Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had a wife but couldn’t keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well. Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had another and didn’t love her; Peter learned to read and spell, And then he loved her very well. […]
The colors of nature never cease to amaze. From the bright pink of a beautiful flamingo, to the subdued black and white of a zebra. How I wish I was as good of an artist as Mother Nature is. “I asked the Zebra, are you black with white […]
Shenandoah National Park’s humble beginnings began in the late 1800’s when George H. Pollock and his Miners Lodge Copper Company partner, Stephen M. Allen purchased 5,371 acres from the Stony Man Mining Company. Not wealthy men, they schemed and managed to sell over thirty building lots on mortgage […]
A mid-October visit to the Shenandoah mountains was filled with rainy days and overcast skies. Though it wasn’t the most pleasant of weather, the storm created its magic along the rolling mountains. But then the clouds cleared in the afternoon and the brilliant autumn colors shone brightly with […]
Yesterday morning, the Feathered Friends Photography Meetup group participated in a wonderful Birds of Prey Photo Safari hosted by David Muse of Baltimore Photo Safari and Marie Joabar of Capital Photography. This event is offered twice a year and each time that I participate the experience is brand […]
I see spots. Lots of spots. Spots here, spots there, spots everywhere. Spots low, spots high, spots where the eye lies. Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love. Alfred Sisley
The new African Penguin exhibit has opened at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and boasts one of the largest colonies of African penguins in North America. The Maryland Zoo began conservation of these penguins in 1967 and if one wanders into any zoological institution in the United States, […]
Shenandoah National Park is home to a large population of White tailed deer. Within this protected haven, overtime these deer have learned to not fear humans without the presence of hunters. Along Big Meadows, the deer are easily found at dawn and dusk along the roadways leading into […]
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. John Muir
The autumn air has brought in a flurry of activity along the garden. It seems that all of the birds discovered the manor as a bird eden and were flitting and fluttering all about. Spending nearly three hours stalking shrubbery, the best was enjoying Ruby Crowned Kinglets chasing […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 