A Few Favorite Pictures from "Chicago," Priscilla Beach Theatre, Priscilla Beach, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Since the performing arts seasons are all delayed this year due to the pandemic, I thought it would be fun to go through my thousands of images and pick just a few from each production and re-publish them. It was difficult to narrow down the choice to just a few - I picked ones that spoke to me personally - they may or may not be representative of the show or the lead roles - they are just images that warm my heart and bring back fond memories of the production - I am first and foremost, a fan of these performances, my role as a photographer is a distant second.

I hope you enjoy them, too.















As performed at Priscilla Beach Theatre in August 2015. Click on that date to see the original posts.  Produced by Bob and Sandy Malone,  Directed by Michael Hammond,  Production Manager Joshua Patino,  Music Director Chris Ricci.

A Walk Between Storms, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

We have had many stormy, rainy days this spring but on this bright sunny day I stopped downtown on the way to my grocery shopping for a picture of the Spire Center for Performing Arts. Like other venues, it sits quietly awaiting a resumption of performances. I was also struck by this angle of view and my attempt at homage to the Beatles. I noted in the news recently that the London road department had been able to re-paint the iconic Abbey Road crosswalk since there was so little traffic out and about nowadays.



Scallop shell art at the Plymouth waterfront.



Tulips in bloom.



Normally, I head to downtown Boston's Back Bay neighborhood this time of year to enjoy the concentration of magnolias along the streets there. Not this year. I tried to find magnolias in the Plymouth area. I was not very successful - by the time I found this one, it had already started to turn brown - oh well, maybe next year.



Another view of the Spire and looking down Brewster Street - that's Plymouth harbor a block away in the distance.



And closer to home, these deer are enjoying the greenery in my yard. Both they and the turkeys are particularly skittish around humans but, they don't mind being in close proximity to each other.

A Few Favorite Pictures from "Bye, Bye, Birdie," Priscilla Beach Theatre, Priscilla Beach, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Since the performing arts seasons are all delayed this year due to the pandemic, I thought it would be fun to go through my thousands of images and pick just a few from each production and re-publish them. It was difficult to narrow down the choice to just a few - I picked ones that spoke to me personally - they may or may not be representative of the show or the lead roles - they are just images that warm my heart and bring back fond memories of the production - I am first and foremost, a fan of these performances, my role as a photographer is a distant second.

I hope you enjoy them, too.



























As performed at Priscilla Beach Theatre in August 2018.  Click on that date to see the original posts. Produced by Bob and Sandy Malone,  Directed by Erik Bloomquist,  Production Manager Joshua Patino,  Music Director Chris Ricci.

Signs of Spring, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Springtime does not recognize the pandemic. The daffodils are in bloom everywhere as they are each year about this time.



The rhododendrons continue their slow progress.



The azaleas are bursting with color.



And the winds dance on the water after another springtime frontal passage. Nothing like the natural pleasure of a New England spring.

Out and About, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

It was cold and breezy but, sunny and beautiful on this mid-spring day. I thought it would be more crowded at low tide with folks still under stay-at-home advisories in Massachusetts - this is a good place to walk for many neighbors.



You'll have to take my word for it since the detail is missing but, that gull has just finished swooping down and scarfing up a small crab for his lunch.



Nothing like wandering at low tide on the reverse curve of the earth.



Each and every rock of the thousands on the miles of seawall is tediously placed by the mighty "claw" every year to repair damage sustained in the previous winter storms. It's a never ending battle with mother nature to slow the bluff erosion along this section of coastline.



Many homes sit along the bluff and are dependent upon protection against excessive erosion at the base - in combination with growth/greenery to hold the slope in place.



Returning home I found my regular visitor wandering in the yard - his female friend was not visible at the moment. Not to draw your attention to it but, normally, I think of a similar looking anatomical feature at the base of his neck appearing on a different part of a body. Caruncles, snoods, waddles - those turkeys have some odd-named and appearing parts.

A Few Favorite Pictures from "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," Priscilla Beach Theatre, Priscilla Beach, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Since the performing arts seasons are all delayed this year due to the pandemic, I thought it would be fun to go through my thousands of images and pick just a few from each production and re-publish them. It was difficult to narrow down the choice to just a few - I picked ones that spoke to me personally - they may or may not be representative of the show or the lead roles - they are just images that warm my heart and bring back fond memories of the production - I am first and foremost, a fan of these performances, my role as a photographer is a distant second.

I hope you enjoy them, too.
























As performed at Priscilla Beach Theatre initially in October 2015.  Click on that date to see the original posts. Produced by Bob and Sandy Malone,  Directed by Connie DiLego, Production Manager Joshua Patino,  Music Director Chris Ricci.

Turkey Roost, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

At bedtime, in the gathering darkness, I looked out my window and spotted the blobs high in the treetop - they were turkeys at roost in an oak tree maybe fifty feet or so off the ground.



The next morning, following hours of heavy rain in the darkness and still raining in the dawning light, there they were, right where they had been all through the night for the preceding eight hours or so, roosting at the treetop, safe from surface predators but, in a driving rainstorm.



Next time I am tempted to complain that where I sleep is too hot, too cold, too many blankets, not enough blankets, too hard, too soft, too noisy, too quiet, the air too dry, the air too damp - I will try and remember to be a turkey and to rejoice that I have human life.

Spring, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

The coronavirus has made the world seem a harsh place. For many, it is always a harsh place......



....those living outside year-around, constantly searching for food while avoiding threats is the norm  for most species  -  many humans, too.



Forsythia is always an early herald of the coming spring and summer.



The big oak trees are the last to manifest spring.



The water temperature in Cape Cod Bay has climbed up to 45 degrees F (from the mid/upper 30's).



More and more green buds and grass appear.



And daffodils, too.



There may be an ongoing pandemic but......



......there is always great beauty among the harshness and challenges of life.