We visited the Michael R Frazer Sunrise Garden in June with its clever sculptures, flowers and wildlife. The garden was apparently renamed in 2022 after the former mayor. It is rare to find such a pretty small garden. There are steep little bridges. The boardwalk next to it is lovely too. I recommend visiting in the off season or maybe early in the day due to parking issues. The beach is quite expensive to park your beach towel on.
More about the dates and features of the upcoming River Concert series that I photograph every year for the Chesapeake Orchestra. Calm Reflections Photography has been the official photographer for the series since 2013. Check out the program later to see some of my photos.
https://inside.smcm.edu/events/river-concert-series-2025
Just playing with flowers from the grocery store. I never know what color I will end up with, so it is challenging to make a still life. Yellow and purple are complimentary or opposite colors on the color wheel.
I had a particularly busy week in late April, so when I had a few minutes between appointments, I stopped at a commercial garden center and photographed some domestic flowers with my phone and even bought a few petunias. Photos can be found everywhere. Enjoy!
The redbud trees this year seemed more beautiful than ever. Even the one we planted as a memorial to my Mom suddenly bloomed extra well. These were taken in Callaway.
I visited a local You Pick it Farm when they had some nice tulip fields, instead of driving to Baltimore to see Sherwood Gardens. I discovered that Sherwood Gardens was a really long trip. The fields were not only pretty, but I got to bring home a batch of tulips to photograph and bulbs to plant. (although it is somewhat questionable whether they will come up next Spring in our poor soil.)
The farm had really dark purple, almost black tulips, some frilly red and yellow ones and several shades of pink.
The last section we saw in the park included Dogwood trees (Pink, red and white) near the Asian collection. Beautiful!
