Lighting the fire at dinner is one of the sweetest times during our camping trips. Nights in Antietam are always very special after a long, lazy day by the creek. We have not been camping in almost two years and we are anxious to return. I love shooting night photographs when the fog comes through our camp site. Sometimes we do a night ride on our mountain bikes over to the beautiful and historic Burnside Bridge and then meander through the battle ground. We’ve also canoed down the creek in the pitch dark…amazing ride! This June will be our first trip in far too long and I, for one, can already smell the campfire.

Been in the woods at Patapsco Park photographing for our holiday card. Spent a lot of time in this park with my dogs over the years. Now Gizi (left in above photo) is gone and when I walk through the park with my new puppies, I can’t help but feel overcome by the physical and visual sense of “change.” It is ever constant. Especially now, during this election season. Change may be something we like or don’t like…but it will come at us either way. Like each falling leaf, it has its own purpose and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
“Into every life, a little rain must fall…”