Middletown Heritage Festival

Here are some random photos from the Middletown, Maryland Heritage Festival 2008. See a few more on my Middletown Daily Photo site.



This is one of the best town festivals I've even seen. There is something for everyone, but more quantity and quality of everything ... two music stages with great area bands and even one new national recording act, living history exhibits capturing various eras of Middletown heritage, craft items for sale, town information and a contest to encourage people to notice things in town and a wide variety of great food.

Hanna's Wet Visit

Tropical Storm Hanna was pouring it's heart out over the Mid-atlantic this weekend. Here are a few shots in Middletown, Maryland. Visit my other site for two more.

Dog and Pony Show

We were in Salisbury, Maryland recently for a dog show. At the end of the first day we drove out to Assateague Island, the National Park Service site where the famous ponies have the right of way.






The aforementioned dog show was actually an agility trial. Agility is the dog sport where dogs run through tunnels, jump over bars and fly through weave poles. We have three Border Collies, and this one is in the middle of her agility career.



Clouds near the ocean are different from clouds further inland.






A pond at Assateague:



We were so busy playing with the dogs on the beach that I didn't actually take any pictures at the beach. Maybe next time.

Dogs and Water

Border Collies aren't especially noted for loving water, but 'our girls' love to play with water from a hose.









Let me dry off, then I'll be ready to play again!

Patterns and Graphics

I've been shooting so many pictures for my other photo blog, that I've neglected this one. So here are a few graphic and pattern studies. These are segments of some of the buildings I've photographed for the other blog.

Burnside Bridge Study

Here is a quartet of photos of Burnside Bridge, a landmark that played a significant role in the Civil War's Antietam Battle.

Crops

There are many farms in my part of Maryland.


Fortunately the weather has been good so far this season, and many crops are off to a good start.





Farmland is quite photogenic, isn't it?