Maryland

I just wanted to share what I think is my favorite picture of the Maryland countryside. This was right outside of Easton the day before the wedding. There were lots of little fields like this around, each with some brightly colored plants growing, but this was the only one I saw with an old farmhouse in the background. I wish I'd spent more time taking a better picture of this. I shot this through the passenger side window of the rental van with the motor still running, so it's a little blurry and uncomposed. There are also numerous spots in the sky from the crud that's gotten stuck to my image sensor lately, but I think I can get rid of those with Photoshop. This is how I'll remember rural Maryland.

Another Civil War Monument

Here's another installment in my ongoing series of Confederate Civil War memorials. This time, I spotted a monument in a rather unlikely place, at least to me. While I was in Maryland for a wedding recently, there he was right in front of the courthouse in Easton. I had to look twice to make sure he was a confederate soldier, but if you look close, he's carrying the stars and bars, and his belt buckle says CSA. I wasn't even sure that Maryland was part of the South, but I guess it was. Anyhow, add this one to the list.

Welcome To Hel

So, in case you were wondering, Hels Half Acre is located somewhere between Easton and Oxford, Maryland. Who knew?

Where In The World

So where did I jet off to today? A little town in Maryland called Oxford for a wedding, that's where. I thought it was a small affair, but it appears to have been announced on the billboard in front of the local firehouse. They didn't get top billing however, that's reserved for the upcoming company drill. And it's only on the one side. But the Alexes are the folks I came here to see get married. (They're both named Alex, I kid you not...) Now if this overcast would just clear so I could get some pictures...