Meg's Shots

It's Been Too Long!

2010-12-16T19:25:00.006-05:00

I have waited way too long to update this blog.
I have taken some cool pics since July, but
my life has seemed to get a little out of control at times.
What follows is a brief summary of my life in pics since September.
Apparently I have done more than I thought I did,
so this will be Part 1 of hopefully just 2!

September begins here.
On the border of Louisiana and Texas.
This is the coolest state line I have ever crossed.
(In the last 4 months I have crossed plenty of
state lines to point out the cool ones, and this one
tops them all!)

I saw some great outdoor scenery,
in the warmest of temperatures!

Celebrated the 3rd birthday.

Entertained myself with black lights and sweet shoes!

Could not pass up the flowers.

Found a tree frog on the car.

Had a great hot day in a beautiful neighborhood.
(Seriously, it was HOT.)

Watched Cockatoos entertaining the masses.

Caught myself in a bubble.
(Look closely, I'm there.)

Saw one of these creepy things!

Then, the season changed and pumpkins were in!

Had to carve this, even though they forgot how to
play for the ALCS.

This poor guy didn't stand a chance once
he made his way into the house.
He looks a lot better here than he did at the end of the night!

Explored The Woodlands and saw some interesting art.

Went and saw downhere.

To be continued....

Yes, I said that before, but this time I mean it!
It's snow season back here in Maryland,
so there will be fun shots in the future!

Scenic Rhine

2010-07-22T19:04:00.009-04:00

It's been a while, but here are some more shots of Germany.

These are from a Rhine River cruise.

Beautiful scenery and neat castles

More pictures will follow, much quicker than this post.

I still have another memory card to pick through!

A Fun One!

2010-06-23T21:55:00.005-04:00

We were fascinated by the bathroom styles.

I thought I would share them with you!

First stop, the Ramada in Geneva.

Lots of mirrors, and glass.

No shower door/curtain,

but a bathroom door overall

The Leonardo in Heidelberg

Once again, no shower curtain/door.

The bathroom door is a frosted glass,

but at least its a door!

I missed taking a pic at the Hilton in Mainz.

That's because it was normal with

a shower curtain, and a solid wood door!

Here is one of the best by far!

The Radisson in Erfurt

A shower door which

doubles as door for the toilet room.

This wouldn't have been such a big deal, except...

There is no door for the bathroom itself!

Not to mention there is a full length mirror

on the wall opposite the shower!

It all worked out though,

and it made for an interesting experience!

Thinking it couldn't get any worse than that,

we moved on to the NH in Nuremberg.

This one had a door, but no shower door/curtain,

and a frosted glass window in the shower!

Which can easily be seen from the room!

The final stop was the Boeld in Oberammergau.

This one was a typical style bathroom.

With a frosted glass door and a shower curtain!

I hope you enjoyed the bathroom shots!

It was a fun experience for me,

and I needed to share it!

Next post, the Rhine River!!!

A Journey to Mainz

2010-06-19T20:23:00.005-04:00

The road to Mainz

Germany has many wind turbines.

I thought this was a cool shot!

A hitch hiking bug

Mainz

Flowers

A Gutenberg bench located outside

the Gutenberg Museum

Side street

Cool fountain

If these were supposed to be benches,

they were very uncomfortable to sit on!

But this in a neat view of them!

The road along the Rhein river

A neat street light

Not finished yet!

I have another memory card loaded with pics!

More Germany

2010-06-17T20:40:00.005-04:00

Heidelberg

Here are a few shots of the city of Heidelberg.

I thought this was an interesting

design in the roof of this building

Neat looking ivy covered building

Another angle

These are two of my favorite shots from the trip.

I like how clearly they turned out,

and the bird on the head is just great!

Worms

The Cathedral in Worms

Some of the stained glass in the cathedral

This is a neat weather vane type thing

on a building in Worms.

Still more to come!

