Happy 233rd Birthday!

Aperture Priority (AV), Exposure compensation -2, ISO: 100, 1/1000s, f/8.0. Waiting for fireworks, North Andover, Massachusetts.
shagger

Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 200, 1/500s, f/5.0. Josh Beckett shags balls in the outfield prior to the game.
sunflower

Macro, Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 200, 1/60s, f/2.8. I don’t know where this sunflower has found the sun to grow, but it sure is an optimistic proof of sunlight SOMEWHERE in this otherwise gloomy stretch of rain and gray. Danvers, Massachusetts.
seeks entry

Macro, Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 200, 1 second, f/3.5. A moth seeks entry to dryness. Soggy North Andover, Mass.
tree house

Macro, Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 200, 1/250s, f/4.0 An ant makes a hole in a tree a home in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
sieve

Macro, Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 200, 1/125s, f/8.0. Spider Web catching some rain droplets.
Photo Week: Nascar

Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 100, 1/500s, f/4.0. In between races, New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Check out photos from the Nascar weekend with special attention to the Guys in the Garages who make the cars go.
cheap seats

Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 100, 1/500s, f/8.0. Cheap seats, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
bears eye view

Aperture Priority (AV), ISO: 200, 1/250s, f/5.6. Black Bear, The Stone Zoo. My favorite local zoo, check out the rest of the crew out and about on my recent visit.
young grasshopper

Macro, Manual (M), ISO: 200, 1/250s, f/4.0. You’re cute grasshopper, but don’t you be eating my lillium!