Halfway there (links but no embedded photos)

My biggest challenge with Flickr (along with the rest of the web and all sorts of other things) is, as it seems to be with many people, finding ways to harness all-or maybe just some- that it offers without being sucked into an overwhelming quantity of options. In choosing a photo topic to link to, my initial curiosity led me to search for a few of the more off the beaten path places that I have been. In the end, I decided to select two links, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollie/483933952/ and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbird17/861283116/ that contain photos of my old neighborhood in Sunderland, MA. The first shows a view taken from Mt. Sugarloaf (in Deerfield), across the Connecticut river, across my former neighbors' backyards (I lived in a big old farmhouse a few houses to the right of the properties on the right side of the river) and out toward Mt. Toby, a popular running spot of mine. The second photo is of a cornfield that was about 1/3 of the mile down the street from my house. Every year, the farmers sculpt it into an amazing and very difficult corn maze. This photo showcases Julia Child, a Smith alum from nearby Northampton. If anyone is in need of an escape from the city, the Pioneer Valley foliage is probably at its peak for the next couple of weeks and I highly, highly recommend it.

If I dedicate a bit of time to thinking about how and when I would use it, maybe next week I'll actually open a Flickr account.