Tag: Photography
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Rockport, Massachusetts
I didn’t visit Rockport by chance. If you’re thinking I wanted to photograph Motif#1, the most popular building in America painted by landscape artists, It’s not true, but let me explain…. I had made the trip out to Gloucester and Cape Ann to capture “Ann’s Eyes”. The twin lighthouses on Thacher Island. The Thacher lights…
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The Sakonnet Point Light
In the past, we’d pull on the riding boots and leathers, steering the motorcycles out towards Little Compton. It’s open spaces are sprinkled with farm stands that the local growers sell apples and produce to the families that live out here past the noisy cities of Fall River and Newport. In the fall, it’s squash…
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The 52 With A View
In 1979 a group of friends start a hiking group to be known as The Over the Hill Hikers. You can read about the formation and history of the group on their blog page here. In the 90’s, some of the members tired of hiking the New Hampshire 48s. The groups “Den Mother” Lib Bates,…
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The Castle Hill Light
In the past, you could park in the little lot next to the Coast Guard Station. It was paved in crushed clam shells, a common practice in shore side towns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, or Cape Cod and the Islands. The lighthouse is surrounded by private property, but if you’re still allowed to park,…
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An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog 