“May the Great Spirit curse you when he speaks in the clouds and his words are fire! Lightning blast your crops! Wind and fire destroy your homes! The Evil One breathe death on your cattle! Panthers howl and wolves fatten on your bones!”

That is the alleged curse of an indian named Chocorua who the legend says died on this mountain that was then named after him.  Its kinda cool that this mountain is one of the only bald ones in the White Mountains and sort of fits with the legend of the curse! If you want to know more about the legend of Chocrua check it out on Wikipedia.

Anyways these are two photos of the mountain I took last weekend. The lake in the front is Chocorua Lake. I always loved this mountain as it really stands out from the other mountains in the area with its rocky and bald summit.  Someday I want to hike up it!

Looking through this foggy window in a cabin by a lake the man on the bench seemed to be haunted by the shadowy figure outside the window.

Here is a photo I took a couple of months ago while on vacation at Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. It was kind of a choppy day on the lake that day.

I got this vantage point of Lake Winnipesaukee from a scenic overlook on the side of the highway. I have posted a photo of this island before but on this particular day I was lucky as the famous Mount Washington boat happened to be passing right as I was taking the photo.  I thought it was cool that the island was smaller then the boat!

This is a shot I took while on vacation on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH.

These purple flowers have a great front row view of Lake Winnisquam where they can enjoy the action on the lake like the Jet Ski in the background.

The towering mountain with the bald peak is Mount Chocorua. It is one of the most popular hiking destinations in the White Mountains of NH and has an elevation of about 3,500 feet. The lake in front of it is aptly named Chocorua Lake.

I took this photo yesterday while visiting Lake Winnisquam.

I took this photo from that same overlook that I took the photo of the Castle in the Clouds that I posted earlier in the week.

I am finally back and posting new photos again. I spent the last week on vacation in Wolfeboro NH on Lake Winnipesaukee and took a ton of photos of the area. Here is a shot of the docks right behind the center of town.

Anyways Sorry I have not posted in so long but I am back now!

I shot this photo on a very calm day by a lake in NH.   I am not sure of the name of the lake but it was near Lake Winnipesaukee.

I thought this tiny island with a couple of houses on Lake Winnipesaukee was pretty cool. I guess they must take a boat to get pretty much anywhere?

Here is a photo I took last summer from the summit of West Rattlesnake Mountain in NH. The lake the summit is overlooking is Squam Lake.  Oh and no I didn’t see any Rattlesnakes

The sun was just starting to set last summer on Lake Winnipesaukee when I took this shot of an old boathouse on the lake.

Here is a photo of the famous MS Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee. If you have ever been to Lake Winnipesaukee in the summer chances are good you have seen this huge boat sometime during your stay. It is very popular with tourists and gives tours of the lake every few hours. I converted this photo to sepia tone and added the noise to give the photo an old time look.

I took this photo the same day I took this other slightly more original reflection shot that I posted a couple of weeks ago. Still I am very happy with this one as well even though it may be slightly cliched.

This tree was alone and above all the others overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee. I really like how the black and white conversion came out on this one.

It was a beautiful night on Lake Winnipesaukee when I took this picture. The sun was just starting to set and the sky had an interesting color to it.

I took this shot when I was on vacation in New Hampshire. The lake was like glass and was casting a perfect reflection of the mountain. I tried to spice it up a little so it would not be a typical reflection photo by framing the picture in a fence that I found along an old dirt road in front of the lake. So I ended up getting two reflections the two fence posts and the mountain reflecting in the lake.

It was a very quite summer day on Lake Winnipesaukee when this photo was taken. As you can see there is not one boat in sight. The boaters must have seen the clouds coming over the mountains and known a storm was likely on the way! I converted this to black and white because I think it helps highlight the dramatic cloud cover over the mountains better. What do you think?