On September 7, Howard celebrated a birthday. I photoshopped him a little picture of Allie and Joey playing poker....
And made him a burger cake.
Andy, Bob, Judyn, Tony, Howard
My garden is coming along....
Hydrangeas, impatiens, coneflowers and hosta in this picture. Other side (not shown)is mainly salvia, bearded irises (spring), then obedient plant in late summer. Just planted some tall phlox for next summer in left box and pink coreopsis in right box.
Howard has a baby....not sure of the weight and length, but it's BIG!!
Our friend Mike Nolan, of Nolan's Quality Cars in Salisbury, helped him get a great deal on a two year old Acura. Before being adopted by Howard, it was residing in a huge car auction site in Mannheim, PA, waiting for a new owner.
24-AUG-2009
Butterfly at Brookside Gardens Butterfly Exhibit
21-MAY-2008
Walkin' the dog, just a walkin' the dog....
Ruth continued to walk dogs for Terrapin Pets, and even took care of a cat or two! I love hanging out with fine four legged friends!
19-SEP-2009
I went to Historic St. Mary's City. This is the beautifully restored chapel, which was opened a few weeks after I was there.
History was made in Maryland in 1634. The nearly 150 English settlers who arrived at what is now St. Mary’s City aboard the Ark and the Dove established far more than simply the fourth permanent English colony in North America. They forged what would become known as the birthplace of religious freedom in America. From its beginning Maryland practiced a very liberal policy concerning religious activities.
In 1704 the Governor ordered the chapel locked, ending the colony's experiment in religious freedom.
19-SEP-2009
Replica of the Dove, which carried Maryland's first settlers to shore. MD is celebrating its 375th birthday this year.
19-SEP-2009
A typical building at St. Mary's
06-SEP-2009
From nearby Colton's Point I took the water taxi to St. Clement's Island. This is the new replica of Blackistone Lighthouse
The cross was built in 1934 to honor the religious freedom settlers enjoyed in Maryland.
20-SEP-2009
I volunteered at the 2009 Maryland Lighthouse Challenge, working at Piney Point in St. Mary's County.
The annual Maryland Lighthouse Challenge allows participants to visit and (usually) enter all 10 land-based lighthouses/lightships in Maryland over the course of two days and one evening. It's called a challenge because it takes a lot of driving to get down small peninsulas, navigate Baltimore, and do other things to visit all locations! I have never done the challenge, although I HAVE seen all of Maryland's lighthouses, including the ones out in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River.
19-SEP-2009
drove down to Point Lookout at the end of the peninsula to see the lighthouse before it closed for the day.
19-SEP-2009
Here's Piney Point lighthouse at sunset.
20-SEP-2009
Piney Point early AM on Challenge Day
20-SEP-2009
Piney Point tower early AM
20-SEP-2009
On the way home, I stopped at Drum Point Lighthouse, Solomon's Island, 7 PM
03-OCT-2009
Howard made a donation to the Augusta Military Academy Alumni Association. (Crysta and Blaine with Howard).
We made a family trip to Staunton, VA for the weekend (Howard, Allie, Joey and I).
Howard's donation will help keep the AMA Museum open in Fort Defiance, VA.
02-OCT-2008
AMA alumni at a barbeque held near Fishburne School in Waynesboro
03-OCT-2009
Allie and Joey rode in the back seat of Papa's new Acura
Except for Allie nabbing a half smoke from a table at the BBQ, the kids traveled and behaved pretty well. We took them just about everywhere - to the BBQ in Waynesboro, to AMA, and to the antique car show.
03-OCT-2009
Allie had a great time in the Holiday Inn!
18-JUL-2009
If there's any kind of animal in the yard, Joey (or Allie) will find it!