Rubies for Tuesday

I haven't the faintest idea what kind of flowers these little red ones growing in a formal garden in Portsmouth, NH's Prescott Park are but I quite liked them, they remind me of strawberries.

*ding ding ding* - Ten points to Carletta who just identified this as a Strawberry Fields plant (see, it DOES look like strawberries!), or more officially a Gomphrena Haageana.

Click to enlarge. More rubies can be found here.

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Summer Stock Sunday - Into the woods

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We're at the tail end of a long Rosh Hashana holiday weekend here in Israel. Tomorrow everyone heads back to school and work and to add insult to injury the powers that be are forcing us to set our clocks back tonight, yet another reminder that summer is rapidly drawing to a close. Personally, I'd rather look at this shot taken on Doubletop Mountain and pretend it's still the height of summer. Only two more Summer Stocks to go after this one, play along now while you've still got the chance.

Since I'm actually posting this on Saturday, 9/11, please also take a few moments to remember all those killed on that terrible day nine years ago, and to remember that violence is never the answer, and terrorism neither legitimate nor forgivable.

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Shana Tova - Happy Jewish New Year

You know you've been a folkie* a long time when...

Folkie = someone who listens to / plays folk music. This guy was the "mascot" of the Prescott Park Folk Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was a riot, they kept moving him around all day long, positioning him in all sorts of different places doing different things. I love a festival organizer with a sense of humor, don't you?

More flashes of red can be seen over at Work of the Poet, where it's Ruby Tuesday time again.

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Summer Stock Sunday - Black-Eyed Susans

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We'll be taking Summer Stock through the end of September to give everyone a chance to share our late summer shots, and what says late summer in New England more than these Black-Eyed Susans?

And while you're here, don't forget to check out Together, my contribution to BlogHer's Gulf of Mexico Benefit Auction. (Go here for a better look at the piece, the resolution on ebay is awful and doesn't do it justice at all.) Not only will this gorgeous piece, printed directly on glass so no need to frame, look fabulous on your wall it's for a good cause too. The proceeds are all being donated to the Nature Conservancy to help with Gulf cleanup efforts.


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The View from Doubletop Mountain - and my BlogHer Benefit Auction piece is open for bidding!

While we were in the States this summer Jay and I had the chance to sneak off to New Hampshire's White Mountains for a night, where an afternoon's hike to the summit yielded this gorgeous view. The highest peak off in the distance, with the top shrouded in clouds, is Mt. Washington, which has the dubious distinction of having the worst weather in the entire United States and some of the windiest weather in the world. It looks nice enough in this photo but the following day it was so socked in by weather that when Jay and I stood on the veranda of the Mount Washington Hotel (conveniently located right at the base of Mt. Washington) we couldn't even see the mountain!

Click to enlarge, and visit Skywatch Friday for more skies from around the world.

And a very exciting side note, Together, my contribution to the Blogher Gulf of Mexico Benefit Auction, is now live for bidding on ebay. The resolution on ebay is awful, not at all like the gorgeous piece the bidder will actually receive, so I've gone ahead and posted a copy here as well (go ahead, scroll down, I'll wait) so you can get a better idea of what it actually looks like. 

The auction piece was specially printed on glass (wow!) by Fracture and everyone who saw it at the BlogHer Gala says it looks incredible. Click here to bid on it (remember, it's to benefit the Nature Conservancy and the Gulf of Mexico cleanup efforts, a really great cause!).

See, doesn't it look better here than on ebay? It would look even better hanging on your wall ;).

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My photography is available for purchase - visit Around the Island Photography and bring home something beautiful today!

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