Halloween First Saturday

First Saturday Frederick-Halloween theme. I liked the tombstone that said "Here lies the Pilsbury Doughboy; he will rise again"

Dream House on Patrick

Mark S Carroll

Lt. Col. US Army Ret. 

in fide et in bello forte

HZ Residence on 100 East Third

The initials H and Z are on the shale shingles of this old building. A mystery but likely the original owners. This Victorian was built probably around 1890 based on the dates of neighboring properties. The lot next is not occupied and next to that is the old Quinn Chapel it is now called "Georgetown apartments" On occasion I have stopped to photograph resident -- like this old fellow who stopped to rest on the porch

Rebel Bones

At Washington Cemetery

"Sirs, you have no reason to be ashamed of your Confederate dead; see to it they have no reason to be ashamed of you."

Robert Lewis Dabney, Chaplain for Stonewall Jackson. Chief of staff and Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of the South. Read this day in the presence of those fell under Stonewall and Dabney at Antietam and the Memorial Collect from the Prayer Book

Mark S Carroll

Lt. Col. US Army Ret. 

in fide et in bello forte

Annapolis Rocks

View of Greenbrier Lake. Hiked 2.2 miles from US 40 on the AT. Chatted with a fellow tying a rope for a belay anchor and his climb and reflected on Morning Prayer 

Laus Deo Semper 

Spring Bunny

I met this little fellow along the trail walk from Shifferstadt Hause to the Fairvirew Bridge along Carroll Creek. He froze about 10' from me in the open. I expect he figured he was invisible. So we watched one another while I took his picture, edited it to crop it, and wrote this musing. Freezing, must be an innate defense mechanism against predators, and this little fellow is practicing. Finally, two step toward him prompted him into tall grass a foot away.

Spring Pods Opening

While approaching a grand old tree in the park I noted some large object floating down and then observed that the walk was littered with the delightful cotton like objects. The underside has hundreds of small pods that have opened and seeds to begin a new life

Sycamore Seeking Sunshine

This old sycamore beside the bridge over Rock Creek is reaching out for sunshine over the center of the creek