Photoblog

I had a photo appear on the New Hampshire Photo Tour blog for the first time today – very exciting!

The Carlton Bridge on the New Hampshire Photo Tour blog.

Here’s the original on Flickr:

One reason I chose to use the Creative Commons on my photos was to see where they would end up. Here’s a nice example from the organizingyourway.net blog.

Here’s the original…

I’ve had a photo used (with permission) in the web and desktop versions of Schmap, which provides interactive maps of major cities.

One of my pictures of Fenway Park on Schmap

The original was taken during a tour of the park, while the crew was prepping the field for that nights game.

Fort McClary Encampment, August 2009

I wish I was better at planning these things, but sometimes you get lucky. I drove out to Fort McClary in Kittery, Maine today and was surprised to find a group of reenactors camping there for the weekend. Their tents provided a nice little extra.

Tents

Blockhouse and encampment

Reenactors tents and the foundation of the old barracks.

The Blockhouse is unique not only for it’s shape and design, but because when it was built in 1844-1846 it was already considered obsolete. It’s the last of it’s kind built in Maine.

Blockhouse at Fort McClary

Another curious element of the fort is the unfinished walls. These were being built from 1844 up through 1848 when the work was halted unfinished. Apparently with the Civil War over and the decision that the design wouldn’t withstand the newest weapons of the time, it just didn’t make sense to continue. The huge granite blocks were left where they remain today.

Unfinished wall at Fort McClary

The fort has great scenic views of Portsmouth Harbor.

View from the Blockhouse at Fort McClary

Another view from the Blockhouse

Lastly, there’s this little oddity. I have no idea why they have a Abe Lincoln look-alike coin jar…

Abe Lincoln Coin Jar and Quills