I've been looking forward to getting out on the water now that winter has moved on. Of course, the first day I do get out the weather was much more winter-like than spring-like! About 45 degrees but a very cold westerly wind made for a chilly day. I went out with the North Kingstown High School Sailing Team for a home regatta against Prout. It was a team race, 3 vs. 3, and NK came out on top! With...
February has been such a dreary month, between three snowstorms in a row (all hitting on weekends) and incessant overcast and gray skies, I think it's fair to say there are plenty of people who are getting cabin fever. As we waited for warmer spring weather to roll in, I was caught up in multiple projects. Of course none of them involved shooting and before I knew it, it had been about 2 weeks...
Well we weren't able to avoid the fog. We motored all morning from Galilee to Stonington. We had high hopes of the fog lifting, but of course it didn't until we were secured to a mooring. It was a quiet day in Stonington harbor, mostly spent swimming off the boat and cruising around in the dinghy for a little harbor tour! In the evening, we made it onto land for a terrific shower and some ice...
I have all of these pictures from 2009 that I don't think I ever properly gone through. Gigs and gigs of photos from a trip to Spain with my photography class just after my sophomore year at Fitchburg State. It was a 3 week trip that essentially transplanted our photography class from Masschusetts to Barcelona. The same classmates, the same professor, the same cameras, and some of even the same...
So down at the family yacht club there is an event held every year around late May to signal the start of season. It's when everyone gets together, the new Commodore says a few words, the flags are raised, and summer is officially welcomed! (There used to be a canon blast too, to conclude the ceremonies, but due to some incidents and recent burns that part of the agenda was replaced by a paper...
