Earth(ling) Day

I took the opportunity to take my camera out for a long overdue spin this past Earth Day.  Mother Nature cooperated with a beautiful day, mild with a nice breeze, making for a great gathering in Leonardtown Maryland to celebrate.  There wasn't much time left to take in the sights as I got there fairly late in the afternoon.  The climb up the short hill from the Warf where I parked was enough exercise for this body as well.  My energy was rewarded with sights of blooming spring flowers including what I believe to be creeping Phlox.  (correct me if I'm wrong here.)
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Leonardtown is an old little town dating back to the 1600's and is the county seat.  It still has some old charm and a small square that hosts a number of events through out the year. There were a variety of booths and activities set up around the square with all traffic detoured around the venue. The scene was a col`lection of small pop-up awnings really with any number of different organizations providing information and making appeals.  There were folks representing the St. Mary's Watershed Association, a Wild Bird Store, Beekeepers, solar panel installers and something about electric cars.

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There was plenty of information to take in, and additional crafts especially for the young.  There was an option to build a low cost bird house, and there was a herpetologist talking about all the reptiles he had with him.  A hawk, the particular species name escapes me, was on display apparently being rescued with a bad wing.

It's often the people that capture my attention in these gatherings.  Some are really hard to miss, since they are dancing in the streets with a belly dancer meets winged fairy kind of outfit.  They twirled and glided around to the music played over the PA.  It was really fun to watch and since there was a good breeze by this time, the wings had a mind of their own.  One lady was enveloped in the cloth as the wind wrapped it around her head!  To her great credit she continued on, and after it was clear it wouldn't come undone, she quickly pulled it out from around her and had the biggest smile ever taking it completely in stride.  I'm not sure what their dance troupe was called but again it was entertaining.

Two more to close this out.

This Golden decided enough was enough, and staged a sit-in!

And lastly, you never know when Superman is going to photobomb your shot of a fox, well mounted stuffed fox anyway.



That's life in the small town world of Leonardtown.  You should check it out next year.


Till next time,

Cheers,
Brian