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18-AUG-2007

8/18/2007

Today I went to the Poets Seat Tower. It was cool. Beautiful view of Greenfield.
Then I decided to drive down the Mohawk Trail. It runs by my house and goes to
Shelburne Falls. I felt strange at first going my myself, but got used to it fast. There is a bridge in Shelburne Falls called the flower bridge. It is pretty. I took this
picture there.



It is a very pretty little town.
I would like to go back there and walk on main street and go in
all the cute little shops.

I also took the picture...I wish my front yard looked like this!



After looking at the bridge I was walking back to my car,
I saw these pretty houses up the road. I decided to walk
up the hill and look at them. One had a huge sun flower
in the front yard. The biggest one I have ever seen.
I didn't take a picture because I didn't want people to
think I was taking pictures of their house. The neighborhood
was so pretty. It hit me as I was walking how far from home
I am and how far away my family is.

I also thought about how I sat in that office day after day
in total turmoil and stress, all along this calm peaceful,
beautiful neighborhood was sitting here. Day after day I
thought of the contrast, I felt a feeling of wastefulness on my part.

Waisting my time and life, there used to be a reason for me to
be in that kind of job and life. To take care of my family.
But I think I lingered there too long and wasted some of my precious time.

Well I guess nothing is wasted, everything happens the way it
is supposed to. I just wish I would have been enjoying my time
in some New England village, wallowing in its peace and calmness
instead of toiling away for meaningless nothingness. It probably
strengthened me in someway, made me more appreciative of beautiful calm things :-)


Then I went home to Greenfield MA

Canon EOS 20D
1/320s f/7.1 at 15.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time18-Aug-2007 12:54:45
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
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Focal Length15 mm
Exposure Time1/320 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent400
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Metering Modematrix (5)
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Exposure Programmanual (4)
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brother_mark01-Sep-2007 23:42
Don't go to Boston. You'll have a very different attitude towards "peaceful" New England! LOL.
Guest 19-Aug-2007 02:51
Gorgeous dahlia.