More Switzerland and a Little Germany

2010-06-14T19:23:00.004-04:00

Here are a few more shots from Switzerland.

If you look closely, right in the center

of this picture is a snow capped mountain.

It's not the best quality, but it was

taken through the window of a bus.

An interesting duck

A weather vane. I have many pictures of these,

as you will soon find out!

This shot is a bit crooked, but it's still a good one!

Another weather vane

This guy was hiding out on the side of a church.

The beginning of the Germany pictures.

These three pics were taken in a village

in the Black Forest.

More to come!!

Just a Few to Get Started

2010-06-12T15:41:00.002-04:00

Alright, this is only the beginning.

On my recent trip to Switzerland and Germany

I snapped off over 3500 pictures.

No, I will not post all of them here,

but I will post some of the neater pics.

At least the ones I think are neat.

The first set of pics were taken in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Reformation Monument

Some stained glass inside St. Peter's Cathedral

I have a lot of sorting to do still,

but I will try for a post daily!

Zoo Shots

2010-04-26T21:55:00.005-04:00

A trip to the zoo led to some
good shots of animals!

Tortoise

A mini trip to Africa

One of these...

Elephants

Cool Giraffe shots!

Prairie Dogs

Lions

Chicks!

2010-04-18T21:28:00.004-04:00

At work over the last few weeks,

we had been waiting for a dozen chicken eggs to hatch.

They finally hatched, and it was the neatest thing to watch.

These first four pics show the progress of one chick as it hatches,

while it's siblings await his arrival.

Out of the twelve eggs

only ten of them successfully hatched.

Here they are resting.

This is Henry. He was the first chick I saw hatch.

Unfortunately, on the day he hatched

I didn't have my camera with me.

But since I saw him hatch, I named him.

Buds and Pigs and Bubbles Oh My!

2010-04-02T17:10:00.004-04:00

It has been a pretty long time since my last posting!

Here are some pretty good springtime pics...

Lilac buds. I cannot wait for them to bloom.

It's what I look forward to every spring.

Pigs, Pigs, Pigs

Pig butts! No matter where I stand,

I always end up with a few pictures of an animal's butt!

Here are 6 of them!

Bubbles!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blizzard Shots

2010-02-07T11:57:00.006-05:00

It snow quite a bit here yesterday.
And 2+ feet of snow and a lot of wind
create plenty of opportunities
to get some good shots.
Here are a few.

Some isolated snowflakes.

Woodpecker

Cool shots of drifting snow

One of my favorites

Snow Shots

2010-02-03T19:47:00.004-05:00

I thought I should add some of my latest snow shots
before we get more snow this weekend.

Some of these are clearer than others,
but they are all pretty neat.

The Last of the Short Trip

2010-01-20T22:01:00.004-05:00

Here are the rest of the shots from Williamsburg.
They are very random, but a collection nonetheless.

Sweet fire shots!

Inside the Bruton Parish Church

Nice chandelier with real fire.

Having the freedom to do whatever,
we pulled over and took advantage of
an opportunity for good shots.

I like the variety in this collection of shell particles

Feather in the grass

It was cold, and cold makes ice.

A few shots at Yorktown

Cool bike rack

Two Statues and a Monument

2010-01-17T22:48:00.003-05:00

A few more shots from
Williamsburg and Yorktown

Even More Short Trip

2010-01-11T21:30:00.005-05:00

Here are some shots of
weather vanes in Williamsburg.

More Short Trip

2010-01-09T15:52:00.000-05:00

Here are some more pics
from my trip to Williamsburg....

Don't worry! There are still more....

Short Trip

2010-01-07T21:26:00.000-05:00

I took a short road trip over
the holiday to Williamsburg, VA.
Here are some neat fence shots...

More to come....

2009-12-31T15:59:00.000-05:00

Here are a couple of good holiday pics.
The first is a really neat tree that was lit up nicely.
It's not my tree, but the picture is mine.

