Pumpkins At The Zoo

Ok, so it's been forever since I've been able to go to the zoo and now I get to go twice in about a months time!!  The only difference was that tonight when I went I didn't get to see any animals.  Instead I went on the pumpkin trail.  There were hundreds of carved pumpkins, some were your usual jack-o-lanterns and there were others that were so intricate and really quite amazing!!  I was able to get some good shots but none really captured just how many pumpkins there are so I would recommend going and checking it out if you get the chance, it's going on until Halloween!!  But in case you can't make it to see it yourself here's a few of the pictures, click on the link at the end to see the rest  :)

 The first part of the walk the theme was fairy tales and then it was a walk around the world, to the pumpkins were carved showing different land marks and people from around the world

 Love Da Vinci and his Vitruvian Man is one of my favorites so this was one of my favorite ones  (plus it was part of the Italian section)

 I will get to go there someday!!   :)

 Christmas is coming!!  It was even snowing in this North Pole area  :)

 Can't wait to go back!!

 Had to take a picture of this one, they had a section towards the end carved with all sorts of current icons including angry birds, sponge bob, and Justin Bieber

 You really have to go to see this part!!  It's really amazing the size and number of pumpkins in the end section, they were really cool!!

Like I said check it out if you can, totally worth it!!

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Cheers  :)

Fall Day

Despite it being 80-something degrees outside today, I had a lovely fall day  :)  First we went apple picking then we went to a corn maze, it sure feels like fall even if mother nature is a little off again!!

Happy fall!!

Cheers  :)

The Big E!

Almost everyone I know who's from New England has heard of the Big E, and when I tell people I was born and raised in CT and never been, they look at me in disbelief!  Well, yesterday I finally made the trip and got to see what this giant fair is all about  :) 

So when we got there the giant ferris wheel and the Midway sign were the first thing I saw, and as all the vendors began to wake up and the shops and food stands came to life I really wish the delicious smells could be bottled up and saved!!

We made our way over to the state houses and since it wasn't too busy, Jake took my handstand picture in front of the Connecticut building!!  And the first thing we had to go do was get and Frankie's Hotdog at Karen's request.  Again, lived in CT my whole life and never heard of a Frankie's Hotdog!  I wasn't hungry at the time so didn't get one personally but everyone said they were great  :) 

We took a walk through some of the buildings to see some of the animals and vendors.  I love the clydesdales!! 

Now I'm going to give everyone a moment to take in the amazingness of what is in this next picture:

I want one!! 'nough said  :)

Ok, so I wanted to get a cute cowboy hat while I was there, and it was quite an ordeal finding the place in the afternoon, but we did and the guys at the booth were so nice and helpful, the hat I picked out wasn't quite my size, but if I went up to the next size it was too big, so they actually steamed it then put it on a form to stretch it, pretty cool!  Anyway, here it is, thanks again to Jake for being my photographer  :)

We went to one of the horse shows, got to see a stunt lady, saw the parade they put on, and we finished off the day at the circus  :)

It was a lot of fun, glad I had the opportunity to finally go  :)

If you want to see a couple more pictures from the day click on the link!!

Cheers  :)

Morning Mist

I've learned over the years that photographers are a different breed of people.  Strange things can make us really happy!  Well this morning when my original plans for the day changed I was suddenly left with a free morning and when I looked outside I discovered it was nice and foggy (and I didn't have to get up before the sun to take pictures of it! Happy day!!)  It's a silly thing that photographers enjoy, I don't know why! Kind of like how old, rusty, falling apart, junk can just make our day!  Disagree with me if you want but, to most photographers I know, that's a gold mine!    :)  Anyway, here are a few shots from my morning!

 I love having a macro lense!!

Hope everyone elses morning was as good as mine!!

Cheers!!

ABC Indy Car

Every year the ABC Supply Indy Car makes a stop at the Bozrah store, thanks to the heads up from my Dad, I stopped by this afternoon to see it  :)

 The guy told me I could jump in so I did. It was snug and I was a little too short to really reach the pedals well, then my flip flop almost fell off when I was getting out  :p   It was cool though!!

Cheers  :)

Zoo

Okay, I've been trying for about 2 months to go to the zoo, but my day off always got booked up or the weather would throw a hurricane at me.  Thankfully today was beautiful and I had a very enjoyable day!!  I thought about it as I was driving to Rhode Island, the last time I had been to the zoo was my junior year of high school ... in 2002!!  It's a little different then I remember, like I had taken a cool picture of a polar bear the last time I was there, and now there are harbor seals instead.  There are still giraffes, which makes me very happy, and I fell in love with the little red pandas, wish I could take them home!!  Anyway, here are a few pics, for the rest click on the link to the album at the end  :)





I love these little guys!!!

Me Armed and Dangerous!!

Roger William's Zoo Album!

Cheers  :)

National Gymnastics Day

HAPPY NATIONAL GYMNASTICS DAY!!

Have you hugged a gymnast today?

(I'm available for hugs if you haven't ;)  )

Cheers  :)