Solomon's Island Christmas 2025

 We had a quick lunch by the Solomon's Island boardwalk and discovered a few nice decorations scattered around amongst the seagulls and visitors.

Crab trap Christmas Tree

Annmarie Garden in Lights 2025

Happy Holidays!  We haven't visited Annmarie Garden for a few years, so at the last minute we drove over to see the lights for a little holiday cheer.  The garden mostly added to the display since last time.  I still recognized some of the light themes that I've seen before and there were quite a few new display areas.  It is still set up as lights along the paved path, so dress warmly if you go and be sure to reserve a time in advance on the website if it is needed.  It is great fun for children and includes an indoor (warm) exhibit with a large train set, art exhibit and homemade ornament sales.  The current upstairs exhibit in the Kay Daugherty Gallery is Chronicles Storytelling Through Imagery.  Sometimes their are visitors like the Frozen Princess or Santa.

https://www.annmariegarden.org/annmarie2/content/garden-lights-magical-light-show

Composite of 2 photos, 1 zoomed, one still

Clouds

Fun with Pink Flowers

Pink bouquet

Gerbera daisy

Autumn Scenes in St Mary's County 2025

Just a few more Autumn scenes before I switch to something else.  It's my second favorite time of year after Spring.  The colors are beautiful, even though they don't last long.

Autumn Leaves 2025

I found a number of leaves backlit by the sun to photograph.  Quite a few of these were taken in a parking lot with careful camera angles.  They were easy to get close to for photography and surprisingly beautiful.  I liked the shadows.

This one was on the Three Notch Trail

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have many things to be thankful for in 2025.

 

Forest Landing and Vicinity

I like photographing the pretty leaves near Forest Landing in the Autumn.  Its a peaceful place popular with canoes, kayaks, boaters and fishermen.  I also photographed a small lake nearby.

Forest Landing

Lake Nearby