On October 19, volunteers and staff of the USO traveled to Annapolis, Maryland, ate at Galway Bay, toured the Governor's Mansion and had their pictures taken with Gov Robert Ehrlick, his wife and Lt Gov Michel Steele. I took a bunch of photos on this outing and put them into a photoshow which you can assess through the home page above this paragraph or on my Photoshows page. I was not allowed to photograph in the Govenor's mansion (notice the artsy shot just before they the crowd told me the rules), but the tour gude did say I could use the photos in their brochure for my show. Enjoy!

All I can say is that there were no crabby people at Frank and Marilyn's crab party held Saturday, October 15 at his home in Silver Spring.  Perfect weather and lots of crabs (can't eat them myself) and and hamburgers, hot dogs and mouth watering desserts. Even the kids loved it! See the photoshow and some photos on this site.

I had the priviledge of hearing ( and photographing) Chris Van Hollen, Congressman, Maryland's Eighth Congressional District on Tuesday, October 11 (11:30-12:30pm) at the New Carrollton Federal Building. He talked about his support for federal workers and the issues confronting us, including subcontracting out of Collection work. Take a look at my short musical slide show on this event and some of the photos I took at my current photo page.

I spent a couple of hours on October 1 at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, MD....a little pricey, but if you are in the mode for Medieval and atmosphere and fun, it is well worth the trip. I took only about 60 photos ( forgot my extra memory cards), but I did get some nice photos for another photoshow. See photos from the Renaissance Fair on my home page and on my recent photos page... Enjoy!