach.

 The twin lights of Thacher Island.

 The sun peeks above the cloud bank!

Sometimes you gotta stop and take it in!

This is the time of year where I can catch the sunrise on my way home from work. During this past week we had a visitor, the 300' 216 passenger Great Lakes cruise ship Victory I which stayed for 3 days.

 Aaron & Alexa pass Victory I

 From the Fish Pier.

 Stern view.

 Lobster boat Capt Henry.

 Sunrise at Good Harbor Beach!

 A gull flies by.

 A lone walker.

 Gull on a rock.

 "The House"

 Phyllis A.

 Getting a new coat of paint.

 The bow of the Friendship.

 Last man on earth!

"Just In Case"!

I finally have a new computer! After much research and a tight budget I learned the best option for me was a gaming computer. They are highly recommended for photography due to their exceptional graphics and ample storage. The only problem I have so far is how to fully activate the Windows 8.1 that came with it. I need to enter a product key code but so far have failed to find it? It's usually located on the disc box but this is factory installed!
Anyway I have morning and dusk shots I took over the week. The dusk shots I call "just in case", the reason.....I was heading to the supermarket and as I was pulling out of the driveway I went back into the house for my camera just in case I passed a good shot. I'm glad I did and here we go.

Good Harbor Beach

 Lone walker.

 From the edge of the Creek.

 Cloud bank offshore.

 Strolling the beach.

 Most of the leaves have fallen.

 A photographer captures the morning light.

 A closer look.

 Fishermen's Memorial

 Dusk

 The sun has set.

 Hunter Moon

 Different exposure

 Moon over the beach.

We Get Leftovers!

Hurricane Matthew did great damage down south but gave us much needed rain. The local meteorologists had it wrong, they said Sunday morning would have rain for the south shore and Cape Cod and the islands with clearing by noon. It turned out all New England was in a much needed soaker all day!
So as soon as the Tom Brady NFL Destruction Tour game 1 ended I took a rain soaked ride around Cape Ann.

Good Harbor Beach

 "The House"

 Lanes Cove

 Boats at rest.

 Lobster traps.

 "The Shack"

 Breakwater

 Rockport's Motif #1.

 Closer

 Rockport Harbor

 Tight fit.

 A Humongous fungus among us! I noticed this fungus behind my house has doubled in size in 3 days!