Here are some photos from the solar eclipse. Since I was in the Boston area, I didn’t get to see a total eclipse, but the partial eclipse was still pretty cool. You don’t want to know how many filters I put on my lens to protect my sensor and eyes, though. Obviously, these pictures are from August, but I think they work pretty well now, since they’re so spooky and Halloween is coming up soon.
Arlington resident Jeffrey Alexander loves astronomy so much he shares his telescope with everyone in the summer. I went to one of his stargazing events last week. Read about it on Icons of Arlington.
I shot not one but two events last Saturday! It was exhausting and I may have gotten a tiny bit sunburned, but they were awesome events and it was good to get so much practice. Here are some photos from the second event. They ran in the Somerville Journal if you want to see them there.
Tufts Dining had their biannual chocolate fountain downhill at Dewick. Students loved it. Here are some photos.
My mom maintains a number of bird feeders, which attract the local wildlife. We get a lot of squirrels, but also a lot of dark-eyed juncos and house sparrows. The juncos are the gray-and-dun ones who look like a half-dipped Easter egg, and the house sparrows are varying shades of brown. On the flashier end…
I’ve lived in Arlington for years, yet somehow have never been to Arlington Porchfest. I finally went. It’s pretty nice. More photos and a write-up on Icons of Arlington.
Here’s PNDP assignment #5: to go to a Wonderland youth sports game and try to tell the story of it through photos. Also, to write a poem about it. I chose the Medford High School JV soccer team, photographed a game in disgusting rain, and wrote a poem inspired by this video. Even though The…