The True Grit Gallery, Middleboro

The town of Middleboro has a true artist's space for exhibition, the "True Grit" Gallery.  Susan and I went to the opening of an exhibition by Jim Murphy, a very talented artist from western MA. who will be at the gallery through March 4th.  I went in this afternoon and shot some photos of art I particularly enjoyed, and here they are.



Jim Murphy
"Frozen River"

Arnold Casavant
"Red"

Peter Damon
"Asphalt Jungle"

Eric Todd
"Untitled 12"
Photograph

Tatiana Roulin
"Autumn Highway"

Chuch Boucher
"On the Wharf"

Cara Gonier
"Clearest"

Beautiful Snowstorm.

I know, I know, I shouldn't still be affected by the beauty of snow after last winter, but I still love it.  This snow was particularly wet and heavy (we had a fatality in MA., a child hit by a branch breaking under the weight of it).  It stayed on the trees longer than usual, and when the sun came out....
At any rate, here are some photos of the neighborhood, and a few hungry birds.

Late in the evening.

Early AM

Pat Schlager

Dave Shipman

Our home

Larry and Pat Nolan

John Yeomans

Junco

Jackson's Concert, Plum Island, USS Constitution

A Monday Evening at St. John's Prep watching Jackson perform with the 7-8 Band for the first time, playing bass drum ("the most important musician in the band"), then up a 6:AM in hopes of seeing some interesting birds at Parker River NWS (pair of Bald Eagles), and then on to the USS Constitution museum at the Charlestown Naval Yard.  After driving for 40 minutes in rush hour traffic, spending 20 minutes looking for a parking place, spending $2.50 for a parking meter, I walk to the museum only to find it closed for repairs.  @$%&#@  But I took a few shots anyway, particularly of stored ordinance.

Jackson waiting for the downbeat.

St. John's Prep 7-8th grade band.

Oliver, Ken, Erin in attendance.

Nicely attended!

All the photos at Parker River were taken at extreme distance, especially the Eagles and the Goldeneye.



Early morning light makes even a Mallard special.

M and F Bufflehead

Young Greater Scaup

Black Duck

Bald Eagle

and the mate.

Common Goldeneye, a rare sighting this time of year.

Spars, USS, Constitution

Probably 24 pounders, USS Constitution in background in dry dock.

USS Cassin Young (also closed!)

Carronades.  I would bet that most of the main armament on the Constitution has been replaced with
plastic canons to keep the weight off.  Some must be iron for ballast, but I will have to research that.

Pipe Organs

I am in the middle of a snow storm, and may have my concert cancelled tonight, but meanwhile, I looked through my library of photos to see what pipe organs I've captured, and found quite a few.
I post some of them, hoping that seeing them will give you pleasure

A tiny church in Passau, very plain in comparison to most churches in Germany.

One of those small organs in the sanctuary used for smaller masses rather than the main organ up in the balcony.

The great Marcel Dupre playing the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia,
the organ with the most playable pipes in the world (Atlantic City actually has more pipes, but many need to be repaired).

The organ in Melk Abbey, one of the greatest and most ornate of Baroque churches.

Perhaps the grandest expression of a organ case, the main organ at Passau
(which was until just recently, the largest church organ in the world)
I heard a noon-day recital by a young American organist, and the church was fille,
probably close to a 1000 people at an organ concert!.

Just part of the collection of organs at St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna.

I've lost the identity of this one.   It is in Germany or Austria.
Anyone?

The organ case at Wanamaker's, Philadelphia.

And on of the organist regularly performing at Wanamaker's.

The organ at St. Phillips cathedral of Atlanta, the last Aeolian-Skinner I helped install with Dad, Don, and Bruce

Another chancel organ for smaller services.

The organ at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Sidney Mines, Nova Scotia
where my grandfather, A. D. Wauchope I was pastor.

The "State Trumpet" at St. John the Devine, NYC, voiced at 100inches of wind pressure, and probably the loudest musical instrument in the world.  The nave of the church is 600 feet long (the longest gothic nave in the world), and the reverberation lasts 9 seconds.
This photo is from 1960 when Dad, Don and I took a tour of Philadelphia, Washington, New York and Boston.
Alec Wyton was the organist.



The St. Sulpice organ, Paris. 
The picture means so much to me.  It was the first photo I took on my first trip to Paris.  I walked into the cathedral, turned around, and was struck dumb upon seeing this organ which was featured so prominently on all the covers of the Mercury "Living Presence" recordings by Marcel Dupre, of which my dad had the entire collection.  How I remember those recordings, and those really nasty (in a good way) French Bombards.

I believe this is the organ in St. Charles Church in Vienna

And I believe this is St. Eustache.