With all of the snow,
there was no way I was
going to pass up an opportunity to play.
This is what I came up with:

More to come later....I think!

Snow Shots

2009-12-20T18:06:00.000-05:00

Shots from a recent snow storm.

This was only the beginning...

Cool icicles

Click on this one to see the detail

Don't forget about the book!!!

Eye of The Beh...

Amateur Photography

By Megan Stewart

Book Preview

Randomness

2009-12-13T21:24:00.000-05:00

Alright, here are a few pics
from the last two weeks.
Yes, they are a bit random.
But they are fun!
Enjoy!

The following pics were taken at P.F. Changs.

Waves

2009-11-26T23:53:00.000-05:00

Here are a few shots from a recent beach trek.
It was a small beach, not on the ocean,
so the waves are from boats.
However, the pics still turned out pretty neat.

Check out previous posts for a link to my book!

Spontaneity

2009-11-24T23:14:00.000-05:00

Cool shots from a spontaneous trek!

More from this trek will follow in the next few days!

Don't forget to check out my photo book!

Eye of The Beh...

Amateur Photography

By Megan Stewart

Book Preview

Fall Trek

2009-11-23T19:38:00.000-05:00

This is the conclusion to the park trek.

Raindrops on clover

Some neat shots of a small waterfall.
I played with the settings a bit.

Ducks! I like the water dripping off the bill.

More neat shots...

Don't forget to check out the book!

Eye of The Beh...

Amateur Photography

By Megan Stewart

Book Preview

Fall Reflections

2009-11-22T14:26:00.000-05:00

Exploring a park usually leads to great shots.
Here are some good reflections.

Published!!

2009-11-11T19:03:00.001-05:00

Here it is! This is the link if you are interested in
purchasing some of my pictures in a book format.
The book can be previewed before it's bought.

I think most, if not all of the pictures in the book

have appeared on my blog at some point.

Eye of The Beh...

Amateur Photography

By Megan Stewart

Book Preview

Fantastic Fall

2009-10-26T19:57:00.000-04:00

Some great fall shots!!!

A cool shot, looking up through a tree.

Another one, just a different tree

Nice Shots

Spiderweb

Reflections in the water

Typical angle for a pic of animals,
but I love the way their heads are turned

I like the ripples

An interesting mix of Spring and Fall

Floating leaves

Moss
Or as my goofy mom called it, Barbie carpetA brightly colored tree

More Moon Shots

2009-10-22T19:54:00.001-04:00

Here are a few more shots of the moon.

Fall Has Fallen

2009-10-06T21:08:00.000-04:00

Here are some good early fall shots!

Another Shot of the Moon

2009-09-28T21:45:00.000-04:00

This is just a quick post of a neat pic I took tonight.
Nothing too exciting, just cool!
You need to click on it to get the best view!!

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!!!

2009-09-20T19:50:00.001-04:00

Lately, the only neat things that have
been around to take pictures of have been bugs,
and quite the variety!

Here is a Cicada Killer,
attempting to carry a Cicada back to it's nest.
However, he didn't make it in because he decided
he would rather attack me and my camera,
which I managed to keep from hitting the driveway!

Then a short time later that same morning,
I spotted this Praying Mantis on the front door.
I got a few good shots of him, but am only posting one.

This is a Walking Stick, or Stick Bug,
whichever you prefer.
He was crawling out on the playground at work.
I didn't get too many good shots of him.

Photo Book
In the next month or so I am hoping to complete
a photo book with a collection of my pics in it.
I will let you know when it's finished
and where you can get a copy if interested.

One Cool Pic!

2009-09-01T21:12:00.001-04:00

This has to be one of the coolest
lightning pictures I have taken so far.
On this night I shot almost 600 pictures
and this was the only one that turned
out with cloud to ground lightning,
but it was worth it!

Ocean City

2009-08-26T21:30:00.000-04:00

Alright! Here are the rest of the
Ocean City pictures I said I would post.

