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Karen Elizabeth Carpenter
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Writer, photographer, poet, cat whisperer, cancer survivor.
Post-punk rocker.
I left my heart in Dublin City.

📍 Coastal New England
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The impermanence of autumn's gift.

#thisimpermanentlife #landscapephotography #grateful #resilience #autumnvibes #newengland #EastCoastKin #photohour
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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I'm not sure where I'm going, but I know I'll get there.

#theroad #blueskyartshow #photography #naturephotography #autumncolors #newengland
A narrow, paved laneway winding through autumn trees that are bright shades of yellow, orange, green, and hues of dark red and copper. It is a cloudy day but the sky is bright.
September 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Face to the sun, my friends, face to the sun.

#sunflowers #photography #naturephotography #newengland #september #autumn #massachusetts
September 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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September in New England is perhaps the most beautiful of all the months.

Today I meandered the seacoast farms of southeastern Massachusetts, and what a day it was. 🕊️

📍Weir River Farm — Hingham, MA

#photography #photohour #EastCoastKin #flowerphotography #NewEngland #September
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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It is a gorgeous day on the coast south of Boston.

I found my way to a farm for organic veggies, meandered the quiet dirt roads on foot, and made a new friend.

This is Pumpkin, a 35yo Welsh pony, living his best senior years at Holly Hill Farm.

#EastCoastKin #photography #pony #NewEngland
August 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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A tree with a view. Don't forget to look up.

📍 South Shore, Massachusetts

#photography #photohour #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #trees #newengland #massachusetts
August 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Met this pup at the estuary while I was out for a walk. He’s quite the swimmer!

📍South Shore, Massachusetts

#photography #photohour #EastCoastKin #dogsofbluesky #dailywalk #newengland #massachusetts
August 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Since I was a wee girl, I’ve been walking in cemeteries. Sometimes I read the epitaphs out loud; I say their names and wonder what life was like in 1762 or 1845 or 1901.

#newengland #photography #photohour #cemeteries #massachusetts #EastCoastKin #history #summer
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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August is my favorite month. It’s when I reflect on the months behind me, and what is yet to come. I make my resolutions and embrace every ephemeral bit of summer, in case it is my last.

#newengland #photography #photohour #gardenphotography #massachusetts #EastCoastKin #nature #summer #August
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Summer sky over Cohasset.

#photography #massachusetts #newengland #photohour #clouds #summer #EastCoastKin
July 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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I happened upon this little painted stone while walking at the cemetery.

Don’t waste your short time on this planet living a life filled with hate and rage.

Put love at the center and see what happens. 🕊️

#loveoneanother #photohour #newengland #wordsofwisdom #EastCoastKin #summer
June 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Strolling the historic towns of coastal New England; so many stories to tell.

📍 Hingham, Massachusetts

#photography #newengland #photohour #historicarchitecture #summer #EastCoastKin
June 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Immerse your mind, body, and soul in nature’s beauty.

#photography #flowers #naturephotography #summer #photohour #newengland #EastCoastKin
June 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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It was 90F (32c) along the southeast coast of Massachusetts today.

I walked at an old cemetery with lots of big shade trees, and beautiful gravestones from the past 350+ years. Old souls. 🕊️

📍 South Shore, Massachusetts

#photography #photohour #cemeteryphotography #NewEngland #EastCoast#Kin
June 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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The Hingham Bell Tower, at the edge of Hingham Cemetery where I sometimes walk. They ring the bells on Saturday mornings (I’m told it takes 9 people to ring them) and it is glorious to listen to while strolling the old lanes in the cemetery.

#photohour #photography #newengland #architecture
May 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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In the foreground is the Appalachian Red variety of the eastern redbud tree.

📍Coastal Massachusetts

#photography #trees #naturephotography #photohour #arboretum #easternredbud #springphotos #newengland
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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On eastern redbud trees, the flowers emerge first and cover the branches sans leaves. They are various shades of pink and dark magenta, simply magical.

#photography #photohour #EastCoastKin #spring #landscapephotography #newengland
May 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Today, it was all about azaleas.

📍Historic Quincy, Massachusetts

#photography #photohour #EastCoastKin #flowerphotography #azaelas #newengland #spring
May 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The fragrance of Lilacs floated in the air this morning on my walk through the cemetery.

📍 Coastal Massachusetts

#photography #photohour #lilacs #spring #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #newengland
May 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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These are the blooms of, I assume, some kind of crabapple tree.

There are several in this lower corner of the cemetery, like a small grove of lollipop trees covered in a fresh coat of soft snow.

📍 Hingham Cemetery

#photography #trees #spring #EastCoastKin #newengland
May 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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One of the cemeteries where I sometimes walk has arboretum status because of the fascinating variety of trees.

Today I saw the beautiful Ginkgo Biloba tree, with the first of its unique leaves in all their divine glory. 🕊️

#Photography #photohour #EastCoastKin #ginkgobiloba #arboretum #trees
May 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Saturday in the park.

📍 Quincy, Massachusetts

#BlueSkyArtShow #Green #photography #newengland #spring #photohour #naturephotography
May 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The interior of the historic Richardson Building at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.

#photography #architecture #eastcoastkin #massachusetts #newengland #photohour #library
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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These beauties will be here soon.

#photography #EastCoastKin #photohour #naturephotography #flowers #dahlia #garden #spring
May 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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It was a bit windy yesterday while I was out snapping pics of another beautiful New England spring.

#photography #selfie #photohour #newengland #dailywalk #spring
May 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM