Well, summer is definitely over in the eastern United States. The leaves on the trees are going or gone, sweaters and light jackets have started making their appearance, and everyone is sick of tomatoes but drinking apple cider by the gallon. As a goodbye to a great summer, here are a few photos I took over the last few months:
The above photo was taken near the end of the summer on Nantucket, just before sunset.
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Good photos. Thanks for sharing.
Jason,
Great set of photos. A prefect way to remember Summer. BTW - this shot is boderline "Steely Dan - Two Aginst Nature" album cover.
Great set of photos. A prefect way to remember Summer. BTW - this shot is boderline "Steely Dan - Two Aginst Nature" album cover.
Summer is just arriving in the Southern hemisphere! Today I didn't put a shirt on until well after sunset. The flowers are blooming, new fruit and vegetables are in season and I can sit outside at cafes! But best of all, the skirts are getting shorter, the sleeves are disappearing and the cardigans are being left at home. If I could afford it, I'd have a house in the Northern hemisphere, a house in the Southern, and I would avoid Winter altogether.
Those are some fantastic photos, by the way.
Hey, that shot looks familiar.
Beautiful. Why live in the city? The country is richer.
Why live in the city?
Cheap fast tasty delivery and not needing a car to get around is what does it for me. Lovely photos, Jason!
Cheap fast tasty delivery and not needing a car to get around is what does it for me. Lovely photos, Jason!
Jason Kottke, you're photos are quite mediocre, really. Straight out of Catch-22.
Spare us.
Further: please, please, please: update kottke.org more often.
Spare us.
Further: please, please, please: update kottke.org more often.
Nice pics. I feel it too; summer is gone. This is precisely why I'm making a mad dash south, to warmer climates.
I'll second that the shot looks familiar
Terrific pics! It is still summer here in Atlanta but not for long.
Neat picture...I've always been fascinated by shadows. And taking a picture of one is much harder than you would think, I know from experience.
ACNE + MOSQUITO BITES + KOTTKE = Kottne?
That reminds me, we're out of cider again. I love October in New York.
are you wearing capri pants?
Nice images. Are they shot with a D70?
are you wearing capri pants?
Obviously. I'm doing all my shopping these days at Gap circa 2000.
Are they shot with a D70?
Yes indeed. Love that damn camera.
Obviously. I'm doing all my shopping these days at Gap circa 2000.
Are they shot with a D70?
Yes indeed. Love that damn camera.
Some of those were good, and many were nice. Hay is dead grass.
Goodbye summer, welcome Fall! Football, Hockey, Halloween, oktoberfest, etc, isn’t it great?
The emperor has no clothes, just saying.
Cheap fast tasty delivery and not needing a car to get around is what does it for me.
Yep your local chinese is more wonderful than veggies grown right outside your door, huh? And do you think the country is full of cars? Ha. City people are so short-sighted (funny too).
Cheap fast tasty delivery and not needing a car to get around is what does it for me.
Yep your local chinese is more wonderful than veggies grown right outside your door, huh? And do you think the country is full of cars? Ha. City people are so short-sighted (funny too).
All the pictures are good, but two really grabbed my attention:
"Kayaks" and amd "Turning"
Well done.
"Kayaks" and amd "Turning"
Well done.
This morning in Seattle it really hit me just how over summer is. I opened the blind in my office at ~10:00am and it was so dim outside. The clouds weren't even heavy, and we still have two months until the winter solstice, still, it was no brighter than it would be just before sunrise on a summer morning.
On the other hand, last night the sun slipped out under the clouds an hour or so before sunset and it created the most amazing lite. Everything glowed like it was soaked in liquid gold.
On the other hand, last night the sun slipped out under the clouds an hour or so before sunset and it created the most amazing lite. Everything glowed like it was soaked in liquid gold.
You know, there once was a girl from Nantucket...
Your photos are a good reminder, I need to get out of this city of mine and back to some nature.
Your photos are a good reminder, I need to get out of this city of mine and back to some nature.
I especially liked the last one, "Falling". Thanks for sharing. Summer is definitely over in the west coast of Sweden too. Today I experienced the autumn's first sub-zero morning.
Summer is not over in the south east yet buddy ol' pal. Nice photos. Makes me miss being in Maine during Fall.
Hmm.. the perspective is the same as The Beatle's Abbey Road cover art.
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