The Eye on the Valley is a visual commentary by staff photographer Rachel Sharples that runs each Saturday in The Conway Daily Sun. The subjects, be they scenic landscapes or action shots, bring into focus some aspect of the seasons, events or everyday life in the Mount Washington Valley.
Fifth and sixth grade students from the Madison Elementary School Chorus sing holiday tunes at the tree lighting at the Madison Library on Friday evening, complete with a small bonfire and hot cocoa to warm the small crowd of locals. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Amy Carter and Amy Berrier dance along to the band at the pumpkin carving event put on by the Tamworth Outing Club and the Tamworth Recreation Department at the history center lawn on Halloween this Sunday. Many locals turned out to carve into the pumpkins donated by the Tanna, Steele, and Grand View farms and listen to the tunes of the White Mountain Ceili Band. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Professional sand sculptor Steve Topazio, from Newport, Rhode Island, carves a wide smile at the "All Things Pumpkin Festival" put on by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce at Nestlenook Farm on Saturday. Sponsored teams from all over New England, most of them also participants in the annual snowcarving competition at Black Mountain, carved eight pumpkins each for a fun-spirited contest. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The flock of Kennett students gasp as junior Tessa Capozzoli's first shootout shot misses in the thrilling Kennett field hockey game against Hollis-Brookline in the opening round of the Division II playoffs on Tuesday. After a 1-1 tie in regulation time, two overtime periods, and two rounds of shootouts, the Eagles came out on top with a one-point advantage in the shootout by senior Caroline Coleman and eight out of ten stops by goalie Madison Walcott. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sophomore Ivy Zipf takes a corner kick at the girls soccer match between Kennett and Berlin on Tuesday night under the lights of Millen Stadium. The Eagles dominated the game, winning 4-0, completing a sweep of Berlin following the boys victory over Berlin on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
(From left) Kennett senior Levi Robert and junior Rosie Sherlock hold up their soaked signs to the passing traffic at the climate rally, held in association with 350 New Hampshire, at the Four Corners in Conway Village on Friday afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
North Country Crocs player Brandon Hamilton makes a dive for the ball in the endzone at the end of the game, ultimately missing the catch, during the championship game against the Muddas Football Club at the North Conway's Hog Coliseum for the last day of Mud Bowl 2021 on Sunday afternoon. The Muddas won 28-20.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kristina Folcik jumps off the log with a smile after Eloise Murphy splashes into the water during the "women's division" of the Madison Old Home Week log-rolling competition, as part of Sunday's beach day festivities at Silver Lake. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People crowd along the beach across from Cathedral Ledge on a hot but hazy Tuesday at Echo Lake State Park. Many people turned out to take advantage of the heat after a long spat of rain, although rumbles of thunder dampened the spirits of some. The haze came from the wildfires on the West Coast. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Firefighers Charissa Kerr from North Windham (Maine) Fire Company and Anthony Locks from France hold up a flag in rememberance of 9/11 while crossing the finish line at the Tunnels to Towers Foundation 5K in North Conway on Saturday morning. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Harper Pascarelli, 3, gapes at the fireworks going off while holding a sparkler during the fireworks celebration for Fourth of July weekend in Jackson Friday evening. She and her family, from Ascutney, Vermont, were up to Jackson for a visit and to celebrate the birthday of "Mimi" Debbie Perkins. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Hannah Rochefort, 4, splashs water from a jet with some help from her mom Martina at her dad Chris (not pictured) at the splash pad outside the North Conway Community Center during Monday's extremely hot weather. The Rocheforts live by Lake Tahoe and are in the area for the week to visit with some family. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lucy Gatchell, a Tamworth resident that helped lead the May Pole dances, wears the ribbons as rainbow hair as the May Pole was taken down by banjo player and Gatchell's husband Dexter Harding and a few others during the small event at the May Pole behind Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth Tuesday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Some skiers ride up a South Quad lift at Cranmore Mountain as snow flurries on Saturday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Alex Clark jumps to try and catch a rebound at the Kennett boys basketball game against Milford on Monday. The Eagles fell 27 to 47. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth and sixth grade students from the Madison Elementary School Chorus sing holiday tunes at the tree lighting at the Madison Library on Friday evening, complete with a small bonfire and hot cocoa to warm the small crowd of locals. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Snow gathers on the branches of a tree as pedestrians and car trudge through the weather in North Conway Village on Wednesday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sixth graders survey the wide array of food donations they will hand their peers to carry from the school over to the Brown Church for the Conway Elementary "Food March" on November 19. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Maelle Maiorano, 6, of Jackson clings to her mother Kathleen Maynard whlie EMT Katie Dukehart swabs her arm before a dose of the COVID vaccine at the drive-thru vaccination clinic at Memorial Hospital on Saturday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A veteran salutes the flag during the playing of "Taps" at the gathering in North Conway's Schouler Park after the Veteran's Day Parade on Thursday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Amy Carter and Amy Berrier dance along to the band at the pumpkin carving event put on by the Tamworth Outing Club and the Tamworth Recreation Department at the history center lawn on Halloween this Sunday. Many locals turned out to carve into the pumpkins donated by the Tanna, Steele, and Grand View farms and listen to the tunes of the White Mountain Ceili Band. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Professional sand sculptor Steve Topazio, from Newport, Rhode Island, carves a wide smile at the "All Things Pumpkin Festival" put on by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce at Nestlenook Farm on Saturday. Sponsored teams from all over New England, most of them also participants in the annual snowcarving competition at Black Mountain, carved eight pumpkins each for a fun-spirited contest. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The flock of Kennett students gasp as junior Tessa Capozzoli's first shootout shot misses in the thrilling Kennett field hockey game against Hollis-Brookline in the opening round of the Division II playoffs on Tuesday. After a 1-1 tie in regulation time, two overtime periods, and two rounds of shootouts, the Eagles came out on top with a one-point advantage in the shootout by senior Caroline Coleman and eight out of ten stops by goalie Madison Walcott. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students in the Fryeburg Academy marching band play a patriotic tune for the grand parade by the grandstands at the Fryeburg Fair on Saturday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sophomore Ivy Zipf takes a corner kick at the girls soccer match between Kennett and Berlin on Tuesday night under the lights of Millen Stadium. The Eagles dominated the game, winning 4-0, completing a sweep of Berlin following the boys victory over Berlin on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
