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






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Featured Post

Solar Eclipse of April 8th, 2024 from Southern Maryland

At the last minute, we found our solar filter which fit perfectly on my Tamron 150-600mm lens, and shot it with my Nikon D850 until 3:45 PM ...

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Goslings

I captured a family of geese enjoying our lawn.  Kinda cute.  The pink bushes are weigela.







Thursday, June 2, 2016

Swans in Pennsylvania

We drove by a beautiful lake near sunset and saw some lovely swans and geese.



     Swan Lake

     Dogwood with swans



      Geese and goslings

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

We visited St.Michael's MD and spent some time at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.  I enjoyed walking up to the cupula of the 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse to see the view.

     Hooper Strait Lighthouse framed by the Edna E Lockwood Bugeye

     Lighthouse with a leading line

     The Fresnell lens light

    Steps to the top

    The view from the lighthouse

     Rainy day mallard pair reflection

     Tonging for oysters


   Working Boatyard

     Volunteer "Doc" building a Draketail

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Jenkins Arboretum Azaleas

We visited Jenkins Arboretum in Paoli, PA when the azaleas were in full bloom and the skies were drizzling and misty.  You might think that would be a terrible time to visit, but the opposite was true.  There was lots of rain on the flowers and the colors were lovely.

     Curving trail

     Pink on pink.  Never tried this before.  What do you think of the colors?

     White azalea

     Pink azalea

     Could this be an azalea?

     Pink and white azalea

     Magenta azalea

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Annmarie Gardens

We recently visited Annmarie Gardens in Dowell, MD (near Solomon's Island) to photograph the azaleas.  







      Possibly iris

      Entrance

There were quite a few fairy and gnome homes scattered around the gardens.
I photographed a few to share, but I rarely post other people's art unless I am adding something unique to the artwork.

     

      Made of green plastic bottles

      Beach view lighthouse

     Gnome with poison ivy (yipes) tucked into the trunk of a tree!  

     Chalk walk

     Interesting artistic fence

Later, we dropped off my 2 photos for the SWARM:  Invasion of the Insects Exhibit (May 20th-Aug 28th).