Capturing the year one day at a time.
“Spend time in a flower garden. Stay there as long as you wish, but make sure your visit is long enough to take in the various charms that the world of blossoms and petals provides. You can sit in a chair or on the grass, lie down looking […]
Every year I look forward to seeing this sign. A sign that is in Greek that means great food and fun times. At the Annapolis Greek Festival at the Sts. Constantine & Helen Church on Riva Road an outrageous amount of food is served this weekend. Each year I […]
I was up late last night, playing with my iPad 2 when I really should be sleeping. But creativity knows no clock and I browsed around the App store looking for interesting photo editing apps. Somehow I stumbled across the Percolator app that transforms your image into mosaics. […]
Cherries. Sweet Sweet Cherries. How I dream of you each year. I remember when I planted my cherry tree twelve years ago. A $7.00 stick that made my hubby shake his head in bewilderment. Surely this stick wouldn’t become a tree. Meant to be a dwarf tree of […]
I went down to the dock this evening to check on Mother Goose. I’m starting to get concerned about these very diligent parents. Their babies have yet to hatch out of their big egg capsules. On my way down, the first thing that caught my eye was this […]
Come with me, down the Magothy River that leads to the Chesapeake Bay. Starting around the bend from the manor, stands high on a piling an Osprey nest. The teenager osprey screaming at their parents to feed them. A parent close by with a fresh fish, waiting for […]
Life was starting to become a bit too predictable. Birds, barns, blossoms and boats. Surely there is something out there that can help shake things up a bit. Oh that’s right ! Terrapin Adventures in Savage Mills, Maryland offers a challenge course. Guaranteed to challenge both mind and body, Terrapin […]
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. Eleanor Roosevelt
On Mount Desert Island in Maine, where Acadia National Park is there is a hidden cove. This small harbor is a lobstermen haven. Bass Harbor is authentic Maine with hard working sailors that work the lobster traps so that we can enjoy those delicacies. Arriving in the harbor […]
It’s been a cold, windy and rainy day today. But it didn’t stop my friend and I to head over to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Kent Island A small island that is crossed by many traveling to the beach and is quickly missed. An island that […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 