Calm Reflections Photography shares beautiful photographs that can be placed on mugs, mouse pads, canvas, puzzles, T-shirts, coasters and prints. Joanna Macaulay makes souvenirs of St. Mary’s County for tourists and local residents. Information about St. Mary’s County attractions, travel, events and photography can be found at her site. She now does pet photography as well.

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Showing posts with label Boardwalk. Show all posts
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Monday, June 23, 2025

North Beach Boardwalk and Michael R Frazer Sunrise Garden

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.












Friday, November 4, 2022

Merkle Wildlife Drive in Autumn

We went back to take the wildlife drive from Patuxent River Park to Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary even though the weather wasn't as good as the previous week, since it is only open Sundays 10am-3 pm.






Echinacea


Virginia Creeper




Sunday, September 17, 2017

Bay Front Park in Chesapeake Beach


I had a craving to visit a beach before the weather got cold, even for just a day.  So we drove to Chesapeake Beach and went to Bay Front Park with the dog.  The weather was gorgeous and we walked around and talked with lots of other dogs.

I posted the dogs on my Facebook page, so here is the beach.  It was quite interesting with some logs, cliffs, shark's teeth, small horseshoe crabs, a little wildlife, a boardwalk and a bridge.  It was more of a walking beach than a swimming beach, since the water cleanliness was poor earlier in the summer.  There were no showers or flush toilets.  In the summer, it would have cost $10-$18 each to visit as a non Calvert resident.  We had lunch and walked around and took pictures.  Later we had a lovely outdoor meal at the Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa and drove to North Beach for the sunset and ice cream.  It was a very memorable day.

     Cliffs


 

     Jim suggested photographing the cliff through the hole in the log.  It was a little tricky to get the right angle and I had to walk in the water to access the spot.

      Tidal inlet

     Little bridge over the inlet.  The creek was bigger on the right side.

     The boardwalk to the historical area was on the left.


     Small horseshoe crab

     Tiny horseshoe crab