peace and tranquility

i really enjoyed my stay at the

woodstock inn on the millstream

i love being near the water, it sooths my soul

my first afternoon was spent soaking my feet

and taking photos

every morning and evening i would take in the view

before and after classes

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above, the inn sign and a view of the millstream

a close up of the falls

dogwood and a statue from town

rain on the water and

my reflection in a local store

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visit my flickr page for more from woodstock

scenes from woodstock

bon voyage!

well, i off!

the next time i post i will be

enjoying a glass of vine

somewhere in paris!!
stay tuned...............

salem and sss

on our september road trip

one of our last stops on the east coast

was salem, massachusetts

i've been looking for these photos ever since

i downloaded them from my camera

put them in a folder, then in my vacation folder

so i thought

(getting old sucks!!)

while searching for something else

i found them

i haven't posted for

shadow shot sunday

for 3 weeks

and thought these photos would do

the "neat" border/frames

was a tutorial from my friend marie

over at lost aussie on the loose

a quick and simple way to frame your photos

shadow shot sunday

i'm still going through my vacation photos

and found some interesting ones for

shadow shot sunday

on our way from rockport to salem

we decided to dive along the coast

where we happened upon

hammond castle, massachusetts

vacation and shadow shot

i've been so busy working

i finally got some time to

work on some of my vacation photos

this one works great for

shadow shot sunday

after leaving lake placid

we drove through vermont and new hampshire

and ending up in massachusetts

ocean view from bearskin neck

all photos above where taken in

rockport, ma

shadow shot sunday

posted for shadow shot sunday

found at hey harriet

i'm still going through the thousands of vacation photos

and noticed i had a lot of shadow shots

mostly because i was up by 6 am

it was nice not having to wait for people or cars

to take a photo

these shots were taken in
newburyport, ma

on top of the world

well, almost!

just a few miles from lake placid is whiteface

the only adirondack mountain whose

summit can be reached by road

and it has a wonderful view of the lake

the perfect spot to watch the sun rise

i thought i was the only person up this early!

the fall colours were spectacular

first stop

our first stop on our road trip

as my granny would say

"the one thousand islands"

the fall colours were just starting

this time we made sure we included

a tour of boldt castle

on heart island

across from alexandria bay

construction started in the late 1800's

on the summer home built by george boldt

for his wife, louise

and was never completed due to

louise's death and george's broken heart

it was my second visit in 15 years and i was amazed

on the amount of renovations ,which started in 1977

after the home was abandoned in 1904

the entire first floor is now complete and furnished

a view from the boat of the power house

next stop

lake placid

then on to vermont,

new hampshire and massachusetts

no place like home

as much as i love to travel

it's always good to be home!
6 days on the road
27 hours driving time
over 2000 km
and tons of photos to go through
i will post some tomorrow
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me and my new red shoes
on my front porch
attention carmi:
i may have to borrow
your bedazzler machine!

road trip

first stop

lake placid

see you in a week!

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photo taken at

concours d'elegance

vacation part 3

i really wasn't sure what to expect when arriving in philly

i didn't realize how much history was made here

i was pleasantly surprised by all the wonderful architecture

we spent most of our time in the old city near our hotel,

society hill just south and center city

it was an easy town to walk around and everything was relativity close

i would like to visit again

there is alot so see close by

dutch county, gettysburg and the barnes foundation

i have seen part of the exhibit when it came to the ago

we stayed for 2 day and then headed to hershey

where we bought too much chocolate

and visited the aaca museum

we drove for 5 hours straight to buffalo where we found

a great hotel and restaurant

garden place hotel and salvatore's restaurant

we stayed in the honeymoon suite

with a jacuzzi, fireplace and king size bed!

the meal was fabulous and was included in the room package

the next day we did some shopping at the local outlet mall and headed

back to canada to see the falls and niagara-on-the-lake

all in all it was a wonderful vacation!

vacation part2

we arrived at the otero b&b after lunch

and where happy to see our host marie

we are so lucky to have such gracious people in our lives

marie and her husband rick are the best! thanks so much!!!

on the suggestion from marie we headed out the 'lie'

to a little town called sag harbor

it was just what we needed, to sit by the water,

watching the boats and eating seafood

the town was filled with great restaurants and unique shops

i met some wonderful girls, toni and ava,

working on their echo-o-sketches

i still have mine tucked away, it was nice to see them

enjoying their art over a cup of coffee

the next day we took the train into manhattan

we walked around for 6 hours

first stop, the top of the empire state building,

this time i was prepared

i have a 15x zoom on my camera! i could have stayed all day

we zigzag our way throught midtown, found a great spot

recommended by marie,called metalliferous,

back to the garment district, through the theater district and

times square, over to rockefeller centre and central park!

we managed to see alot and only touch

a small corner of the island!

the next day we cover more ground in the lower part of town

all the way down broadway to little italy where they we having a 10 day festival

the streets were lined with vendors, mostly food,

the smell was amazing,

i wish we hadn't had breakfast and it wasn't time for lunch

we traveled through china town to the brooklyn bridge, all through the financial district

and 8 hours later we are back at penn station

to catch our train to long island!

i love ny

we decided to head to philly next

to be continued............

vacation part 1

home at last

after

2397 km

1964 photos

4 hotels

1 excellent b&b

6 tanks of gas

some really nice people

too much junk food

lots of beer

and a good time had by all!

for a last minute vacation we ended up having a great time. i usually plan for months and know exactly what we are doing every day. this time due to some work related problems and wanting to see how my husband would fare planing a trip ( he was complaining that i always get to pick the destinations) we decided to drive around the u.s. . first stop the 1000 islands or as my granny would say "the one thousand islands" . what a beautiful spot, it's been several years since we visited and forgot how peaceful and relaxing it was. next stop lake placid, never been, and found that mirror lake was the view from our room. we sat and watched the moon come up over the mountains. our hotel was hosting a convention and we met some really nice people who worked for the village of freeport, vilma and denise, really lovely women who gave us some traveling info , which really helped with our trip. thanks ladies!! we also crashed their party and had a fun time. the next morning i got up with the birds and watched the sun come up and wondered along the lake taking some eerie shots of the mist, lake and wildlife. the town was small and quaint, i can't imagine how they would host thousands of people for the olympics. on our way out of town i found a few interesting trails in my national geographic scenic highways book, which took us through a small portion of vermont, massachusetts on the mohawk trail, and into connecticut, where we ended up in hartford for dinner and spent the night.

i was surprised how small hartford was and only spent the morning touring around the town , and managed to take a lot of pictures of the state capital building, which was completed in 1878 and located in bushnell park. great architecture.

our next part of the trip was driving to long island to visit my friend marie and her husband rick.

they were gracious enough to invite us to stay with them after a mishap booking on priceline.com . Thanks to our wonderful hosts our vacation was a memorable one!

i have tons of more photos to go through

i will continue an account of our adventures tommorrow!