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 […]
I know..I know..I owe you a photo from yesterday. But sometimes life just seems to get in the way, and business needs to be taken care of first before play. Today a winter storm was to blow through, promising snow and then icy rain. Of course hearing the […]
Time for a confession. Yes, I take some photos today, but frankly they’re not exciting or interesting. So here are few images from yesterday’s walkabout. Annapolis businesses are getting decked out for the holidays. Bringing holiday cheer to all that walk by. Now I’m off to hijack the […]
Awakening this morning to a foggy mist covering the landscape, the morning felt magical. It was to be a day of contradictions as rain was called for the day. Wanting to capture Annapolis in the fog, I packed up the camera and headed south. Crossing over the Severn […]
The Chesapeake & Ohio National Historic Park weaves along the Potomac River for more than 184 miles. A vital waterway for Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia in the early 1800’s, the canal is a beautiful greenway for a getaway from the hustle and bustle of Washington D.C. At […]
During the Thanksgiving weekend, it seems that Christmas light decorations sprouted up along lawns and greenways overnight like mushrooms. One has to love the holiday spirit that Americans get into. Not only do they celebrate, they celebrate big. Now to find one of those dancing lighted houses to […]
As the Snowy Owls derailed me from a scheduled trip to Conowingo Dam in Darlington, Maryland. I made the trek today in hopes to get some amazing images of the Bald Eagles. The forecast has been for a sunny day, but it was cloudy when I woke up. […]
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman Today was a day filled with the mundane, as well as catching up on some lost sleep […]
Sometimes I wonder if getting up at 4:00 a.m. to drive two hours to arrive before dawn is worth the effort. Hot rumors were flying through the facebook birding groups last night about reports of Snowy Owls along the Delaware Bay. Arriving at my first stop, the only […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 