Sunset.
I considered a sunrise on the beach, but that wasn't happening.

Along the beach.

Sweet dribble sand castles.
The neighbors tried to copy them, but they didn't have the touch!

Jellyfish in the bay.

Rocking chair with a crazy storm sneaking up on it!

That's the end!
I am not sure what kind of shots I
will come up with for the next post!

The Mantis and the Grasshopper

2009-08-20T19:28:00.000-04:00

I am interrupting my ocean pics to
post some cool shots of neat insects.
A Praying Mantis and a Grasshopper
I saw on my deck this evening.

Alright, the next post should
be up tomorrow in the evening.
Check back then!!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

I Spy.....Lightning!

2009-08-19T19:51:00.000-04:00

I have this great fascination with lightning.
While at Ocean City, I saw some awesome lightning
and had the perfect opportunity to get some good shots.

More Ocean City shots to come!!!

The Moon

2009-08-06T23:04:00.000-04:00

Here are a few shots of the moon.

Yankee Stadium

2009-07-14T21:52:00.000-04:00

Here are a few shots I took
while visiting Yankee Stadium
during the 4th of July weekend.

Andy Pettitte practicing in the bullpen before the game.

A cool shot of my awesome New York Yankees
shoes with the stadium as a backdrop.

These next two are pretty good ones also.

That's my car!!

A neat shot with the sun and an original lamp post.

That place really is cool to see,
even if you are a Yankee hater.
It's a great stadium!

Vermont Trip Part 7: The Finale

2009-07-02T22:40:00.000-04:00

All good things must come to an end.
(Does that mean the bad things do not have to come to an end?)
This will be the conclusion to my Vermont trip photos.
Here are a few shots from the airplane.

And this is just a reminder....
Coming Soon....You Never Know...

Vermont Trip Part 6: Scenic Views

2009-06-30T22:47:00.000-04:00

Here are some of the scenic views of Vermont.
Many of these were taken through the van
window, so the bottom may be a bit blurry.
The clouds are pretty cool in some of them.

More? Yea or Nay?

Vermont Trip Part 5: Weather Vanes and Some of Shelburne Farms

2009-06-29T21:56:00.000-04:00

Here are a few shots of different weather vanes.
I cannot remember where I took this first one,
other than that I was in Vermont.

This is a cool one that was at the Shelburne Farms.
The tour guide lady said this may be an indication
that when the family built the farm, they may have
seen the lake monster that is supposedly in Lake Champlain.

This one was at the Cold Hollow Cider Mill near Stowe.
I thought it was different.

Here are a few from Shelburne Farms.

I think this first one is the mansion
that the family lived in.

This was a cool one I found after
looking through my pics.
It's neat with the broken fence.

I love this one.
The garden, lake and mountains
all in one shot through Adirondack chairs.

This was another neat one I stumbled upon.
I like the sailboat between the trees.

There are still more to come.....

Vermont Trip Part 4: The Dining Room Light

2009-06-28T21:36:00.000-04:00

There was this awesome light in the dining room.
I am pretty sure it was made from blown glass.
Here are a few different angles.

Next Up....Part 5!

Vermont Trip Part 3: Birds

2009-06-27T20:10:00.001-04:00

I saw many different kinds of birds,
and took a lot of pics. Here are just a few.

I have no idea what kind of bird this is,
but it was in the tree so I took it's picture.

This is a nuthatch.
It's a pretty neat bird.
It kind of looks like a woodpecker.

I was surprised at the size of blue jays.
I do not see too many of these around my house,
so I took as many pics as I could.
Most of the time they would fly away before I could get a pic.

This was a crazy cool rooster
that was in the chicken coop
at the farm we visited.
It was not until we were in the coop
for a little while that we noticed him.

Part 4 will be here before you know it!!!!!!!

Vermont Trip Part 2: Chippy

2009-06-26T21:31:00.000-04:00

Meet my new friend Chippy.
Yes, I named him.
Everyone else was just
calling him "the chipmunk".
He lived under the downstairs deck.

