I met this fisherman on a Saturday during a photo excursion, as I turned onto roads just to see what they would lead to.  I spent many years passing them by on frequent treks from my present home near Baltimore and Annapolis, across Maryland's "Bay Bridge" to visit family.  I found this little park just off route 301 in a small Eastern Shore town named Grasonville. 

 

If you're from the Eastern Shore of Maryland as I am, you know that by and large, even the biggest towns that sprouted centuries ago are quite small as this side of the state is primarily agricultural in nature.  The "city life" is found on the western shore which has prompted many country folk to defiantly proclaim, "There's no life west of the Bay Bridge".  The phrase... "The Four Corners" is a point of reference for literally all small towns of this nature.  In my own home town of Millington, they had to widen the main street just to put the white line down the middle!  (I'm digressing).

 

The "Ewing Pond Park" in Grasonville has a fine gravel path around the majority of it which I explored with two cameras at hand (W1 and DSLR).  The name Ewing was familiar to me from my days of growing up in the area and from the four combined local high schools into one... "Queen Anne's Co. High School, located in Centreville, MD, (the county seat of Queen Anne's County).  I couldn't help but wonder if I new relatives of the Ewing this park was named after.  I found a dedication plaque but not surprisingly, didn't know the first name.

 

I soon noticed an Osprey flying across the pond and landing in a tall tree on the far side.  I got a couple of shots off but was not close enough to catch details even with my DSLR 300mm zoom lens.  As I started my walk I noticed the entire edge of the pond teamed with dragonflies, butterflies and tiny frogs that were well camouflaged along the murky shoreline, only reveling themselves through their leaps as my presence was detected.  A flock of geese had convened off to a less populated area of the pond. 

 

Other than the pond and very nice pier, the modest land area of the park consisted of a narrow strip of well kept landscape between the main road and the pond on which a white gazebo had been constructed (posted earlier), a couple of benches, and periodic wooden wildlife habitats mounted on posts near the wooded edge of the wetland.  In the small parking area at the entrance of the park, I was somewhat impressed to find a "Port-a-potty", thinking the park was too small for such consideration.

 

Sorry for the digression and lengthy description by which any future related images will be referenced to.

 

W1, SPM, IrfanView.

 

Cheers,

Brian

 

 

 

 

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