Annisqaum Harbor Light

Although I’m frustrated by this winter’s lack of snow, Nordic skiing, and classic winter scenery, the rocky coast is still worth exploring at any time of year.

This lighthouse presides over the rocky northern coast of Cape Ann Massachusetts. The location is fairly inaccessible and is seen by most first time visitors to the area from across the harbor at Wingaersheek Beach.

Bass Rocks, Gloucester, MA

The rocky coastline of Cape Ann might easily be mistaken for Downeast Maine. The boulders along the shore vary in shape from jagged and sharp, to smooth and rounded.

Bass Rocks, on the south-facing shoreline of Cape Ann, reminds me most of Mt. Desert, Maine, several hundred miles away.

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On a trip to New York this past weekend I just had to grab this photograph of my favorite bridge. Purists beware: I wasn’t happy with the sky so I added blue sky and clouds from another file using Photoshop layer masks! Do you approve?

Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, MA ( Paul Mozell)

It was a perfect winter afternoon to search for photographs among the reddish granite boulders, fresh snow patches, and blue green waves, under the cobalt blue sky. Halibut Point in Rockport, MA is an elbow of land that juts out from Cape Ann. On a clear day like this one you can see stretches of the Massachusetts and New Hampshire coastlines and even a few islands in Down East Maine.

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The mouth of the Ipswich River

On a winter day in early January when I might have preferred to have seen ice and snow blanketing the North Atlantic shoreline, I spent an afternoon meandering around Ipswich Massachusetts, looking for dramatic afternoon light. This view of Castle Hill is from the tiny neighborhood of Little Neck, a hilly promontory covered with a mix of year-round and summer homes, each with a dramatic view of the sea and the river.

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Eastern Red Cedar tree at the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield, MA. (Paul Mozell)

I have encountered this tree many times at its home in the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. Its multiple trunks, hoop-shaped branches and warm red hue seem to welcome and embrace all visitors.

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