Cape Photo of the Day - Photo # 307

No picture taking today. Here's one from last week.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #304

Little Magothy kayaks on Christmas Eve.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #299

A beautiful Christmas Eve sunrise over the Little Magothy. What a spectacular morning. I think we are in for some nasty rain later today, so finish all your running around early and settle in for the duration. Santa can take it from there.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #229

When I dropped my daughter by the high school this AM, I saw that the sky was on fire with the sunrise. I ran home to get my camera and then headed over to the Little Magothy. It was 7:15 AM before I got the picture, and I had missed the peak, but it was still pretty amazing. Almost more like a sunset than sunrise.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #209

The entrance to the Little Magothy marina and oyster nursery.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #205

Same sunrise. Different spot. It doesn't get a whole lot lovelier than this. Everyone enjoy our last full day of summer. Tomorrow, fall begins at 10:49 AM eastern time, sharp!

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #176

Another Instagram shot with a funky fisheye filter. Little Magothy morning.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #174

Little Magothy at sunrise this AM. Took this using Instagram. The filters are kind of fun.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #25

Another foggy morning shot from last week. I didn't get out with my camera today, so I'm offering up this one. Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Cape Photo of the Day - Photo #20

After dropping my daughter at school this AM, I drove over to the Little Magothy side of the Cape to get a photo of the sunrise on this first day of spring, 2012. This was taken right at 7:10 - official sunrise for March 20th - but I had to take it on faith that the sun was actually rising with the thick layer of fog coating the horizon. I got a lot of pretty shots of the Little Magothy from Little Magothy View and Swan Drive. It was hard to choose the best of the lot. I'll post more of them during the week. In this one, I liked the way my flash lit up the reeds in the foreground but left the foggy shore in the background with the lovely old boat sitting at the dock.

Once again, I wish I could have captured the sound of the fog horns carrying across the Bay in my picture. The first, in the distance to my right, I assume was Sandy Point. The second, louder and deeper one, was just to my left and had to be Baltimore Light. It's horn was installed in 1923, replacing a bell. I love the sound of it when lying in bed at night. It can be heard all throughout the Cape. I tried to video it with my phone camera, but it didn't pick up the distant sound. I also can't think of a good onomatopoeia (thanks kids for refreshing my memory on that one) for a fog horn. brommm? bwom? There's definitely no other sound like it.

The forecast calls for the fog to lift and sunshine later in the day, so don't give up on the first day of spring, yet. It's already looking brighter out there. There are worse ways to start the season that with the peace of a heavy fog. Welcome to springtime, Capers!