Ukrainian Church in Baltimore

The gold domes really stand out.  They caught my eye as I walked along the Baltimore Harbor.  I had to google gold domes in Baltimore to discover the name of the church: St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Orthodox Church.  The founding of the church dates to the 19th century but this building was built at the end of the last century.

Note: people in row houses in Baltimore like to build decks on their rooftops to enjoy the view of the harbor.  There are several in this photo.

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What's This? (8)

Captured in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore last Saturday when we had a walk along the harbor from Canton to Fells Point.  At first sighting I thought it was a bar on wheels.  Then realized it was a large pedicab where the passengers do the pedaling.

But can you imagine pedaling over these cobblestones?  Ouch!

We stopped in the visitor center in Fells Point, used the facilities, admired the exhibits, and on our way back to Canton the "pedal mill" was still there with no takers.

D.P.P. Update with a Mystery

If you've been reading my blog for some time you know of my battles with deer.  This year I implemented my Deer Protection Plan (D.P.P. described here) and have had remarkable success.  Read that as still having leaves on my hosta at this date.

Today I noticed one hosta had been munched.

So I looked closely and could see that the fishing line was dangling between two trees. 

No other hosta had damage.

 I thought maybe the deer reached its neck over the brush fence to chomp this one hosta.

The rest of the fishing line seems to be in place.

But there's a mystery. At the other end of the yard in the perennial garden 

the clematis which has been blooming so lovely shows chomping. 

 

There's even a petal on the ground.  

Hmm.  Deer?  Ground hog?  If it was the latter it wouldn't have stopped with so little eaten.  But if it was a deer why didn't it eat the Autumn Joy 

in the same garden 

or any of the hosta on the way over to the clematis?

  

And how did it remove itself from the backyard with all my fencing and fishing line?

It's a mystery that will unlikely be solved.

UPDATE: Friday morning

Well, it's definitely the deer because hosta that were fine yesterday are leafless with only stalks showing.  The deer have made it through my defenses BUT it took them this long to do so.  In all that time I had the enjoyment of my plantings.  These hosta would be disappearing shortly any way.

This is the hosta to the left of the swing in the photo above.

Rare Bird Sighting in Baltimore

We took a walk along the harbor in Baltimore on Saturday morning courtesy of our friend, Lois.  

Despite the morning fog the day cleared off and it was quite nice to walk from Canton to Fells Point and back.

Along the way we saw several people training long lenses at something across the harbor.  Our curiosity was piqued and we asked.  Brown boobies had been sighted by a birder.  Well, the story shared was that first an unknown bird was sighted, then the captain of one of these ships, sent a message (maybe a tweet?) that brown boobies, a bird of the tropics, were hanging around the lines between the ships.

Not having a telephoto lens here are my photos.

Here's one courtesy of the Baltimore Sun.

(Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

What a funny spot to take up residence far from their usual haunts.  Wonder what's next in store for them?

Go here to see more photos in the Baltimore Sun

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