“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” — Diane Arbus
Thank you for all the new views and likes from last week, it helps keep me inspired.
Sunday, 04/05/2026: Posted photo — Easter Sunday.
Today is the holiest day of the year. This is the day that Jesus rose from the dead symbolizing victory over death and sin. Jesus did this for us all. His message was peace and justice for all. He condoled violence and those who used violence. He could have used violence by calling his angles to rescue Him and choose not to do so. Matthew 26:53.
Monday, 04/06/2026: Posted photo — Flowing Stream.
The weather has been up into the low 70’s F and down to the low 30’s F over the last few days. This has led to some of the streams on Wachusett Mountain flowing again. The flow of the streams were not as fast as earlier in the year when we had the initial snow melt.
We were waiting at one of trail junctions tonight and I looked at the stream a few feet away to see how fast it was flowing. It was flowing enough for me to take this photo. As with many of my photos, I am not crazy about it. It does keep my photo a day streak alive.
Tuesday, 04/07/2026: Posted photo — Snow.
We had some snow this morning. Just dusting and the snow did not last long on the ground. It is predicted that we might receive another dusting of snow tomorrow as well. As I noted yesterday, the temperature is fluctuating as much as 30 deg F from one day to another.
My weather app over the last few days told me that tomorrow will be 34 deg F cooler tomorrow than today on day and then that tomorrow’s temperature will be 25 deg F warmer than today.
Wednesday, 04/08/2026: Posted photo — Wind Power.
Here are some facts about the wind turbine:
- Each Tower height is 215 feet (or 65 meters) above ground level.
- Length of each blade is approximately 125 feet (or 37.5 meters), and each blade weighs 6 tons.
- The turbine speed is 17-20 RPMs.
- The maximum blade tip speed is approximately 204 MPH.
- The minimum wind speed to produce maximum rated power output is 27 MPH (or 12 meters per second).
- The Cutout Wind Speed or wind speed too great for a turbine is 45 MPH (or 20 meters per second).
- The Survival Wind Speed is 133 MPH (or 59.5 meters per second).
There was a discussion about the wind turbines during the hike on Monday night. I decided to go back and get a photo of the wind turbines and post some facts about them.
Thursday, 04/09/2026: Posted photo — Tomatoes.
The topic of the week in my 52 week photo project is red. There are many red items to photograph. I have seen a few red Suns during my hikes this week, but I only had my cellphone with me. Cellphone photos are not the greatest. I did not bring my DSLR since it is not working properly.
I took this photo of tomatoes as a fill photo just in case I do not see anything else red that is photo worthy. In front of me now is my red tool bag, red handled scissors, a red marking machine, a red pen, and someone in a red shirt.
Friday, 04/10/2026: Post photo — Stained Glass.
I just love a stained-glass window. They are great colors and stories behind each one of them. They are not always in churches. Many people have stained-glass windows in their house, not as detailed as the one in this photo, but have interesting decorations.
Stained glass was created primarily to educate an illiterate medieval population, enhance religious spaces, and filter light into cathedrals, serving as a “poor man’s Bible”.
Saturday, 04/11/2026: Post photo — Sugar Maple Bud.
The sugar maple trees in our yard are starting to bud. These are the same trees that our neighbor was tapping over the last few weeks.
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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Photo by Joseph Ciras 