I might put up a few but this year I don't have very much. I normally
have hundreds but this year my failing knees have greatly limited my
mobility. They seem to have gone way downhill in just the last couple
of weeks so I'm off to see the doc tomorrow.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> Nice tranquil location Chuck, will you share any pictures of the
> get-together?
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> For the past several years on Memorial Day weekend we venture northward
>> to the vicinity of Glen's Falls**, New York to visit with friends who
>> have a very large extended family. My task, apart from eating all the
>> wonderful goodies they prepare for a big family/neighborhood picnic, is
>> to do group portraits of the extended family. Parents, children and
>> grandchildren now number about 25. Since it's such a big affair the
>> preparation is a lot of work. Consequently, my wife and I go early to
>> help out.
>>
>> But all is not work and our friends have a beautiful garden in the back
>> yard. Before all the family and friends arrived I got a chance to
>> wander the garden and took a few shots of flowers and lawn with my
>> favorite being the orange poppies. I hadn't realized my 80-200/2.8
>> Tokina had such nice bokeh at 200mm. Also, the first shot is a first
>> for me. A hungry Pileated Woodpecker who was knocking finger size
>> chunks of wood out of an old, dead pine tree. It took a while but I
>> eventually got close enough to him for a decent shot at 200mm.
>>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Glendenning%27s_Garden/>
>>
>> ** For you James Fennimore Cooper fans, Glen's Falls is near the
>> headwaters of the Hudson River and the waterfalls there are the location
>> from "The Last of the Mohicans" where Natty Bumppo and friends are
>> hiding from the Hurons after escaping a massacre. There is indeed a
>> cave under the falls which is now known as "Cooper's Cave". And, of
>> course, there is a local craft brewery there by the same name where we
>> picked up the beer and a trailer load of ice. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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