My last post featured the Wings of Fancy butterfly exhibit, which was a Meet-Up event. The next day there was another scheduled Meet-Up event at the sunflower fields in northern Montgomery County Maryland. I’d been to the fields two years prior and really enjoyed the experience, so I thought I’d go again and see how…
Yesterday I joined fellow shutterbugs for a Meetup at Brookside Gardens in Silver Spring, MD to photograph beautiful butterflies. I also photographed caterpillars, and these caterpillars were pretty, considering they were caterpillars! Growing up I was used to seeing very fuzzy caterpillars, and these were not. I really enjoyed this event because I just love…
I traveled today to Longwood, PA to attend a Meetup event at Longwood Gardens (http://www.longwoodgardens.org). The gardens still has holiday decor in its conservatory and around the grounds. Below are a few of the photos I captured. Enjoy!
Last night I went to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. to photograph the ZooLights. The last time I visited a zoo at night was over twenty years ago to see ZooLights at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. I arrived at my destination earlier than anticipated only to encounter traffic.…
Yesterday was National Wreaths Across American Day (www.wreathsacrossamerica.org). In honor of our fallen heroes, a fresh wreath was placed at their marker or headstone. I attended the ceremony that was held at the Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) with a few Meetup members. I visited the ANC many years ago as a tourist before moving here. It brought…
Saturday morning I attended a meetup at the Conowingo Hydroelectric Dam (http://www.harfordbirdclub.org/conowingo.html) in Darlington, MD, to photograph bald eagles. This location is known to have bald eagles this time of year and by the numbers! I’d been anticipating this event since hearing about it several weeks ago. I thought this could be a really cool thing…
Have you heard of the United States Institute of Peace? I just learned that this agency has been around since 1984. The United States Institute of Peace was established by Congress in 1984 as an independent, federally-funded national security institution devoted to the nonviolent prevention and mitigation of deadly conflict abroad. More information about the Institute…
Yesterday, I participated in a Meetup event; a hike and photo shoot at Scotts Run Nature Preserve in McLean, VA. What’s a Meetup, one may ask? “A Meetup Group is a local community of people. A Meetup Group hosts Meetups, which are face to face meetings that happen in real life between members and Organizers” “Helps groups of people…
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