All amazing, but okay, how did you get that snake? It's amazing.

Surely there are more carved punkins out there?

Granddaughter's idea. I thought it was pretty funny too :-)

I'll get it started ... here are mine. Should have used a tripod. Didn't so they aren't as sharp as they could be.

Isn't that a great bridge? It dates back to the 1700s, and although it doesn't have an official name, I call it the "keyhole bridge" because it always looks to me like a keyhole. That's a favorite spot for me to shoot. Convenient parking lot; even a picnic table.

It's one of the few places on the canal that still has working locks. There's one other downtown at the dam, but in this particular spot, the river is quite broad and the canal is not just a side channel, but a full sized canal. The locks are big and the water level between the two sections is about 2 feet. There's a neat spill way right there (picture) where the river and canal split into two.

They used to move milled goods from the various towns and mills along the river down to Providence or up to Worcester. Lots of history. Not a national park, but a designated "historic corridor" ... the birthplace of the American industrial revolution which probably had as much to do with shaping the destiny of this country as the other revolution.

Spillway: The River Divides

It was a perfect day, so I went over to the canal and took a few pictures. Here are a few.

I also love wolves. I have met a few, mostly arctic wolves. They are such wonderful animals and I am glad that it appears they
have somehow been kept from total annihilation.

I met this fellow (the white one) at a pow-wow in September with his buddy, a malamute. I wanted to take him home to join the pack (we have 3 dogs at home). Post more!

Do my eyes deceive me or is that last fellow a PBGV? We had two of them until they both rather recently passed over the bridge. They were pretty old, but I miss them very much. Crazy funny doggies :-)

I thought some people needed a reminder that simplicity is powerful.

I just backed up my whole hard drive in my primary computer. I didn't know I had so many pictures. Holy moly. It took me HOURS!

SO many great pictures! What an impressive group. Glad I don't have to judge!

You can PM me on this if you like. I'm a serious history buff and this is new information for me. I'm currently reading a book called "Original Meanings" which is supposed to be a history of what the guys who wrote the constitution really meant but is actually about how they compromised their way into endorsing slavery. Kind of takes the bloom off the rose of our founding fathers.

The subway station is a wonderful, moody picture ... perfect for black and what and that special graininess it offers. Like them all, but that last one brings back so many memories of growing up in New York city and riding the subway everywhere. Thank you!

From Adobe, this offering showing movie posters that use absolutely minimal designs, but are powerful images.

There is a lesson here for many of us: less really can be more.

Take a look:

http://inspirationfeed.com/inspiration/illustration/70-powerful-examples-of-minimal-movie-poster-designs/

That's what I MEAN. We need some way to find a particular picture! This thread is great, but it's really long and there are a lot of pages, so it's really easy to miss stuff. I know I'm not seeing all the pictures, but I'd like to!

They do. My son used to be a beta tester for them ... instead of professionals who get paid, they get millions (literally) of users to do it. Then they release it, and to a degree, we are ALL beta testers, but we pay for the privilege. Cute trick. Keeps profits up.