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Kelp me
When fishers reel their lines in, sometimes they find they’ve caught an unwanted bit of seaweed. Just as you’d do with a stray hair, they untangle it and cast it aside— not back into the sea,...
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Meanwhile, outside the general store
Just an old vending machine for Ma’s Root Beer outside the Whitesbog General Store. My mother raised her eyebrows when I took a picture of it. Did you grow up with vending machines like this? Are such...
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Warm reds
I suppose this is a bit out of season, but it has been unseasonably warm here the past few days. Up to sixty degrees Fahrenheit, at times! In December! Well, that’s all right, we’ve probably got a...
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Nathaniel Smith House!
It’s BORING HISTORY TIME! (cha cha cha) The Nathaniel Smith House is one of the two Registered National Historic Places in Berkeley Heights (the Littel-Lord Farmstead is the other one). It was built...
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Juvenile gull
As it turns out, 1/250 is too slow a shutter for fast-moving wildlife. OH WELL, you win some, you lose some. Filed under: Barnegat Light Tagged: animals, beach, birds, nature, photography, sand
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Choo choo ch’boogie
To celebrate the upcoming holidays, Morristown has a festive little electric train that runs in circles around the Morristown Green on weekends. Isn’t that cute? The kids think it’s pretty cool, too....
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Fallen streetlight
Even far inland here in Summit, where things have more or less gotten back to normal, the effects of Hurricane Sandy are still evident every once in a while. There’s so much to take care of that some...
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Christmas ball… things.
Morristown has hung these ball-things all over its downtown. They’re very festive, but I’m not sure what exactly to call them. ‘Cos really, aren’t “Christmas balls” those shiny metallic ornaments that...
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12-12-12
We’ve had “repeating-number dates” like this every thirteen months for the past twelve years, but today— 12/12/12— is the last one we’ll see in most of our lifetimes. Think about it! The next one will...
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Say ‘trees!’
Just a little more festive holiday spirit from Morristown. w00t. Filed under: Morristown Tagged: holidays, night, photography
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Shrewsbury River, 6:29AM
Just another old scene from NJ Transit. Usually, rail commuters are either sleeping or engrossed in their newspapers, and they miss scenes like this. But… damn. Filed under: Fuji S700, Little Silver,...
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Model
Just what the caption says: a model of the Genung House in New Providence, where Ridgeview Avenue is now. If you’re a local and want to see the model for yourself, check out the Salt Box Museum on...
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Piebald!
If you live in the U.S., you’re probably familiar with white-tailed deer. Most of them are, y’know, brown. Every now and then you’ll find an albino deer, which is all white with pink eyes. And...
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Grassy lumps
I imagine these grassy lumps are probably what’s left when tall grasses keel over and die for the winter, and their firm grassy root balls remain intact, but I’m not entirely sure. Do you know? Have...
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Fuzz
It’s soft, it’s fuzzy… beyond that, I guess it’s some kind of a leftover seed dispersal thing from some kind of a swamp plant. Do you recognize it? Filed under: Great Swamp Refuge, Harding Township...
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Hydrant in the woods
I guess it’s a matter of practicality, but when I go hiking, I expect to find nature, not fire hydrants. Filed under: Maplewood, South Mountain Reservation Tagged: hiking, landscape, nature,...
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Brass bands
Nothing speaks to the holidays like a brass band! Well, I don’t know how true that is, but brass bands are pretty great any way you slice it. I found these guys (Chatham Brass) packing up after a gig...
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Little falls
I wish these little falls had a name, but I don’t think they do. They can be found on a tiny tributary of the Rahway River in the South Mountain Reservation, upstream of Hemlock Falls. I like...
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Mossy rocks
Just some, uh, rocks. In the South Mountain Reservation. Which is a home to rocks. I need to get out more. I’m really running low on photos. Filed under: Maplewood, Sony A57 (DSLR) + kit lens, South...
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Swamp berries
The timing of my posting has been obscenely irregular lately. I’m sorry. But on the bright side… hey, look, berries! Filed under: Great Swamp Refuge, Harding Township, Sony A57 (DSLR) + kit lens...
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