Cape Cod, 2009

Dorset Quarry

Linda and I had a wonderful week on Cape Cod. The weather was generally quite nice - we had one very rainy day, but the rest of the week was sunny, cool and a bit windy. But what else would you expect in mid-April.

We did our usual things - shopping in Chatham, strolling and shopping in Provincetown, galleries wherever we coudl find something open, fabulous food, etc. I was able to make a number of pictures that should be good when I get some darkroom time.

We made a point of going back to the Brewster Mill several times to see if the herring were running. One man told me that he had seen one fish in the fish ladder, but there wasn't enough traffic yet to attract the sea gulls. A couple of State Troopers walked through while we were there, and mentioned at the alewives were running at another spawning area near Mashpee, so I assume that by now the action has begun.

As I was processing film, I noticed a leak in the plumbing under the sink in the darkroom. That lead to a major project to rebuild the drain. The good news is that it now has a new, professional 'laundry tray' drain system. The bad news is that it took four trips to Allerdice to get all of the fittings necessary to make up the inlet and outlet plumbing.

Panel of Editors was also worthwhile, but once again mainly for the informal conversations about immediate concerns. The formal program for the most part focuses on strategic issues that really aren't of interest to EiCs.

The announcement came out yesterday that the 2009 Fellows Committee meeting will be in Vancouver the weekend before the IAS Annual Meeting in Houston. Getting from Maui to Edmonton last year was a piece of cake compared with what is involved in getting from Vancouver to Houston. I don't mind Vancouver - I just don't like Houston.

This is the quarry in Dorset, VT - the oldest marble quarry in the US. Long abandoned, it now serves as the town swimming hole. The place is mobbed in the summer. This negative was made in October when it was too cool to be swimming - also during the week when the kids should have been in school.