Thanksgiving Sunset

The snowy roof of the Duquette Barn is in the distance

I don't like shooting landscapes or sunsets, but I couldn't miss this sunset Friday night. I wanted more practice with the next two nights, but I read through the one on Saturday night and I napped through tonight's sunset. Hopefully, they were cloudy sunsets so I didn't miss much at all!

After I shot this photo, I downloaded The Photographer's Ephemeris software (available for PC, Mac, Linux and Apple and Android apps). It tells you the astronomical data you need to shoot sunrises and sunsets. TPE gives you elevations and all sorts of information you need to get your outdoor photography lighting done well. Try it — it's free.

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More Views of the Wind Towers

Underpass Road, Sutton
July 12, 2011; sky extremely hazy; 55mm

Same spot, closer view; 55mm cropped

Closer view still on Underpass Road; 250mm

Route 16, Barton, overlooking Crystal Lake
July 12, 2011; heavy haze and overcast; 55mm

Closer view from Route 16.; 250mm

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Holiday Traffic

It was a long wait, but I got traffic on Route 16 past the house on the Fourth of July.

Manual setting using bulb for shutter speed
10 sec exposure, 250mm, ISO 200, f/10
Looking west down towards the Village of Barton.
This was the night I began using my remote shutter control.

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The Big Storm

Our first view of the storm on the morning of March 7 after it had snowed overnight

That poof of snow on the car roof visually shows you how the wind comes down off the mountain (which is on the right), into the driveway and up and over the car.

This is the snow outside the back living room window.
I darkened the photo so that you could see the height of the snow.

Snow blocked the backdoor but I was able to push it open enough to stick
the lens of the camera out the door.
That is the window at the back of the garage totally buried under snow.

Our mailbox. The roads were not plowed at all until the day after the storm was over.
This was natural accumulation, not plowed snow.

John begins to plow on the morning of the storm.

Still plowing . . .

The tractor's gas line froze in the wind and was thawed with industrial blow dryer.

Wind blows snow off of the barn.

Because no plows reached us for 36 hours,
John had to plow the road in order to plow the mailbox.
Here, he has just gotten down to the road.

Plowing the mailbox out.

We were safe and warm in that house!

There wasn't a soul on the road.
It was quiet and peaceful for two days.
We got three feet of snow and much more in drifts.

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Uh Oh

Washed-out shoulder on Route 16.

Back when the septic engineer was testing the soil for the new septic system, they were also paving Route 16 here in Barton. They did a great job and even put in new (although very narrow) shoulders). Then we had the torrential rains in early August that caused our flash flood. On the same walk that John and I took when we found the drowning worm, we also walked down our road frontage and found that the shoulder had washed out in several places.

I really should have called the town clerk and told her. If a car had to leave the road because of moose, bear or deer being out there, they could lose an axle or something in those holes. Now that it is winter, the holes will only grow bigger. I guess I'll call in the spring.

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