Butterfly Season is Here

I cut some lavender colored lilacs recently and got to see my first butterflies this Spring.  I grabbed my cell phone and photographed a few Eastern Tiger Swallowtails with nice complimentary colors, purple and yellow.  There were lots of busy bees too, so I moved very slowly.

A Spring Visit to Point Lookout State Park

I spent a lovely few hours at Point Lookout State Park to see if there were any birds around and found access to the beach and Fort area.  I visited the redoubt (panorama) and prison re-creation with a few tents and a guard house.  There were 2 occupied osprey nests.

Lighthouse with Cormorants

Guard Post No. 9 Prison of War Display

Redoubt

Camellias in Bloom

There are some beautiful pink Japanese camellias nearby.  Unfortunately, they probably won’t grow in my yard, which has more of a limestone soil.  The local Native Americans used our property to toss their used oyster shells, sort of a garbage dump.  So I find other places to photograph them.  They are quite beautiful and delicate looking, with heart shaped petals.

Cherry Blossom Time in St. Marys County

The cherry blossoms were quite early this year.  The ones in my yard still haven’t bloomed yet.  I found plenty on display at the Lexington Manor Passive Park, and in parking lots everywhere in Lexington Park and Leonardtown.  The headquarters for St Marys County Schools had some gorgeous ones with lamp posts and reflections.  Generally, the photos are enhanced by having something else as the subject with the flowers used like a lovely frame.  The blossoms themselves or several trees are pretty too.

Reflections

Lamp post

Backlighting

Framed with a Tree

Delicate 

Frame a Cloud