I chased the sun as best as I could. The beach holiday was sultry. The air heavy with humidity, but that wasn’t all the air was filled with. It was filled with mosquitoes. Mosquitoes as big as hummingbirds. They were relentless, they were busy all day long from […]
Little Sanderling zipping around on the sand. Spies a tall Marbled Godwit dipping his beak in the sand. Watcha got there?
Enjoy a peaceful early morning on the water with me in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8yNLIWXd8
The Hunting Island Lighthouse was built in 1875 and is a Segmented cast-iron light house design. One of two which the other is Cape Canaveral light in Florida. With 175 steps inside, you know I had to walk all of them to get to the top and enjoy […]
There’s been a change of scenery for me. Heading to a small island off the coast of South Carolina that I never would have known about. A good friend of mine is having her wedding, and when I heard it was on the beach, there was no way […]
Some call it fishing, but fishing means you’re trying to find something. Catching..now catching I like.
The morning was a brisk morning, the air fresh and cool from lower humidity and temperatures. A wonderful respite after the hot and humid summer Maryland has held. The African exhibit at the Maryland Zoo is hosting a new family addition to the grazing animals. Feeling frisky, the […]
From whence arrived the praying mantis? From outer space, or lost Atlantis? glimpse the grin, green metal mug at masks the pseudo-saintly bug, Orthopterous, also carnivorous, And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us. By Ogden Nash (1902 – 1971)
The butterflies of Maryland are varied and colorful. Coming out in full force late summer, these beauties can be seen throughout gardens and landscapes. Maryland is a stopping place for migrating Monarch butterflies, and the Native Butterfly House of Ladew Gardens gathers them in the meadow and brings […]
It was a buggy kind of day. Some of those little things that hang around in the garden but are usually ignored. It made me look at things in a different way than usual. It was indeed the dog days of summer. When the season had grown long […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 