jim henson

 Here are some more pictures of Pen Mar Park in Maryland.

The Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, goes through this park, right behind the music and dancing pavilion.
This flag stands right behind the sign overlooking Maryland and Pennsylvania.
 Here is a view of the trail going north towards Maine.  The park ends not too far down this path.
This railroad is still in use and runs approximately parallel to the Appalachian trail.  We saw an automatic oiling pump on part of the track that apparently oils the trains as they go by.

I wanted to share 2 views from High Rock in Washington County, MD.  High Rock is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail in Maryland.

We stopped by there today with some friends after Mass after listening to some big band dance music at a nearby park.

I came home with a dozen eggs (brown, green and blue) from my friend's chickens.

I wanted to share pictures of our blooming cacti (and intermittent flowering weeds) on our hill.  These hearty cacti come back no matter how cold or wet it happens to get.  Weeding between the dangerously long thorns is a challenge but I love the mixture of the yellow cactus flowers with the purple weeds.

I think we're having some sort of bird political uprising here. We've got a nest that is re-used every year by some sort of purple finch. Lately we've been hearing and witnessing lots of noise by the cat birds (and, dh says, blue birds as well) in the bushes.

Yesterday, I witnessed lots of barn swallows flying around the finch nest. Something is going on out there.

Some sort of revolution is in the air.

This beautiful bouquet is a mixture of "real" flowers and weeds that have sprung up in my front garden.  Like life, I believe that weeds are really in the eye of the beholder.