Capturing the year one day at a time.
There is advantage of living on the Magothy River that leads out to the Chesapeake Bay. The maritime life of being on the Chesapeake Bay floats by throughout the day. Across the water sat these small boats and canoes, waiting for a warmer spring day for a gentle […]
Canon G12, macro setting. Edits in Color Efex Pro: Fog, Foliage, Pastel, Image border. We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on it’s vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed for our safety, to it’s security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the […]
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen. Ralph Marston
Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. Franklin D. Roosevelt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canon G12. Edits in Color Efex Pro, Lightroom 4
This morning was one of those mornings that all is right with the world. Visiting the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland and meeting with guest curator and author, Daniel Carroll Toomey, I stepped back into time. With his recently published book “The War Came by Trains,” Mr. Toomey shared […]
Would you believe it took me over five trips and countless miles to try to locate one of these beauties. Thankfully, being a member of the Anne Arundel County Bird Club with an active facebook page a number of people heard me lament about my inability to find one. A […]
All year I tend to a tiny painted ceramic pot that holds a bulb that has been there for years. Wait and wait I do, while watering and feeding. Waiting for spring for the pair of red Amaryllis flowers to blossom. The time is nearly here! Spring is […]
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
I went up with a couple of friends to visit the Home & Garden Show in the Maryland fairgrounds. I’m still trudging through the photos that I took today. Especially the orchid images from their orchid show which was spectacular. For tonight, let’s all think of green. Perhaps […]
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. Aesop Canon 7d, 500mm f/4.0 L, 1/1250 sec at f/7.1, ISO 400, Daylight white balance. Lightroom edits: Luminance smoothing +45, Sharpening +21, Yellow Sky Action preset: Grandma’s […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 