He was a very clean little guy!

He was also a praying chipmunk.
This was him on Sunday
before we went to church.
(Chippy did not come with us,
it was a "people only" service)

Chippy's favorite activity was eating.

The first picture is Chippy eating before church.
The second one shows how much
he ate while we were at church.
(We were not gone that long either,
it was a wonderfully short service.)

Stay tuned for part 3!!!!!

Vermont Trip Part 1: A Handful of Bugs

2009-06-25T21:20:00.000-04:00

So, I took a lot of pictures while in Vermont.
775 to be exact and I was only there for 5 days.
This will be the first part of at least 7.

This is the lucky lightning bug that I saw. I will explain later.

Yes, this is a snail.
I do not take many pictures of them
because they make me gag!

Okay, now for the unlucky lightning bug.
This little guy would not stop crawling up the glass.
Until I turned the flash on!
Then he was frozen and did not move for a long time.
But it gave me the chance to get a cool pic.

Just a bumblebee.

Crazy looking bug in the grass.

This, believe it or not, is a lady bug.
This is what the larvae look like.
I learned that at work today
while browsing a magazine.

Another bumble bee.

This fly thing landed on me,

so I had to take a pic.

Some kind of beetle on a flower.

That is the end of Part 1. Come back soon to see part 2!

More Lightning

2009-06-12T21:33:00.000-04:00

Here are the only three shots of lighting from the storm
we had the other day. Out of the 371 pictures I attempted,
only 3 had any lightning streaks in them.
No need to worry though, I am sure
I will get some good ones throughout the summer.

The first two were taken within seconds of each other.
The first one shows the one streak faintly, while in the
second you can see it very distinctly.
(If you click in the pictures you can get a closer look.)

This next one was a surprise to me. I didn't realize
I had taken it until I had uploaded them onto the computer.

The One You've Been Waiting For... Or, Not

2009-06-09T09:44:00.000-04:00

Summer is a great time to take pictures, but my favorite thing about summer is growing vegetables in my garden. I have had a vegetable garden for the last three years, but this year I stepped it up a bit and started a bigger garden, it's approx. 12'x6' and was a lot of work to get started. I am beginning to see the rewards of all of my hard work. Now, if you know me at all you know that there is nothing in the world I hate more than worms, so for me to prepare a garden I go through much turmoil. It is not easy for me to simply dig a hole and put a plant in the ground. When I dig a hole and spot a worm anybody close enough will know it. I usually say "Ugh" or "Aah", but not a scream, they are more like groans. Occasionally, depending on the size of the worm, these groans will be followed by a gag. And every so often, I have to get up and walk away. So, me putting in a garden is hard work. I love being able to go out and pick my own tomatoes and green peppers, knowing I survived another planting season. Here are some shots of the garden.

This is one section out of three. It has cherry and grape tomatoes. The other sections have Early Girl tomatoes (a medium sized fruit), green peppers, and new this year carrots.

Below are the carrots.
And yes, that is a shoe print at the bottom,
they were trampled the other day, but made a good recovery!

National Zoo

2009-05-31T21:13:00.000-04:00

I took a trip to the National Zoo on Saturday
and was able to get a few pretty good shots...

Rainbows

2009-05-29T21:30:00.000-04:00

There was a pretty good thunderstorm
tonight and it was followed by this huge rainbow.
Here are a few shots of it.

This shot was taken in black and white.
It's different, but a rainbow lacking color
isn't very exciting.

In keeping with the theme of rainbows,
the next two shots were taken in Vermont
last December at the Cabot Cheese store.

Yard Flowers

2009-05-25T19:58:00.000-04:00

Here are some shots of flowers

my parents planted in our yard.
I like to take pictures of flowers,
many of the pictures
I have taken are of flowers.

NYC

2009-05-18T20:47:00.000-04:00

Here are a few pics from a recent trip to NYC.

