Last Saturday I had an opportunity to have a talented local photographer take some zany pictures of me. This shoot was just for fun. I took my bright orange velvet chair (that I saved from someone's trash on bulk pick-up day) to a marshy area near my house.   Chloe Ferber is a young and super stylish photographer in the Ocean City area. She's been taking some fantastic pictures for the last few years and not one shoot looks exactly alike. Her techniques seem so natural, the sun always seems to light up her photos perfectly, and she made me...

Located between Ayers Creek and Trappe Creek in Berlin, MD, I've been meaning to take a closer look at this house for months. I think the farmer who owns the land surrounding it purchased the property and starting cropping as close to this house as possible. I was feeling nosey and took a peek around.I snuck inside through the back door and was quite surprised. I think the farmer has been storing some hay in the home. There are hay bales filling the entire kitchen area and hay spilled onto the floors of the rest of the home. Someone must have...

1.) Anthropologie has picked up this fantastic line of eco-friendly mixed-media furniture pieces, Swarm. Not one is exactly alike. I think each of the unique betties are pretty neat. 2.) These wedges are k-i-l-l-i-n-g me. Beautiful wooden heels by Casadei. You can purchase them here for only $890. Yikes. I hate saying this, but if anyone spots some high quality knock-offs, think of me and buy them please! 3.) Lots of great new and colorful portraits featured on Ruffled, an awesome wedding-oriented blog. I like checking it out for fun do-it-yourself projects. 4.) This curved baseboard/headboard set is the bee's knees. It...

I'm up to my normal snooping again. I love prodding around fantastic old properties. As I was driving to go look at a house to purchase, I saw a sign that said "300+ Acres for Sale" and looked down the sand lane. I pulled a U-turn and immediately found myself driving down the lane to see what was at the other end. This beauty waited.After doing some research I found out that this farm house was built in 1875 and has been unoccupied for several years. At least since 1989-1990 based on the evidence that was openly waiting for me...

Found this awesome, serene, spot on my daily hike with Sandi today. We were walking through the nature preserve when I spotted these 2 fallen trees a few yards off the beaten path.  (Momma long legs & her big white dog.) I also found these while we were walking. The whole skeleton was (almost) in tact. I think these cool little vertebrae bones and jagged teeth are from a raccoon. I snagged them to add to my collection of "strange oddities found while hiking". I keep all kinds of weird findings in a glass jar as souvenirs.Sandi is such...