The 9th day of the 11th month of the year of the Camellia

On the road early in the morning, see you all this weekend.

http://www.waterfowlfestival.org/

For all of my friends on the bay, I will be bringing the following images to mention only a few.

"Tonger's Sunrise" was made some years ago on the Chester River.  I captured these two oyster tongers just as the sun was rising.    The image will be framed in a hand made, signed, and dated, walnut frame.

Some time ago, I spent a day on the water photographing watermen seeding oyster beds.  The Wilma Lee was just entering the Chester River from the narrows when I let her chase us down.  This is one of the last of the famed Chesapeake Bay skipjacks to actually work on the bay.

The "Cranky Crab" loves Easton and has been there many years.  I took his photo on a rainy day on a dock in a little suburb of Rock Hall, MD......called Gratitude.

The "Cranky Crab" is a quintessential image of  the "Eastern Shore", as is the photograph of the Hooper Straight Lighthouse, in a foggy snow, and behind the Rosie Parks skipjack....is also all about the Eastern Shore.

A lone bateau in a calm backwater, just off the Chesapeake, depicts not only the feeling of the bay but the necessities of life on the bay.  These were at one time the workhorse of the bay's watermen.

This piece is in a hand made, signed, and dated, bird's eye maple frame.

I of course have images of most of the notable lighthouses on the east coast an have visited 2/3 rds of the 223 lights from Maine to Florida.  So please stop by the booth at the Easton Waterfowl Festival, in Easton Maryland on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.  Lookin forward to seein ya!

Go back to yeasterday's blog for links to the Festival.

I'll be on the road tomorrow, so you will have to watch CNN, ABC, NBC, or CBS for your laughs.