In the past couple of weeks things have come to a near complete halt on the Delmarva Peninsula due to Covid-19. I have decided to pretty much go into self-isolation. I am 60+ with underlying conditions as well as still recovering from an emergency operation just three months ago. So for now, the Sunday Photo […]
Continue ReadingNearly 50 years ago David Bowie sang about Changes. Now we are in a middle of a time when there are changes happening every day and sometimes by the hour. Our lives will be changed for certain. Life on the Delmarva Peninsula, the world actually, is going to be different. Without knowing it, I realized […]
Continue ReadingLast weekend when the Coronavirus was being discussed, but public gathering had not been banned, I went to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center for their Annual Harriet Tubman Celebration. Earlier this week I posted about the Visitor Center with a number of photos from inside the center. As I was leaving, I decided […]
Continue ReadingToday, March 10th, is Harriet Tubman Day. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Dorchester County, MD. Her birth date is unknown although believed to be around 1822. She was one of nine children born between 1808 and 1832 to enslaved parents. Her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess. Her father, […]
Continue ReadingThis week’s Photo of the Week is a little different. Usually it’s an outdoor’s landscape. Events and performances are a bit part of my photography experience. This week I had the opportunity to photograph the 15th and final Dr Maria Boria Berna Women Helping Women Concert at the Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown. […]
Continue ReadingThe back room of the Book Plate in Chestertown was full to listen to visiting professor Ezra Greenspan, author of “William Wells Brown: An African American Life”, read from his work-in-progress biography on Frederick Douglass’ family as a part of the Chestertown Art Crawl on the afternoon of February 22, 2020. Usually when an author […]
Continue ReadingBeginning this Friday February 7, 2020 the Queen Anne’s County Centre for the Arts opens their Small Works show, which is a fundraiser for the organization. Small artworks are donated by artists. Raffle tickets are sold to win these artworks. This photo of a butterfly I donated as a 8×8 print in a 11×11 frame. […]
Continue ReadingMany people when they think of the Eastern Shore of Maryland it’s of recreational activities. Camping and the water activities on the rivers, Chesapeake Bay and the beach of Ocean City. Activities that begin in the spring and last through the fall. During the winter while it may be much quieter, but it’s a great […]
Continue ReadingFor nearly 10 years I have gone to the little Chesapeake Bay town of Rock Hall to document a fundraiser for the VFC. Community members and volunteer Fire Fighters take a plunge into the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay. I always try to shoot an Delmarva Scenes type of photo while there. I liked […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday evening I attended a Networking Fundraising event at Hemmyway’s Restaurant in Stevensville for Haven Ministries. The even didn’t begin until 5pm around 15 minutes before Sunset. I made sure I got there early to catch this Sunset on the Chesapeake Bay. ——- Delmarva Scenes is a photo project of SG Atkinson, Publisher and […]
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