Think you’ve lost me? Nope, I’ve been a busy early Santa elf, preparing for the holidays as they snuck up on me and are peeking around the corner. I’ve been busy, busy, busy like the chipmunk gathering his acorns for winter. Things are starting to come together but […]
“What Will You Discover?” Is the calling of Luray Caverns and Museums, located in Luray, Virginia on the outskirts of Shenandoah National Park. This natural and historical place boasts of past life in the Shenandoah Valley and mysterious caverns below the earth’s surface. Many visitors that come to […]
It’s hard to imagine that after such an exciting week in the Baltimore Harbor the Star Spangled Spectacular, that the ships are now gone. Heading out today, for parts north and south these maritime visitors graced us with their majesty during their stay. The Witchcraftis one of these […]
Walk with me if you dare, through the ghost halls of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notoriously known as ESP, this fourteen-acre, city wide block sized prison was built in 1829. Built like a castle fortress, at least sunny skies are present to guide us on […]
The Weathered Old Barn A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to thinking. He wanted to buy the old barn that sits out by the highway. I told him right off he was crazy. He was a city type, you could tell […]
Not quite the Cover of the Rolling Stones, but on the cover nevertheless. It’s time to share some small successes in the developing story of becoming a professional photographer and writer. Last fall, a publishing house contacted me and wanted to use one of my images from Gettysburg […]
A JOURNEY FROM PATAPSCO IN MARYLAND TO ANNAPOLIS APRIL 4, 1730 – Percy H. Boynton At length the wintry Horrors disappear, And April views with Smiles the infant Year; The grateful Earth from frosty Chains unbound, Pours out its vernal Treasures all around, Her Face bedeckt with Grass, […]
Walk with me through the Tobacco Farm Life Museum, stepping back to 1884 and the simple home Iredell Brown built for his family. One side was for the kitchen, the other for living and sleeping quarters. Their livelihood depended on an Eastern North Carolina crop – Tobacco. Tobacco, […]
Curiosity will have to get the best of you as to what discoveries I had today. After a long twelve-hour drive and a drive through a rural road in North Carolina, I’m too pooped to do more than post one photo tonight. There are two places in North […]
The Pomegranate originated from Persia and is one of the oldest known fruits. A symbol of health, fertility and eternal life. In “The Abduction of Persephone”, daughter of Zeus and of Demeter – Goddess of the crops and harvest. Persephone was known for her beauty and one day […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 