A loud noise, sirens, choppers hovering over the scene- not at all an uncommon experience in Baltimore. Only Tuesday morning, it was right behind our house. Someone had driven a car back behind Barclay Elementary and lit it on fire. I stood on my porch and watched it all go down at 7:30 in the morning. Crazy.
Happy Baltimore row houses in the early morning sunshine, on my way to work and stuck in traffic on 29th.
June 21- after 9:00pm. summer solstice. Across the street, one apartment has this tacky light get up on their porch - a palm tree and flamingo. Its just kind of an intriguing sight to me.
Baltimore A-rabbers. Thats what they're called- no kidding. (may not be how its spelled, but thats how it sounds- "A-Rabbers...") Guys who have horses with bells that jingle and carts filled with fresh vegetables and fruit; they clop through the streets of Baltimore calling out for people to come buy their wares. This fellow comes down our street every afternoon... I'm going to have to work on a better photo of him.
And today- another exciting jaunt to Harpers Ferry and a float down the Potomac River in Butts Tubes...
After which, we decided to try and find a nice little picnic spot off the beaten path a bit... but the road kept going and going with no place to pull over for our picnic, or promise of one coming up any time soon... so we just stopped and had our picnic on the side of the road. None too exciting, and LOTS of bugs... We finished up got back into the car and just around the next corner... a beautiful little clearing right by the river. Figures. (Kinda like the time we stopped in the Mara... and after a nice lunch, got back in the car and happened upon a huge pride of lions two minutes down the road... ha! Only not quite)
I see you...
...and of course, our customary Harpers Ferry shot at the end of a spectacularly beautiful day.
(we're now home, tending to our crispy sunburns... fun fun)
3 comments:
Oh, so fun! Looks like you had quite a week, habibti. :) I need to go on a float soon . . . must remember to slather on the sunscreen. Happy Monday!
Lovely pictures. I do enjoy seeing your part of the world through your artist's eyes. . .what a good view!
What, no updates? I was hoping to see more lovely pics! I'll call you soon, habibti, maybe on my way back to MT on Sun/Mon. Hope you're having a good week!
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