“The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.” — Susan Meiselas
Thank you for all the new views and likes from last week, it helps keep me inspired.
I have been rambling more in my post, and I do not know how clearly I am writing.
Sorry for not using the same format on my photos as I have been lately. Been very busy and tired this week.
Sunday, 11/01/2026: Posted photo — Stack of Wood.
Spent a good part of the weekend moving the pile of wood outside our woodshed into it. Our son moved some yesterday and I finished the task today. You may have heard this before, but you warm up twice with wood, once to put it in the woodshed and once to put it into the wood stove.
Wood is our primary source of heat during the winter. We have oil as a backup, and we used to have the oil heat our water. Since our furnace/boiler is old, we put in an electric hot water heater so our heating bill is not as high as some people in this area. The furnace/boiler was in the house 30 plus years ago when we purchased the house.
Monday, 11/02/2026: Posted photo — Garter Snake.
Garter snakes are reptiles that are found in many places in the United States. Their color varies, but they will have a thin yellowish stripe down their back. When I was going up in the city of Worcester, MA, we had many garter snakes. Living out in the country, I am surprised that I have not seen as many. I have had many other animals in our yard: cooper hawks, bobcats, bears, moose, turkey, porcupines, and coyotes to name a few.
I saw this one when I was raking/blowing leaves in our yard. It caught my attention as a moved some leaves. I went quickly into our house and grabbed my camera and found it again. They can grow to be 20–30 inches long. This one was just about a foot long.
Tuesday, 11/03/2026: Posted photo – Common True Katydid.
As I was leaving for work this morning, I closed the front door and saw this Common True Katydid on the door frame. I had to look up information about this bug. The Common True Katydid is incapable of flight. This is one of the loudest among North American katydids. They can make sounds from 3–5 kHz up to 20 kHz. The 3 to 5 kHz range is in the upper midrange of human hearing and 20 kHz is the upper limit of human hearing.
Wednesday, 11/04/2026: Posted photo — Apples.
I have found a list of health benefits of eating apples. Some of the benefits are that apples are:
- Nutritious.
- May support weight loss.
- Could be good for your heart.
- Linked to a lower chance of diabetes.
- May promote gut health.
- May help prevent cancer.
- Could help fight asthma.
- May help protect your brain.
- May improve mental health.
- May help with digestive diseases.
I do not know what to say more about each benefit or how true the items on the list are. You should look at them yourself. I know that I eat Gaia apples to help with both my cholesterol and to help me prevent more kidney stones.
Thursday, 11/05/2026: Posted photo — Stars.
Practice photo of the stars. There is a slight Milky Way in this photo. It is very faint due to light polution.
Friday, 11/06/2026: Posted photo – Cactus.
This is a filler photo from our trip to Raleigh NC this summer.
Saturday, 11/07/2026: Post photo — Centerpiece.
We had the AMC Worcester Chapter Annual Meeting today. It always great to get together with other leaders, not only hiking leaders. I was surprised to find out that I was a nominee for Volunteer of the Year. I did not win, but it is an honor just to be nominated by my peers.
I took photos of the event. I now need to go through my photos and decide which ones to post.
That is all for now. Until next week, be safe.
“Sumens imagines consolateur et inspirat me. Pulchritudinem mundi video per camera mean.”
“Quod scripsi, scripsi. Ingeniarius sum, non scriptor.”
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