Lin and Michael's Photos

Lin and Michael’s Photos

After we finished hiking we headed to Manchester.  First stop of course was the Northshire Bookstore – my favorite bookstore.  You could spend hours in there.  I picked up a couple of books – could have gotten a lot more but had to control myself.  If you love books and are ever in Manchester – this is a must.  Then we headed to Michael’s favorite store Orvis.  We decided to walk from one Orvis store to another and was glad we did.  This is a pond between the two Orvis stores.  Love the reflections.

If you look in the foreground you will notice a couple of circles that look like hula hoops.  Orvis has fly fishing classes and they use these hoops for teaching casting.   

June 9, 2014

Lin and Michael's Photos

Lin and Michael’s Photos

I have been trying to get a picture of a blue heron in our neighborhood for a long time.  Went for a walk this morning since I figured it might be too hot and humid tonight.  As I rounded the curve to the boat launching site, I was shocked to see the heron just posing there on the dock.  I turned the camera on, checked my setting and slowly walked closer.  Took a bunch of pictures and then slowly walked a little closer took some pictures and then slowly walked a little closer.  As an added bonus, a duck swamp by.  After I snapped a bunch of pictures, I changed the settings on the camera  to action as I figured he was going to take off pretty soon and sure enough – he did – I got a couple of shots before he disappeared.  This one turned out the best