Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Treat.”

Well Trick or Treat has come and gone. While I don’t celebrate Halloween I do have to say it’s never the wrong time for a treat!

A whole table of seasonal treats!

A whole table of seasonal treats!

I am looking forward to the treat of Thanksgiving. It's not just the food but the family and the quiet that settles on us after a good dinner.

I am looking forward to the treat of Thanksgiving. It’s not just the food but the family and the quiet that settles on us after a good dinner.

Until then I imagine I will treat myself daily to my favorite treat of all...good coffee.

Until then I imagine I will treat myself daily to my favorite treat of all…good coffee.

One Word Photo Challenge: Autumn

Jennifer has challenged us to show our readers autumn with our photos.

You can see lots of fallish photos by clicking the link above.

Here in New England we just passed Columbus Day (which in Massachusets is a statewide day off). It is one of the last days for outdoor activity here in the North East from here on out we are preparing for and expecting winter.

That being said, Amanda (my oldest daughter) , Brenda (my sister) and I took a ride north to do the quintessential Yankee activity on Columbus Day. We went leaf-peeping.

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This is the river between Chesterfield and Brattleboro VT.
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The Westminster Baptist Church, Westminster MA
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We went as far as Bellows Falls Vt. and the world famous Vermont Country Store.
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Enjoy the autumn everyone. Snow will be flying soon enough!

A Photo A Week Challenge: Crowd Control

This week Nancy has asked us to show her CROWDS OF PEOPLE UNDER CONTROL

Check out the underlined link to see crowds from around the globe.

The church majors in crowds…

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whether its eyes forward hands raised in worship.

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Or the organized chaos of VBS. For us crowd control is about bringing a message that grabs the attention and holds people not for twenty minutes or an hour but for all eternity.

Cee’s Funn Foto Challenge: Made By Man

This week Cee has encouraged us to HAVE FUN DISPLAYING FOTOS OF MANMADE THINGS.

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Just click on the underlined link  above to see what other photographers have brought to Cee’s place for display.

Here is my sampling…

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This sign found in “Museum square” in Amsterdam was one of several signs built by Metaalplan for the  city’s Amsterdam China Week festivities. The other signs came down after the celebration but the city opted to keep this sign up on the Square and it has become a photographic hotspot.

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This fountain in the Back bay of Boston is one of several recently built as part of Boston’s new “Greenway”. Excuse the finger please!

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This building is in my hometown of Winchendon MA and was built by Ephraim Murdock & Co in the early 1900’s as the high school for our town. It is where both of my parents and most of my aunts and uncles graduated from. Today it is the Murdock Senior Center and is affectionately called “Old Murdock”.

The sky behind it of course was made by Jesus, the son of man and so I guess it also qualifies as manmade 😉