(From left) Kennett senior Levi Robert and junior Rosie Sherlock hold up their soaked signs to the passing traffic at the climate rally, held in association with 350 New Hampshire, at the Four Corners in Conway Village on Friday afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The leaves begin their autumn change on the summit of Black Cap as the sun sets Sunday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
North Country Crocs player Brandon Hamilton makes a dive for the ball in the endzone at the end of the game, ultimately missing the catch, during the championship game against the Muddas Football Club at the North Conway's Hog Coliseum for the last day of Mud Bowl 2021 on Sunday afternoon. The Muddas won 28-20.(RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students from Steve Bamsey's fifth grade class fling a ball in the air with the parachute during a game at the back-to-school bash at Conway Elementary School on Friday afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Water rushes over the the falls as people climb on the stones at Rocky Gorge off the Kancamagus Highway on Saturday afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Raindrops drip down plants along the Saco River at First River Bridge park in North Conway as the weather from Tropical Storm Henri set in Sunday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators take pictures of Jimi Heyder, of the O class, racing up the road past the Cragway Turn at the 2021 Climb to the Clouds race at the Mt. Washington Auto Road on Sunday. (RACHEL SHARPLES)
Kristina Folcik jumps off the log with a smile after Eloise Murphy splashes into the water during the "women's division" of the Madison Old Home Week log-rolling competition, as part of Sunday's beach day festivities at Silver Lake. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cars drive down White Mountain Highway in the village as the sun sets in North Conway on Tuesday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
People crowd along the beach across from Cathedral Ledge on a hot but hazy Tuesday at Echo Lake State Park. Many people turned out to take advantage of the heat after a long spat of rain, although rumbles of thunder dampened the spirits of some. The haze came from the wildfires on the West Coast. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Firefighers Charissa Kerr from North Windham (Maine) Fire Company and Anthony Locks from France hold up a flag in rememberance of 9/11 while crossing the finish line at the Tunnels to Towers Foundation 5K in North Conway on Saturday morning. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Harper Pascarelli, 3, gapes at the fireworks going off while holding a sparkler during the fireworks celebration for Fourth of July weekend in Jackson Friday evening. She and her family, from Ascutney, Vermont, were up to Jackson for a visit and to celebrate the birthday of "Mimi" Debbie Perkins. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Hannah Rochefort, 4, splashs water from a jet with some help from her mom Martina at her dad Chris (not pictured) at the splash pad outside the North Conway Community Center during Monday's extremely hot weather. The Rocheforts live by Lake Tahoe and are in the area for the week to visit with some family. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The sunset paints the sky pink and purple on a rainy Tuesday as a car drives by on River Road in Fryeburg. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Graduate Shauna Hacking gets enveloped in a hug while waiting for a photo on top of Cranmore Mountain during Kennett High School's ski lift graduation for the class of 2021. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A group of seniors waves from a boat on a trailer as confetti falls during the parade for the graduating class of Fryeburg Academy in the streets around the school Friday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A couple sits on a rock at the top of Cathedral Ledge on a warm Sunday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Stacey Carr, a resident of Madison, and Lorraine Davis, a resident of Conway, take a selfie during a kayak outing on Chocorua Lake on a warm Sunday afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lucy Gatchell, a Tamworth resident that helped lead the May Pole dances, wears the ribbons as rainbow hair as the May Pole was taken down by banjo player and Gatchell's husband Dexter Harding and a few others during the small event at the May Pole behind Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth Tuesday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sam Habert-Jaques leaps over a hurdle during the girls 100m high hurdles during the track meet at Kennett High School Tuesday evening. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A view of the Mount Washington Valley from the top of Mount Willard on a Saturday afternoon. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Voters cast their ballots for the Conway town elections in the Kennett High School gym Tuesday evening around 5 o'clock. (RACHEL SHAPRLES PHOTO)
Bryson Weeks of Milford, NH, tugs at his airplane kite during a family visit to North Conway. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Teachers Susan Whalen, Robyn Powell, and Tricia Pitman (left to right) embraced the carnival/circus theme of the parade for Melanie Bishop and dressed as animals while supporting Melanie. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Joseph Renaud makes a funny face for the camera as he skis along the course (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO).
Nora (Mulkern) Bean celebrated St. Patrick's Day in style on the Mountain Meister course at Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway on Wednesday.
A drone captured the beauty of the Mount Washington and the Saco River during a bluebird winter morning. (JOE VIGER PHOTO)
Skiers and snowboarders were treated to mroe than 10 inches of natural snow from Winter Storm Orlean for Week 4 of Mountain Meisters at Cranmore Resort in North Conway on Wednesday. (JOE VIGER PHOTO)
The Albany Covered Bridge located on Passaconaway/Dugway Road, was first constructed in 1858. (JOE VIGER PHOTO)
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