I grew up in Calvert County, Maryland, a small peninsula of land in the southeastern part of the State; the Patuxent River flanking one side and the Chesapeake Bay flanking the other. Surrounded by water, there is no shortage of fishing boats and crab pots. You haven’t lived a true Calvert County summer if you haven’t had two dozen or so freshly caught steamed crabs strewn about on a picnic table covered in last week’s newspaper. The taste of Old ... Read the Post...
Guest Bedroom – Mixing Old with New
Decorating has always been an interest of mine since I was young. I don't think I realized it then, but looking back now I can see where it came through, specifically with my bedroom. My parents let me stencil an ivy border around my room, and for the age I was - maybe between 13 and 15 - it turned out pretty well. I remember taking so much precision in my work, carefully going around my room stenciling out the ivy in green paint hoping not ... Read the Post...