“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” — Linda McCartney

Thank you for all the new views and likes from last week, it helps keep me inspired.

Enjoy this week’s rambling mind of a mechanical engineer and photographer.

Sunday, 07/25/2021: Posted photo — Flower from Bouquet.

Settings: Canon EOS 60D, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/40 s, 67 mm.

These flowers are from the bouquet of flowers given to me from my employer. I have been very grateful at the flexibility and support the people at work have given me during the last few months as I cared for my mother three nights a week.

Monday, 07/26/2021: Posted photo — Mushroom.

Settings: FUGIFILM FinePix XP70, ISO 1600, f/4.9, 1/25 s, 15 mm.

The mushroom is growing at the junction of Bicentennial Trail and the Pine Hill Trail on Wachusett Mountain.

I went on my weekly hike with the Monday Meetup group and descended Pine Hill before the group, so I stopped and took this photo. The hike was wet due to all the rain we have been having in the area over the last few days, weeks, and months. I do not know my mushrooms very well. I am guessing that these are not edible because of the ring along the stem.

Tuesday, 07/27/2021: Posted photo — Quick Morning Moon.

Settings: Canon EOS 60D, ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/125 s, 300 mm.

Driving into work this morning, I saw the moon. I was not expecting this. Maybe because of all the cloud cover we have been having lately. Since I took such a terrible photo of the moon last week, I decided to take out one of my smaller lenses to take this photo.

Wednesday, 07/28/2021: Posted photo — Owl.

Settings: Canon EOS 60D, ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/25 s, 60 mm.

There was a tree on the street next to ours that fell during a storm. The people had the tree removed leaving the stump. Instead of having the stump removed, they had an artisan turn the stump into a work of art.

Thursday, 07/29/2021: Posted photo — Morning Run.

Settings: Canon EOS 60D, ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/30 s, 135 mm.

On my way into work this morning, I saw a family of deer on the side if the driveway. They just looked at me and I looked at them. I stopped and reached for my camera, and they still just looked at me. Shortly after I lowered my window to take a photo, the family of deer ran away stopping occasionally to look at me. This fawn was very interesting in me. I took this photo as the family was running into the woods. I was happy about how focused the fawn was in this photo. I cropped it some to isolate it.

Friday, 07/30/2021: Post photo — Mount Baker.

Settings: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS, ISO 160, f/8, 1/500 s, 250 mm.

Mount Baker, also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a 10,781 ft active glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States. Mount Baker has the second-most thermally active crater in the Cascade Range after Mount St. Helens. This photo was taken in a park a few years ago.

Saturday, 07/31/2021: Post photo — Chris Sale.

Settings: Canon EOS 60D, ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/250 s, 300 mm.

Chris Sale is a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He had Tommy John surgery last year. Tommy John Surgery, more formally known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction, is used to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament inside the elbow. A UCL is a ligament on the inner side of your elbow that helps secure your elbow joint. Some people, typically athletes who play throwing sports, may experience UCL tears that may need surgical repair. A UCL reconstruction surgery involves harvesting a tendon from your own body, or from a donor, and attaching it to act as a new UCL. It may take overhead athletes more than a year or longer to return to their prior level of play after a UCL reconstruction. Tommy John didn’t invent this procedure—he was a baseball pitcher who was the first to undergo it and successfully return to his sport.

Today he had a rehab start for the Worcester Red Sox, the AAA team for the Boston Red Sox. The AAA level of baseball is a step below the major league level.

That is all for now. Until next week, be safe.

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