Frozen Bay

Took a trip to Maryland over the weekend to see my brother Joe. We went down to Sandy Point State Park and took photos of the frozen over Chesapeake Bay just north of Annapolis, Maryland. The last time that I can remember the bay being this frozen was Jan or Feb 1977

USS Constellation

USS Constellation, constructed in 1854, is a sloop-of-war and the second United States Navy ship to carry the name. According to the US Naval Registry the original frigate was disassembled on 25 June 1853 in Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, and the sloop-of-war was constructed in the same yard, possibly with a few recycled materials from the old frigate. Constellation is the last sail-only warship designed and built by the US Navy. Despite being a single-gundeck “sloop”, she is actually larger than her frigate namesake, and more powerfully armed with fewer but much more potent shell-firing guns.

The sloop was launched on 26 August 1854 and commissioned on 28 July 1855 with Captain Charles H. Bell in command.

For more information see http://www.historicships.org/constellation.html

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Bales of hay or dragons eggs

Oval bales of hay

Dot the fields

Like dragon’s eggs

Wonderful Tree

Wearily I come to thee
Comfort provided to me
Wonderful being, a tree

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Taking flight

My friend Robert Greig from g+ posted a photo from http://joyvisionart.blogspot.com/2013/06/time-to-leave-my-post.html?showComment=1371512018010#c1492705714578838898 of a gull taking flight into a beautiful sunset. I commented on joyvisionart that I waited 10 minutes for a gull to take flight from a pole. So, I figured that I should post the photo here in case anyone might want to see it.

Photo take in Chesapeake Beach Maryland.