The prompt was to share a photo that means serene to you. I’m sharing two because they both represent serenity to me. Both taken in October on Martha’s Vineyard standing pretty much in the same spot near the Edgartown Lighthouse.
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The prompt is: This week, share a peek of something — a photo that reveals just enough of your subject to get us interested. A tantalizing detail. An unusual perspective. Compel us to click through to your post to find out more!
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A peek at New York City and the Freedom Tower from Jersey City, New Jersey
My daughter peeking at me from behind a lamppost.
Peeking out of a lighthouse window on Martha’s Vineyard.
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The prompt: This week, share your take on “rounded.” it’s a broad theme, so I look forward to your personal interpretations.
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I decided to use some pictures from my recent trip to Martha’s Vineyard for my rounded choices.
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October is speeding along too quickly and if I’m doing posts about October on Martha’s Vineyard I’d better get going on them.
I was lucky enough to spend 5 glorious days on the Vineyard with my daughter Deb and our friend and honorary family member, Dawn. We packed a lot into the days we were there including meeting a new step-cousin and visiting with a dear friend as well.
In this first post let’s visit the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, better known as the Campground which is located in the town of Oak Bluffs. The Campground includes the beautiful and whimsical Gingerbread cottages as well as the Tabernacle, which is one of my ‘must’ visits places.
Hope you enjoyed this autumn walk through the Campground.
Stay tuned for upcoming exciting, fun-filled and picturesque adventures. 
Links…
Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Assn
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This week, share something that glows. Maybe you’d like to experiment with some Golden Hour photography. We’re excited to see what you share.
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This is early morning on Martha’s Vineyard. The sun peeking through the trees creating a glowing splash on the grass.
The sun looks like a glowing shadow on this window covered in early morning moisture.
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October is, in my opinion one of the most spectacular months of the year.
No place is better for experiencing it than on Martha’s Vineyard.
Nature provides a fiery display of color in October, the greens and vivid colors of summer have been replaced with the rusts and orange hues of autumn.
The Vineyard is a beautiful place to visit in the fall … there are plenty of activities to take part in or just relax and enjoy the cool, crisp, beautiful month of October.
Here comes October……
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New York City… pedestrians hurrying to get to a Broadway matinee…
…a couple stopping in Times Square to get engaged…
…or nonchalantly walking behind a big celebrity.
I’ve also enjoyed the pedestrian walkway at Walkway Over The Hudson in Poughkeepsie, New York, which is the world’s longest elevated pedestrian bridge.
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On Wednesday, October 5th, 2017 MV Obsession will be 10 years old. TEN. Ten years of obsession about the place that I love most in the world, that’s a lot of obsessing. There have been almost 1,050 posts and it all began with these words…
Hi, my name is Joan and I’m a Vineyard-a-holic… ‘
Followed by…
My obsession/love affair with Martha’s Vineyard started early in my life. I was around 2 and a half in this picture and this was already my second trip.
My connection to MV was through my mother who although was born in Maine was raised on MV. She went to Oak Bluffs high school (there was no regional high school, each town had its own back then) and after graduating moved to NJ where she met my father and quickly converted him into an MV fan.
We stayed with my godparents in Oak Bluffs every summer. Life on MV was so different from Newark, NJ where I spent the other part of my existence. My mother and I would take the train from NY to Woods Hole in June, my dad would arrive for the entire month of August and we’d all sadly leave the beginning of September.
My summers were filled with trips to the beach in Oak Bluffs… endless rides on the Flying Horses… ice cream at the Frosty Cottage on Circuit Ave… popcorn at Darling’s… fairs and parades… at least one trip to Gay Head (Aquinnah)… visiting relatives in Indian Hill… movies… setting pins at the bowling alley in Oak Bluffs… endless hours at the Oak Bluffs library… Bible school at the Tabernacle… Illumination Night… and one especially painful memory of my first and only dance lesson at the Tivoli ballroom where the Oak Bluffs police department now stands.
These are just a few snippets of memories and stories I’d like to share. Hope whoever reads them finds them as enjoyable as I did experiencing them.’
MV Obsession isn’t strictly about the Vineyard anymore but like the header says, it’s ‘almost all the time.’
Feel free to wander through the category links along the right side, visitors are always welcome
Happy 10th blogiversary MV Obsession
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Prompt: Your inspiration this week is windows. Use a window to frame your shot, use a window to give structure to your photo, or make a window itself your subject.
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Windows, windows, windows and more windows…
From NYC skyscraper windows, to windows inside a lighthouse, to the porthole window on a ship, to my daughter’s eyes, to the light streaming through a window in St Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC, to the reflection of the sky in the back window of my car… these are my window choices.
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