News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
As you are crossing the Choptank River Bridge out of Talbot County into Dorchester County to your right you will see a large sail at the Dorchester County Visitor Center Sailwinds Park. Cambridge was established around 1666 and by 1684 was a busy port town on the Chesapeake Bay. The park has a playground, restrooms, […]
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March 10th is celebrated as Harriet Tubman Day. I thought that it only be fitting to devote March to Harriet Tubman and locations along the Tubman Byway. The Tubman Byway is a self-guided driving tour of 45 designated sites that winds for 125 miles through Maryland’s Eastern Shore counties of Dorchester and Caroline, then continues […]
Continue ReadingIt wasn’t my intention to have Rock Hall, Maryland being featured each week in February, but it turned out that way. There are many wonderful sunsets that can be seen on the eastern shores of the bay. And Rock Hall is one of those places. Rock Hall is the nearest location to me to catch […]
Continue ReadingToday when one thinks of Eastern Neck Island in Kent County, MD it’s as a National Wildlife Refuge. In the 1650’s when Maryland Colony was only a couple of decades old, Major Joseph Wickes obtained land grants on Eastern Neck Island. It was there that he built his mansion, Wickliffe. The Island served as County […]
Continue ReadingEven though Eastern Neck Island, located in Kent County, MD at the confluence of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay was one of the first places settled by the English Colonists, today it is a 2,285 acre island wildlife refuge. Established in 1962 as a sanctuary for migratory birds, Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge […]
Continue ReadingThis is the first in a New Series “Points of Interest On the Peninsula” from Photographer SG (Steve) Atkinson: I’ve attended networking events in Annapolis where I am known as the Arts and Entertainment man from the shore. Of course lately these have been held virtually. I’ve been asked where to go on the shore. […]
Continue Reading’tis the season. The holiday season is upon us. Although it won’t be quite like it has in the past. Many towns have canceled their usual events, such as Santa’s arrival, parades and tree lighting ceremonies. And some towns have some unusual trees for the season. Here are few along with photos. (Unless noted, photos […]
Continue ReadingOn the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I ended with the signing of the Armistice. November 11th since that day has been referred to as Armistice Day. President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 was the first President to proclaim this day. “To us in America, the reflections […]
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I live in Kent County and of all the places I’ve gone on the Delmarva Peninsula it’s where I learned my craft and taken the most photos. So when I decided to do Cards, it was a natural that one of my first sets would be of “Scenes of Kent County, MD”. “Heron on the […]
Continue ReadingIt was on October 30, 1938 that Orson Welles adaptation of H. G. Wells’s novel The War of the Worlds was first broadcast on radio. The world was much simpler then. There were no cell phones. No streaming entertainment services. There weren’t 100’s of channels on TV. In fact there was no TV. Radio was […]
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