Winter for the books

Hi all! Sorry for the lacking in my posting. I've been busy, and then we went to Disney for week (much needed sun!). As I stated in the last post, my camera was having "a moment." But I'm back!  Billy fixed my camera, although neither of us know how. 

The Thursday/Friday before we left for The Sunshine State we were supposed to get the hit with the outside of a weather system off the coast. 2-4 inches they said. It will change to rain, they said. At most, Worcester area will get 6 - 8 inches, they said. Well, as we all know that didn't happen. 2 - 4 inches, turning to rain turned into 24 inches and snow for 36 hours. It was lovely.  That actually ins't the point of the blog, well, yea it kind of is. 

The day before the 2 feet fell, Billy and I took a ride down to Hull, Cohasset, Scituate and along the coast to take some pictures of the surf. They were warning residents to evacuate 3 hours before high tide along the coast due to the high flood risk. These people had to live through 4 high tides, and that would age me 14 years in itself. But actually seeing it, was crazy. So high tide on Thursday morning was between 7 and 8 am. We were driving down around the coast at 11:30, so a good three hours after the tide was highest. I have never seen the ocean so angry. It reminded me of the bad days that they have on "The Deadliest Catch." 

The wind was also howling and it was raining ice so taking pictures was hard at some points. Our lenses were fogging up and getting soaked. But we got some good photos. Have yourself a little look see!

This was in Cohasset by the Atlantica. If the photo was wider, the restaurant would be all the way to to left. You can see the sand blowing over the little hill. It looks like little scratches. 

See if you can follow me here: between the two small columns there is what looks like just regular bubbles from the ocean. That is foam. All foam, that was blowing all over the road. Really cool looking. Like a bubble bath at the edge of the sea. 

The Legend at work. You can see his jeans blowing all over the place. 

This is where the foggy lens comes in. We only had like 15 seconds before the fog and less if we were shooting into the rain/snow/ice so the clarity isn't fabulous, but look at those waves. The ocean was angry that day.  

This was in Scituate.  A little right of the center you would be able to see the Lighthouse, if it weren't a monsoon. Billy got a shot with the outline of it. 

This is facing the opposite direction of the shot just above. The wind and ice was so intense, you really couldn't shoot that way without the proper protective equipment, which I do not have. Also, keep in mind, this is a good 4 hours after High Tide and the water is still pretty high. 

I kinda love this picture. Billy took it from the car. Notice the camera strap ready to blow away! 

Check back later this week for the first of the Disney Posts! Try not to be jealous :-) 

Cheers!

::C::