Samsung Galaxy

Indian River Inlet Bridge

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Mobile Photography, Photography

Not too shabby for a cellphone image, taken through the windshield, from a moving car.

To see this image in color, and another as well, PLUS the bridge history, visit Life on the Bike

Visitation Hotel

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Mobile Photography, Photography

The Visitation Hotel in Frederick Maryland has a fascinating history as a cloistered monastery and internationally renowned academic institution. Originally built in 1824, the structure survived fires in 1845 and in 2023, and finally opened as a boutique hotel in December 2024.

Follow the link to read about the deconsecration of the Visitation Chapel in 2024, and to see a couple more photos, follow this link.

Wave Action

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Mobile Photography, Photography

I’d not even been off the plane but a few minutes when I asked my friend to pull over so I could see the Gulf of Mexico up close. Then I saw the patterns in the sand from the waves. Oh how wonderful are the works of nature.

Hallway for the Enslaved

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Mobile Photography, Photography

While visiting family in Charleston, SC, we toured the Aiken-Rhett Museum. The house and its surviving furnishings offer a compelling portrait of urban life in antebellum Charleston. Purchased by the Historic Charleston Foundation in 1975, the house is being “preserved as found” and represents a stark example of the wealthy vs the urban enslaved, c 1820s.

I’ll be sharing more from this tour as the weeks go on, but for now this hallway connected the quarters of the enslaved as well as the kitchen and laundry.

Of course I forgot my camera, so all photos from the Aiken-Rhett Museum are from my Samsung Galaxy.