Dragons in primary colors
in front of a Mondrian wall...
What I Saw on My Summer Vacation.....
By Barbara Vickers, MFA
(All images and text on this site are copyright 2008 by Barbara Vickers, MFA. All rights reserved worldwide.)
From Baltimore and Ellicott City, Maryland to Washington, DC and my old stomping ground, Northern Virginia, to Annapolis and across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Denton, Easton and Cambridge areas, then on south to the small slice of Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay and then back north through Chincoteague and Ocean City, Maryland and finally settling in at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, plus all the sights in between, I saw the most unusual things.
Of course, I tend to see things a little differently. My attention tends to wander off to design, shape and composition rather than a descriptive chronicle. And the odd and strange hold a special place here.
So here is what I saw:
Baltimore Harbor:
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Dragons in primary colors in front of a Mondrian wall... |
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| Hibiscus right on the waterfront... |  |
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Luxury boats - in all sizes and shapes... |
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| Exotic mushrooms growing amidst the glass.... |
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Ellicott City, Maryland - The restored home of our first railroad:
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Washington, DC:
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Remembrances of Lincoln --- Always an emotional experience...
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"Missouri" at the new World War II Memorial
The Capitol as seen from the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue |
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Our Wonderful Hosts
- in DC and Rehoboth Beach Gary & Ellen Hughes
Jerry - Dashing as a Newspaper Photographer at the "Newseum" |
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Glen Echo Amusement Park is still there!!! At least the Carousel - in all its glory - still is. |
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| Remnants of the old B & O Canal remain... |
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Annapolis, Maryland:
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Annapolis Architecture by Night |
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Boat Bits at the Harbor... |
| Flowers and Feathers by the Bay... |
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Eastern Shore of Maryland:
| Signs of the Economy on Hooper's Island... |
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But Seafood endures as a way of life
As does Dixon's Auction in Crumpton My old "stomping ground" while working my way through grad school with my antique business... |
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| Renoir lives on in Greensboro... |
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Eastern Shore of Virginia:
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The view from
the dock...
Our friends and hosts on the Bay: Carol and Malcolm Russ |
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| Spider Webs in Camelot... |
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| Local Residents.... |
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| Trumpet Vine lives on the beach.... | Found in a Exmore "Lady's Room"... | "Beauty Berries" they're called.... |
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Chincoteague - An Island of Friendly Birds:
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The Original
My Version |
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Ocean City, Maryland to Dewey Beach, Delaware:
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| Quite a wind we had one night... |
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seen sea gulls in a swimming pool? Me neither - until now... |
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Rehoboth Beach, Delaware:
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Our cozy cottage guest quarters - compliments of our friends, Gary, Ellen and Irene... |
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Gary's sculpture at the Rehoboth Center for the Arts.
"Heart Chain" at the art center |
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Some of our Rocky Point Gulls on vacation at the Eastern Shore... |
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Lewes, Delaware - A Lovely Restored Victorian Town:
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| Cape Henlopen State Park features World War II submarine lookout towers. We were lucky enough to get inside one... |
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Enroute Home:
| Photos of Earth from my window perch in the air... |
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