Joe's Retirement Blog

A photoblog about beautiful and/or interesting sights in our world - some close by, some far away - takes about a minute to read - almost always a positive perspective and sometimes silly or clever, too! Readers are in all 50 states and more than 150 countries around the world. (Click on an image for a higher resolution version if your device supports that action). If you would like to receive new posts in your email, view the web version and type your email into the "Follow by Email" box.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

The Stata Center on the Massachusetts Institute of Technogoly (MIT) campus in Cambridge, MA. Designed by world renowned architect Frank Gehry it serves as both classrooms and offices for the university.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

At the height of summer, the afternoon light at Bartlett Pond in Manomet continues to create a place of special beauty.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Bartlett Pond, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

A summer sunrise on Bartlett Pond in southeastern Massachusetts. Fed by Beaver Dam Brook and freshwater springs, the pond empties into Cape Cod Bay on the horizon. Part of Amy's flower garden is in the foreground. The pond hosts a wide variety of wildlife including osprey, heron, swan, geese, hummingbird, and hundreds of other bird species, bass, sunfish, pike, snapping turtle, muskrat, bullfrog, chipmunk, not to mention the human wildlife.