Capturing the year one day at a time.
You know it’s summer time when it’s 90 degrees in the early evening but the local fire company has their annual carnival. Families and children of all ages come to play in spite of the warm evening. Bright, happy faces abound. With rides for the littlest ones, up […]
It’s getting too late in my life to care about the small things. It’s getting too late to not be brave, to not live my life fully, to not try to be an artist. Trivial things like how nice your hotel room is, or if you have to […]
Rushes raising elegantly from the cool waters covered by water lilies. Reaching towards the sky in search of light. Water lilies wait for middle summer to show their hidden treasures below. With tiny tadpoles that grow into a brilliantly green Southern Leopard Frogs. Sitting on the muddy banks […]
Ho Humm, here I am sitting on the Parrot Tree. Not much to do other than to sit and look pretty. Surely there is something I can do to break the boredom. Don’t mind me…I’m going to sneak over to bother the boys. They are such handsome boys. […]
A friend sent me a message this morning letting me know she was looking at a Summer Tanager. As I’ve been in Gettysburg the past two days, I’ve been missing the ponies and had a barn day scheduled. But that put the birding bug into me. So I […]
Life at a Civil War Camp was difficult. With meager supplies and harsh conditions, the soldiers prevailed in hardship. To read a personal historical account of a soldier in camp. please visit this website. http://www.newsinhistory.com/blog/union-soldier-describes-daily-life-civil-war-camp
An extraordinary reenactment for the first day of the 150th Anniversary celebration of the Battle at Gettysburg. Over 13,000 reenactors are bringing history to life. On the 1,000 acre farms of Redding and Entwiastle families who generously share their land and contribute extensively for this event. The first […]
Well, it’s yet again another rainy day. Regardless of the rain, it didn’t stop a friend and me from getting out to the Patuxent Research Refuge to try to find some birds. Dodging rain cells, we hoped to find some bright red birds. Alas, even though we had […]
It’s been raining so much in Maryland, that I’ve started to build an ark in my backyard. Although I’m not complaining too much as the flowers have been bursting at the seams with all the water. Even in the heat of July, the garden at the Manor continues […]
There’s nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something means you’re not living in the moment. Every moment is good for something. Ricky Williams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This morning was spent on a wild goose chase with two of my birding friends. […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 