Merry Christm-akkuh!

Jim Jackson, playing the part of Santa Claus, takes a moment to adjust his hat while waiting for children to stop by to give him their wish list on Sunday, December 6, 2009 during the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce Holiday Stroll on Central Street.

Having fun covering a lot of Holiday events and wanted to put a few up here. Hope you enjoy and that you are having a great Holiday season whatever you celebrate.

Levi Bleich, 3-years-old, has a piece of hair snipped by Laibel Karp of Crown Heights, NY, while his mother Geni Bleich lends a hand (R) as part of Levi's Upshernish ceremony which was part of the festivities taking place during the Wellesley-Weston Chabad Center Grand Chanuka Party at the Wellesley Community center on Sunday December 13, 2009. Looking on at center is Levi's 4-year-old sister Esther.

Santa Claus checks out the field of runners at the starting line of Walter's Run 5K road race on Sunday December 13, 2009.

Reva Sanders, 9-years-old of Brookline, watches wood worker Steve Wiseman carve out a wooden dradle for her on his lathe from behind a plastic face shield during the Chabad Jewish Center ìChanukah Dinner and Funî event at Wingate on Sunday December 13, 2009.

Kevin Christensen, 3 of Natick, takes a nap in his mom Jeannette Christensen's arms as his 7-year-old brother brother Josh Christensen has a visit with Santa in the background during the Sherborn Library Holiday Party put on by the library and the Sherborn Fire and Rescue on Sunday, December 6 , 2009.

The boats.

Was at the Tall Ships in Boston this morning. Great weather, pretty amazing ships. Some good photos. Here is one of them.

Scenes from the Seekonk Speedway

Had the privileged of photographing the Boston Pops Fireworks spectacular at the Hatch Shell over the weekend. I got to cover the rehearsal on Friday and the big show on Saturday. Sunday Christine and I ended up checking out the Thrill Show at the Seekonk Speedway. It was an awesome weekend. Hope you enjoy.

'I AM PROVIDENCE'

Came across this um 'art installation' when I was making my coffee run this morning. Went home, drank a half gallon of coffee and decided I need to walk around the corner and and shoot it before it gets thrown out. Timed it right as a gentleman who told me his name was Pena, was out cleaning up the sidewalk in front of the apartment building he lives in. Talked to some folks at the bus stop and they didn't know who put it there but think it was some local drunks. Most folks weren't too pleased with the concept. Which I can understand.

Minor Leagues

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: Pawtucket Red Sox fans look at the day's line up posted inside McCoy Stadium before the Paw Sox took on the Scranton Yankees.

I recently had the pleasure of shooting a Pawtucket Red Sox game for a feature article for a paper. That meant, I didn't need to focus too much on action and instead had to focus on the experience of attending a game. The best part of the the Paw Sox games is the light. It just streams into the park and just looks fantastic. Thought I would share a few pics now that the story has run. Hope you enjoy, and feel free to leave a comment.

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: John Healy 9-years-old of Seekonk (L) and Shawn Cullen 8-years-old of Turners Falls lower a baseball glove towards the Pawtucket Red Sox dugout in the hopes of having some of the players autograph it before the start of Paw Sox game against the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: Billy Pomfred (L) 17-years-old of Plainville and Sean Coleman also 17 of Plainville take in a Paw Sox game as the team takes on the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.


PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009: Pawtucket Red Sox starting pitcher Kris Johnson hurls a pitch against the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.

PAWTUCKET, RI - May 21, 2009:A group of young Pawtucket Red Sox fans move from their seats during the game against the Scranton Yankees at McCoy Stadium.

Rugby

This is what I teased a few posts back. Finally have the slideshow done. Have a look and let me know what you think. If you want to see it on it's own page the link is here: Rugby Slideshow


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