Popular

Star of David, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

This photo has been the most popular one on my Flickr stream lately. Flickr now has a "stats" feature that allows you to see how many hits your photos get, and how people came to them. It seems that a lot of people are searching for Star of David photos on Yahoo lately; 28 of them clicked on mine yesterday.

Here are some of my other popular search results:

Mustang logo


Corvette logo


Laurel wreath


I can haz cheezeburger


Annapolis Courthouse


bodypainting


Barney mausoleum


baton twirlers


Sometimes I get amusing searches, like the time someone searched for "butt panty" and found a pic I had taken at a Yankee Swap party of someone wearing the world's largest panties. People sure are weird sometimes. *g*

twinkle

twinkle, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I went out yesterday evening to take pictures of this lovely little tree and the chapel at the cemetery, figuring it might be the last one warm enough to go out after dark. You just never know around here!

back to normal

back to normal, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

They finally got the flooding under control at Heritage Park today. Compare today's views to Friday's:















Quite a difference!

sad

sad, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I was very sad to come across this sight today in the wildlife sanctuary. I guess this tree didn't make it through the last storm.

It used to have a heart-shaped scar on its trunk. I'm really glad I got a good picture of it before it was gone.

Flooding at Heritage Park

emerging from the waters, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I went down to Heritage Park in East Longmeadow on my break today to take pictures of all the flooding there. Amazing! I've never seen the water this high there.

Picnic tables and benches almost submerged!





They were working hard to clear the drains, and pumping water onto North Main Street. Dunno how effective that's going to be...



Weird to see trees and shrubs sitting in the water.





The geese and ducks, on the other hand, were having a grand time.

medallion

medallion, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Detail from a rusty old iron fence at Pine Hill Cemetery. Below is the wider view of the fence, setting off what looks like a family plot.

justify

justify, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Snow settles on a maple leaf still clinging to a tree in Pine Hill Cemetery on Sunday. Today it is raining cats & dogs. When they said "if you don't like the weather, wait a minute," they weren't kidding!

fetter

fetter, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I've taken lots of pictures of this mausoleum in Pine Hill Cemetery, and I never seem to tire of it.

Same thing with the nearby chapel. They're just so darn picturesque!

remember

remember, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

This lovely memorial log looks even prettier with a dusting of snow. Taken yesterday at Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, MA.

prosper

prosper, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

The first snow of the season has dusted the world with white. I captured this festive holly over at Pine Hill Cemetery this afternoon. It's quite seasonal! :)

deliver

deliver, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I went down to Heritage Park in East Longmeadow on my lunch today, where the water in the pond was very high and partly crusted over with thin ice.

The gulls were perched on said ice, which at times broke through, sending them flapping for another place to stand.



Not nearly as funny as watching geese break through the ice, but amusing nonetheless. :)

collateral

collateral, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

I found more nifty fungi in the wildlife sanctuary on Saturday, growing on a log along the path.

This is what it looked like underneath:



Nearby was another log, with different fungi:



I found this funky stuff on a tree near the river:



There was a lot of this kind of fungus around the woods:







Not much else is growing in this frigid weather, except for a little moss.



Still, it's nice to see signs of life hanging on as we head into winter. :)