TWEET TWEET!
A beautiful specimen from the birding banding excursion near Snow Hill, MD

Resting Gaucho
A wooden model of a resting cowboy in the Marvel Carriage Museum

Assateague at Sunrise
Waking up to the buzz of bugs isn't so bad when you wake up to this...

Bird Bander
Bird Banding master, Richard Roberts, enlightened Coastal Stewards and a Ward Museum photo group on the world of Eastern shore bird banding and migration. Here, he has the bird in "photo grip."

Ooey Gooey
Sinful dessert eaten in downtown Lewes, Delaware

Rackliffe House
Visible from the near Assateague, this plantation house is pre-revolution

Doggie-Friendly Assateague
Did you know dogs are allowed at Assateague Island National Seashore's non-life guarded beaches?

Dogfish Head Brew Tours
Not only does Dogfish Head try unorthodox methods of brewing, but they also work with molecular biologist to learn and recreate ancient recipes. (You can hear all about it on a brew tour.)

The Future of Chesapeake Bay Farms
These cute little critters welcome the farm's visitors as they taste fresh ice cream and stroll around the grounds.

The historic Julia Purnell Museum in Snow Hill, Maryland

Lavender bundles from Lavender Fields near Milton Delaware

Cornbread
Stop by Trappe Creek Restaurant for their all-you-can eat crab special and cornbread when you're in the Berlin, Maryland area.

Blueberries
Good Earth Market not only sells organic goods, but also local fresh fruits and veggies.

Local Honey
Good Earth Market boasts LOCAL HONEY!

Busy Bee
Lavender Fields Farm has keeps its five hives of bees very busy with creating lavender infused honey, a French delicacy.

Two local musicians work their craft outside the opening of the Delmarva Discovery Center in Pocomoke City, Maryland

Days Gone by Museum owned and operated by Mr. Jack Knowles of Woodland, Delaware. The museum is actually in Mr. Knowles backyard.

Fishing boats
A pair of fishing boats sitting in the Ocean City Commercial Harbor.

Lunch
We witnessed a live horseshoe crab (you guessed it) feeding. That is a minnow in its mouth!

Hermie
This Assateague tour boat shared their pets with us and even let their hermit crab run around a bit.

Female Horseshoe Crab
A female horseshoe crab as she moves back to sea

Sunset Over the Bay
A beautiful sunset at our Makai condo after a long day of rain storms.

Mar-Va Theater Volunteers
The theater's volunteer-only staff takes care of all aspects of the facility, from selling concessions to cleaning up after shows. These local girls will gain community service hours in the next school year.

Local Man Power
Around here, its used for getting two-ton hard tops in place.

Pylons serve as a beautiful perch for the local gulls. What a great view from the DuPont Nature Center window.

Alex, the DuPont Nature Center's mascot, watches over the beaches where his fellow red knots fill up before their long migrations. This giant model bird is sponsored by the DuPont's Clear Into the Future Initiative, a program of the DuPont Company, and the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife.

RIDING THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Posted At : August 28, 2009 9:51 AM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: Biking, African American History, Farms, Parks, Nature Preservation, History

Riding the 25 miles around the Blackwater Refuge it's hard not to imagine the struggle and dedication that Harriet Tubman went through during the years of the Underground Railroad. The land is covered in high grass and muck, a proper marsh. Biting flies and mosquitoes cling to your legs and your arms, reminding you who's in charge. Though the landscape is utterly beautiful and timeless from the safety of the non-congested road that forms the loop around the refuge, it is clear that any trek through this marsh would be an uncomfortable and tedious trek to freedom.

STURGIS ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS

Posted At : August 6, 2009 4:33 PM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: History, African American History, Museums, Town

Across the street from DelMarVa Discovery Center, right off where the Bay Queen calls it quits for the day, hides a place of often unspoken history in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

This small museum dedicated to the strong African American man who purchased the land to extend education to the blacks of rural Worcester County in the late nineteenth century. The museum site offers both an actual house that held a 10-person family and a one-room schoolhouse moved there from a near by town.

The Sturgis One Room Schoolhouse is one of the places that goes well with the surrounding town, like a fine cheese goes with a good wine. This particular cheese is best paired with the Mar-Va Theater, or even as a prerequisite to the Discovery Center. Or perhaps even after a bite to eat at Pocomoke's re-opened cozy little Blackwater Café. (If you go, definitely ask for a oatmeal cookies... or three.)

A lovely historical day can easily be made here in this small town called Pocomoke City.

BERLIN: THEN AND NOW

Posted At : July 13, 2009 4:32 PM | Posted By : Paul
Related Categories: African American History, Art, History, Town

So far we have discovered that Maryland's small towns take pride in their heritage and art. Berlin, Maryland is no different.

Last week, Melanie and I ventured out to Berlin for a bit of history and along with a bit of local art. And always, age before beauty so we were off to Germantown. This suburb of Berlin has the privilege to call Charles Albert Tindley their own son.

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