These sea lions were in the Central Park Zoo.

Flowers in Central Park.

The next two shots are of the Empire State Building.
The first was taken when we first came into the city on Saturday morning,
and the second was taken when we were leaving the city Saturday night.

This has to be the ugliest squirrel I have ever seen.

Some Spring Shots

2009-05-09T19:09:00.000-04:00

Since it has been raining almost everyday for the last week, I have not had too many opportunities to take good outdoor pictures. Here are a few I have taken.

This one was taken during a break in the rain.

This is a shot of the base path
at a local high school baseball field.

These next three are of a duckling/gosling
(we are not sure which one it is yet)
that hatched at work this past week.

This is the best I could do right now.
When it stops raining everyday,
I will be able to get out and take some better shots.

Vermont Trip Last Summer

2009-04-30T22:04:00.000-04:00

Last summer I went to Vermont with a lot of my family for vacation and a wedding. We stayed in this huge house with a ton of bedrooms that was right along a stream/river. Vermont is a great place to take pictures. The majority of my pics were of nature, big surprise huh? Here are a few of my favorites from the trip.

This was one of the first pictures I took while crossing Lake Champlain on the ferry. This bird was sitting in the nest he built on a pier.

This was the view from the backyard of the house.

This is one of my very favorite pics from the trip. I took this while waiting for everyone to gather after our group stampeded Cabot Cheese.

This was a random dead leaf at the beginning of summer resting on the grass.

This is one of the hundreds of flower pictures I took. This was at the Von Trapp Family Home, from The Sound of Music.

This is a view of the Mount Mansfield in the area of Smuggler's Notch.

I took this pic on the way home. I think we were still in Vermont. It's just a grasshopper on some leaves.

We turned around on the way home just so we could go back to take some pics of this beaver dam and lodges. It was pretty neat.

Lightning

2009-04-26T21:43:00.000-04:00

Here are a few shots from a lightning storm last night. I probably shot about 600 pics and most of them were of nothing but black sky. However, I was able to get a few great shots. I wish I lived in the open country so I could get the shots without neighbor's houses, power lines, and huge trees that get in my way.

Backyard Birdwatching in Winter

2009-04-25T12:39:00.000-04:00

There are many birds that frequently find themselves in my backyard. Here are a few during a late winter snowstorm. The first is a male cardinal sitting in a tree.

This female cardinal was sitting on the fence.

Here is a pair of cardinals sitting in the holly tree.

This pair of cardinals were mingling with a few of their buddies on the ground.

These are goldfinches, in their winter colors, on the thistle feeder. There is a large numbers of these birds that frequently visit the feeder.

My Favorite Part of Spring

2009-04-23T21:45:00.000-04:00

I love when the lilacs bloom. From the day I notice the buds, I daily check to see if they are close to blooming. Not only do I enjoy the color, but I love the smell. It's too bad I can't capture the smell in a picture.

A Bug's Perspective

2009-04-21T22:50:00.000-04:00

I like looking at bugs. Throughout my childhood I spent many days picking up bugs, preferably cicadas. I had a collection of them, I think I still might have a few. Here are a few shots from a possible bug's perspective.

First Shots

2009-04-21T21:05:00.000-04:00

I prefer to take pictures of of flowers, birds, bugs and other things you may find outside. Occasionally I will take a picture of people, usually the same kid. You won't see many pictures of people on here, unless it is a GREAT shot.I thought that the comparison of these two pictures was funny. Above is a shot of what the Tulip my mom brought home from church on Easter Sunday looked like. Below is what the flower looked like a week later.

Here Goes Nothing!

2009-04-21T20:47:00.000-04:00

So, I decided to create a blog. It has taken me a while to do this because I don't have any children and I know people don't want to read a detailed account of my extremely boring life. But I figured since I take some pretty neat pictures, or so I think, I could post a few on here now and again. I soon as I figure out how this thing works, I will post some of my better pictures I have taken in the past.