pictures of the sky

storm

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:19:00 +0000

A sudden storm passed over the house about half an hour ago. The sky divided suddenly into darkness and light.

Within two or three minutes, clouds began to swirl overhead, but no rain fell.

The weight and motion of the clouds were ethereal.

(all: carlisle, massachusetts, 16 july 2010)

early evening, carlisle

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:11:00 +0000

(both: carlisle, massachusetts, 14 july 2010)

the sky above north florida

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:46:00 +0000

jacksonville, florida, 3 july 2010

fort caroline, jacksonville, florida, 2 july 2010

ponte vedra beach, florida, 4 july 2010

ponte vedra beach, florida, 5 july 2010

I've lived in Massachusetts on and off since I moved here for college in 1995. Sunday, 29 January 1995, to be exact. Such a terrifying day, and cold. A close friend gave me a going-away present and with it was a card in which she'd written: "All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning." Camus, I think. There was an extent to which decamping Florida for Massachusetts in January was absurd. But it felt like the absolute right thing to do.

And it was.

And so. I've spent the last ten minutes trying to come up with an adequate transition, something less melancholy than "Goodbye to All That" but still insightful, smartly wistful, but I'm not sure I'm up to the task. What I really want to say is that we spent a week visiting my grandmother in north Florida, and I miss the heck out of it. The smell of the woods and the ocean. Short mid-afternoon thunderstorms that come out of nowhere. Palm trees, pavement and sun. Mid-century architecture good, bad and awful. Salt marshes. Live oaks and Spanish moss. Corn bread. Cheese grits. Fried shrimp. Krispy Kreme.

late spring on the common

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:32:00 +0000

clinton, massachusetts, 05 june 2010

drifting grey

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:54:00 +0000

carlisle, massachusetts, 30 may 2010

the days have turned quite warm; the evenings see sunsets with glowing pink striations. tonight I looked out the kitchen window and noticed small, soft grey clouds drifting past this backdrop.

rainy, windy saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:49:00 +0000

whately, massachusetts, 8 may 2010

we've been making more frequent day trips to the pioneer valley & berkshires. initially, I was taking a saturday class (in photographic archives) at mt. holyoke, but since that ended a couple of weeks ago, we've made the trek out there twice. western massachusetts feels like home to us, even if we don't live there right now.

yesterday we went to the smith college museum of art, which has a fantastic exhibit on the bloomsbury artists that runs through june 15th. when we left the museum at 4:00, we drove north on route 9, into florence, and then took back roads through whately to conway, where we tried to find a hiking trail through the conway state forest. (no dice.) we ended up driving to deerfield to walk up mt. sugarloaf. not the hike we'd set out for, but pleasant just the same. the day started out grey and rainy, and after clearing up for a few hours, the clouds returned with a brisk wind.

transition to spring

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:53:00 +0000

stark, new hampshire, 15 april 2010

south hadley, massachusetts, 24 april 2010

carlisle, massachusetts, 27 april 2010

andover, massachusetts, 29 april 2010

orb

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:36:00 +0000

andover, massachusetts, 23 february 2010

the days are getting just a little longer

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:10:00 +0000

andover, massachusetts, 8 february 2010

winter light

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:21:00 +0000

i've been remiss in my photo blogging this month...it's just that this has been one bitter january! when it's this cold, i'm hard-pressed to go outdoors unless it's absolutely necessary. so, before the month is over, a few photos i've snapped when i've been brave enough to remove my gloves.

boston, massachusetts, 22 january 2010

hadley, massachusetts, 30 january 2010

northampton, massachusetts, 30 january 2010

amherst, massachusetts, 30 january 2010

the decade's last daylight

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:39:00 +0000

it snowed perhaps two inches today. it stopped,

and for a little while the sky remained a thin grey.

and then the grey transitioned somewhat to an afternoon blue.

inside it was warm

and the new snow melted on the skylight.

happy new year, happy new decade.

(all: carlisle, massachusetts, 31 dec 2009)

tennessee, mississippi

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:30:00 +0000

memphis, tennessee, 26 dec 2009

oxford, mississippi, 26 dec 2009

a cold day in boston

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:00 +0000

boston, massachusetts, 6 dec 2009

wind

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:57:00 +0000

woods hole, massachusetts, 4 dec 2009

dia beacon & western avenue studios

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:01:00 +0000

dia beacon, looking towards the hudson, beacon, ny, 15 nov 2009

dia beacon, beacon, ny, 15 nov 2009

western avenue studios, lowell, ma, 25 nov 2009

summer skies: st. lucia & cape ann

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Anse-Cochon, St. Lucia, 29 June 2007.

(credit: Drew Johnson)

Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 4 July 2007

early morning, early evening: new england

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:50:00 +0000

Carlisle, Massachusetts, 22 October 2009

Jaffrey, NH, 8 November 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:11:00 +0000

Andover, Massachusetts, October 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:55:00 +0000

Peterborough, NH, 8 November 2009

columns: windsor ruins & petra

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:00 +0000

Claiborne County, Mississippi, February 2004

Petra, Jordan, 29 September 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Angelina) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:06:00 +0000

Tanglewood, Lenox, Massachusetts, 31 August 2009

Goa, India, 25 February 2009

Kolhapur, India, 20 February 2009

Concord, Massachusetts, 18 October 2008