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.

To buy my photos, photo cards, and photo crafts of wildlife, pets, holidays and more, visit my Zazzle Photo store at https://www.zazzle.com/store/calmreflectionsphoto






To sign up for automatic emails of this blog go to the bottom left of the page. Click on Subscribe to>Atom>Subscribe to this feed.

To see my Flickr Photostream go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/75311362@N08/





Featured Post

The Lonely Buck

I have been fairly busy lately with the Christmas rush, so I thought I would make a few posts about interesting sights that I somehow didn...

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Southern Maryland Boat Club Regatta July 29th

My husband, Jim, was thrilled to drive his boat in the Boat Club's 2017 Summer Regatta!  The weather wasn't too cooperative on Saturday July 29th, but improved considerably on Sunday.  Each class only had one heat on Saturday and they ended around 1 P. M. instead of 5 P. M.

Here are some photos from Saturday.  Each demonstration included two parade laps under the yellow flag, followed by 5 laps under the green flag.  I didn't photograph all of the boats that day.

Recreational demos



Jim in his Centurion Barefoot Ski Boat









Changing the signal flag

Tunnel Hull boats were exciting!
























Wednesday, August 2, 2017

River Concert July 22, 2017 at St. Mary's College of Maryland

A brief performance of the River Concert was featured on July 22nd at St. Mary's College of Maryland.  The weather was very uncooperative, with a large band of thunderstorms.  After a downpour, I was seated with a crowd of attendees right beneath the orchestra shell to avoid the rain and couldn't easily move, so I photographed what I could get.

The concert featured the Southern Maryland Gospel Choir, the young  James singers,  "I Got Rhythm" played by Jeffrey Chappell, Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" by the Chesapeake Orchestra and a few words by Natii Wright before the concert was cancelled.    I apologize for not getting a full photo of the choir and their musicians, as I normally would.

     Southern Maryland Gospel Choir

        Threatening storm

     Singing "Drops in the Ocean"


     Sunflowers


     Irvin Peterson singing the spiritual,  "He's the Lily of the Valley"


     Southern MD Gospel Choir

Unfortunately, my view of most of the gospel choir was blocked, so I photographed what I could.







     Natii Wright (singer) doing a reading right before the show was cancelled for the evening.