A short visit this morning to the U.S. National Arboretum brought me to their Asian collection and their superb selection of Camellia bushes. Several were blooming and many more promised to be blossoming within the week. Photographing flowers with red, yellow and orange tones are quite difficult as the […]
Where the cloudy skies stood threatened by the warming spring day and blue skies. The farm animals at Kinder Farm Park want to wish you a wonderful Easter weekend. To this lovely mama goat who is now two months pregnant. Her baby is expected in May. To the […]
It was a challenging morning today. Starting off with not being able to find my car keys, I ended up having to take a secondary car. I had wanted to go birding at Swans Creek, but had forgotten the wind forecast for the day. Upon arrival, I opened […]
This is going to be a challenge to show you my walk about in just a few photos as I ended up with a number of beauties. I first headed towards Annapolis with an overlook at the World World II Memorial. A walking history tribute to the 6,454 […]
To photographers, this screams “Photo Op”! So I’m packing my bag and heading down to Annapolis to see what I can see in the snow. Hope you’re having a better spring day than I.
“I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others.” Grace Kelly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grace Kelly […]
Have you ever sat down with your camera and played with all the buttons. Some of these cameras offer fancy in-camera editing like my Canon 60D. These in-camera edits are available only when shooting .jpg images and not RAW. Here is my original image with some basic Lightroom […]
It was a beautifully sunny day with puffy clouds, blue skies, and nippy temperatures with brisk winds. A great day to spend hiking around the pristine and serene Prettyboy Reservoir. The second largest and most remote watersheds in the area, Prettyboy allows for stunning scenery in a natural […]
Money makes the world go around, the world go around. And when traveling inevitably some coins from those travels end up at the bottom of your pocket with nowhere to go but home as souvenirs. A few contributions from family members, I have an international conglomerate of lost […]
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 […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 