Sotterley Plantation

 A visit to Historic Sotterley Plantation.

Brickwork

Crib Building

Manor Porch

Windmill

Curved Machinery

Curved flowers

Manor House

Gardens

Urn

Sycamore Tree

Spring Flowers 3 in St Marys County MD

 I am still photographing spring flowers as we get new plants opening up for the year, especially pink ones.  Enjoy them while they are around!

Camelias

Azaleas

                            

Dogwood

Cherry Trees

                            

Wisteria?

Osprey Have Arrived for 2026

The osprey arrived two weeks ago and promptly had about a 30 minute fight with the geese.  The geese won but lost the nest somehow the next day.  All the excitement happened while I was in the middle of a virtual doctor appointment, so no photos.  Here they are nest building.  It kind of looked like one bird wacked its mate with a branch.  It was hard to tell because of the angle.

Spring Flowers 1 St Mary's County 2026

Cherry Trees Lexington Manor Passive Park

Hyacynth

Helleborus St. Cecilia Catholic Church

Yellow Pansy

Pink Hyacynth

 

Spring Flowers 2 in St. Mary's County 2026

 I spent Saturday driving around looking for some pretty flowers before the expected rain on Easter Sunday.  This year has been fairly windy, but I caught a few flowers at least.

Pink phlox and a bonus yellow swallowtail butterfly

Redbud tree and lamp post SMCM

Pink cherry tree in the Garden of Remembrance SMCM

Weeping Cherry tree

Cherry tree

Red dogwood blossom

Weeping cherry tree

Daffodils

Serene Geese at Sunset

We had a beautiful sunset last night with calm waters and pretty reflections.  I liked how the circles in the water created a colorful shimmer, adding to the peacefulness.  The colors were nice too, but I wished the geese were closer to the colorful areas you can see in my cell phone photo at the end.

Seven Swans A-Swimming Feb 21, 2026

We had a few swans visit close by a few days ago, seven to be exact.  Just like in the "Twelve Days of Christmas".  We don't see the swans super close very often, but they were visiting with about two dozen geese.  They tend to be on the far side of the creek from the geese.  They seemed to tolerate each other fairly well and were certainly not afraid of each other.  My guess is that I saw 2 adult Tundra swans and 5 juveniles (less than one year old).  I liked how their heads were turned two different directions.

I have been hoping to see birds so I could try out a new lens, even though I didn't have time to grab a tripod.