Sun, Nov 17, 2024, 1:00 PM ESTBerkshire Bird Paradise and Peace Pagoda
43 Red Pond Rd, Petersburgh, NY
This is an amazing place with a wide variety of birds. There are eagles , parrots, owls, and much more. While they are technically closed for the season they are willing to lead us around this sanctuary and tell us stories about these birds. There are still several eagles that are out in the open but many birds are inside now. We will be able to take pictures as well of course. Peter just asks that we share images on Facebook Bird of Paradise on Facebook and help promote the sanctuary. They are building a new website and would like me to send pictures as well. He did not mention a charge as he is technically not open but I'd like us to each provide a $10.00 donation. We will meet there at 1:00 and spend a couple of hours.

After that we will go to the Peace Pagoda that is nearby. This is a temple where we can photograph the sunset (not sure exactly where the sun will be). But before that I thought we could enter the temple and meditate for a short time on world peace thinking about the wars that are so tragic and devastating. It is a beautiful temple and quite remarkable to see. To learn more: Peace Pagoda

Dress for the outdoors in November. Sunset is at @4:30 on this day. If people are interested we can go get a bit to eat afterwards. Thank you.
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Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 6:00 PM ESTPine Bush Perspectives: A Juried Photo Exhibit.
Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center, Albany, NY
Happy to share that Melissa Hayden Johnson, a member of the Photography Connection, has been selected as a winner in this year's Pine Bush Perspectives: A Juried Photo Exhibit.

Please join us for the unveiling of this year’s photo exhibit at the Albany Pine Bush! The event will take place at the Discovery Center on December 6th from 6-7:30 pm. Light appetizers will be served. A brief presentation of the award winners followed by viewing of the entire show will take place. Tickets are not required for this event and it is open to the public.

The Show
The exhibit will be open to the public both inside the Discovery Center and outside along the Karner Barrens blue trail through the end of February 2025.

People’s Choice
We hope that after you view the show you will vote for YOUR favorite by following the links provided on the website and on signage at the exhibit. As in past years, a final “People’s Choice” award will be given when the show comes down in March 2025.

So let's come out and support a fellow photographer and her award winning image.
6 attendees+1
Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 4:30 PM ESTWinterlights -Naumkeag 2024!
Cancelled
TICKETS ARE ON SALE. We had such a great time last year.

With over 100,000 dazzling lights at this Massachusetts gardens, Winterlights is a holiday light display that can’t be beat. Naumkeag is a public garden and 48-acre, historic, family home in the Berkshires. Called an “architectural masterpiece”, the house has 44-rooms where multiple generations of the Choate family lived from the 1880s until daughter Mabel Choate bequeathed it to trustees in 1958.

Naumkeag’s number one ranking was a part of Fodor’s Travel’s list of the best spots to see holiday lights in all 50 states.

Please acquaint yourself thoroughly with the website as you must purchase a ticket as soon as possible and decide which parking lot you will take a shuttle from. Tickets can be purchased at Winterlights Naumkeag

Please read:Parking for Winterlights - Choose the 4:45 pm ticket. Parking Zone A (your ticket) - will be located in downtown Stockbridge at designated parking spaces on both sides of Town Hall - located at 50 Main Street, Stockbridge MA. If that parking area is full, please feel free to use any parking along Main Street or Elm Street in Stockbridge.

Bus pick-up and guest check-in for Parking Zone A will be located at the Stockbridge Information Booth between 37 and 39 Main Street, across the street from the Stockbridge Library on Main Street. Please have your tickets ready for check-in, either printed or digital.

The first shuttle will leave downtown Stockbridge at 4:30PM (for the 4:30 ticket) and run every 5-10 minutes through the run of the show. The last shuttle will depart this parking area to Naumkeag no later than 7:45PM.

To ensure a positive experience for guests, we ask that you arrive within 15 minutes of your designated time slot. For example, guests with 4:45pm tickets should arrive to the shuttle pick-up location between 4:30 and 5:45. Early/Late arrivals may need to wait to accommodate those with correct timed tickets.

At this point it seems most people are riding out on their own so lets meet at 4:30 at the bus shuttle area in parking zone A and then regroup at the entrance. Please note the driving directions are for parking zone A. If you have a different lot please check your ticket for location.

We will make reservations for dinner afterwards. Likely to be AMICI again since we had so much fun there last year
1 attendee
Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 10:00 AM ESTA Tale of Two Paintings:The Norman Rockwell Mystery plus visit to covered bridge
Needs location
Join us for a trip to Arlington and Bennington where we will visit the Arlington Green Covered Bridge, have lunch, and then attend a fascinating presentation about an original Norman Rockwell Painting was discovered in 2006 in a most unusual place.

We will meet at 11:00 at the the Arlington Green Covered bridge to take photographs. Directions:Arlington Covered Bridge

About the :Arlington Green Covered Bridge. It is within walking distance is the former home of famous artist Norman Rockwell. It is now the Inn on Arlington Green.

After that we will go to lunch (TBD)

At 2:00 we will attend the talk at the Bennington Museum, A Tale of Two Paintings: The Norman Rockwell Mystery. After the talk we will visit the exhibit about the story of this painting and also a wonderful Covered Bridge of Vermont exhibit.

I will update this as we get closer to the date.
4 attendees
Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 5:30 PM ESTFull Moon Wolf Walk
Needs location
I am posting this event here as well as on the new Photography Connection Facebook page. If you would like to attend this event you will need to go to the Photography Connection page and request to join. I will accept your invite. You can go to the events section and sign up there.
Photography Connection FB

Reminder that this meetup group will no longer be active after January 2025.
1 attendee

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