Leaving Western Mass at last…

Here are a few more of the batch of photos I took on my little jaunt with my daughter Carrie last week.

 

I managed to find one for Friday’s Fences.

Here’s a shot of the Congregational Church in Goshen, Massachusetts.  This church dates from the 1780s.  I think it is an interesting and beautiful building but there is no way that I could figure out, short of standing in the middle of the street, how to take this photo without wires all over the place.  Sure, I could have sat here for hours cloning them out, but at some point, we just have to accept the fact that wires are part of our lives.  Heck, I am surrounded by wires right now and I bet you are, too.

Carrie and I took the long way out to North Adams so we could drive by the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace.  Susan B. Anthony has long been a hero of mine and it meant a lot to me to stop and spend a little time here even though the museum associated with it was closed the day we passed through.  This building is located in Adams, Massachusetts.

It was cold when we were out there as you can tell by the ice hanging off of the Windsor, Massachusetts Town Hall.

Happy March, you all!

Linking to Friday's Fences.

Rust Never Sleeps…

“Better to burn out than to rust out,” according to Neil Young.  There was a time when I might have agreed but these days I’m not sure I have much of a choice.  Here I am dusty and rusty.  In any case, after Carrie and I visited to Three Sisters Sanctuary in Goshen, Massachusetts, I have to say that I believe that rust has its virtues.

 

This is a great place for photographers.  One of the things I liked the best was the vast array of neatly arranged rusty objects.   Here are a few.

They just don't make things the way they used to.

Is anyone else thinking "Dune" here?

In reality, maybe Shakespeare had it right when he wrote, “I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.” 

Scavenger Hunt at the Three Sisters Sanctuary…

I often get good ideas from my daughter Carrie.  This week I took advantage of one and we went together to the ThreeSisters Sanctuary in Goshen, Massachusetts.  I decided once I got there that I was going to find something for each of the prompts for the Scavenger Hunt at this special place.  So here they are…

So, what did the white tile say to the gold tile?  Meet me at the Corner!

The Three Sisters Sanctuary backs up to a nature preserve.  While you are there, you hear birds and frogs and see a beautiful green space.  Getting there in my Prius, I noticed that I was getting around 63 MPH.  Mother Nature Meets Technology!

We walked around the Sanctuary for quite a long time.  But because of my bad knee we took it One Step at a Time!

What’s Wrong with this Picture?!  If you just look at it here you might think plenty is wrong, but it actually fits into the surroundings pretty well.

There were a few things there that I could have used for the prompt  Standing Tall!  But I liked this one the best.  I would like to be the kind of person who can see a tree limb lying on the ground and have a vision of something like this.

I'll have more pics of this wonderful place later this week, meanwhile...

Linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday @ Ramblings and Photos...