Villanova Vs. Syracuse

Today my father and I made our way to Villanova University to see a wildcat basket ball game, and it was the best game I have been to in years.

Because of traffic and parking we usually get to the stadium an hour early.  It's always fun to see the seats fill up.

The calm before the storm  :  )

Here they were practicing at half time.

Going into this game, as Syracuse is number 3 in the league, we were definitely the underdog. 

 With 2 minutes left the Syracuse fans behind us were shouting, "the games over...call it now."  With 18 seconds left we were still down by three points.  Arcidiacono made that three point shot with seconds to spare.  The game definately wasn't over, and we went to over time.

The atmosphere in the arena was palpable, and this is why I love going to games.  The excitement of the fans, especially the students.

When we won, 75-71 in overtime the crowd went nuts.  The students had been preparing to rush the court for a few minutes leading up to the win.

I guess these pictures really speak for themselves.  It was an amazing game!!!  The best part was when we were leaving, the woman sitting next to me turns around and shouted, "NOW the game is over."  The syracuse fans didn't know what to say.  Go Nova!!!!!

Love Always,

Meg

Fells Point

I made my way to Fells Point today, and I had absolutely no intention of taking pictures.  I did not bring Bert, my big camera...thankfully I always have my point and shoot camera in my purse.

I have not been to Fells Point, or simply down town baltimore in a while, so I had no idea that there was heavy construction occurring in Fell Point.

I could not believe that these buildings were all gutted, and only the front facades were still standing.

I was also heartbreaking to see the damage that had been done to this supermarket in the middle of the square, thankfully it looks like renovations may be beginning.

I loved the way the light shown through the supports.

And the cool blue sky against the warm red bricks.

I will definitely go back on an overcast day, it was far too bright today.

Hahahah, I love the juxtaposition of the open Hungry Andy's restaurant next to an empty facade.

When I go to fells, usually I get a cup of gelato and sit on the pier.  I love to sit by the water.

So beautiful  :  )

I was quite surprised at the vast amount of bird flapping around.  This was a very lucky shot where the birds took flight just as I depressed the shutter.

A family with a young child had brought bread crumbs, which brought all the birds to the pier.  But then the child was running around, as children do, and the birds would startle and fly off.

All in all it was a great day.  Had great italian food in little italy, wandered about in Fells Point, and watched Les Miserables.   A very nice beginning to 2013.

Love Always,

Meg

Snow Snow Snow

Today my big brother came to celebrate christmas with my father and myself, and we were blessed with snow.  I always appreciate snow more when I am not expected to drive in it.

I love when there is a fresh snowfall and everything is crisp and white.  The snow was untouched and perfect.

Of course Mr. Winks wanted to play in the snow, I love his little snow mustache.

This is my brother's dog Kaylee, she is much better behaved then my Mr. Winks.  She loves my brother and follows him around everywhere.  

I love her bright brown eyes.  So sweet.

The holiday season is coming to a close and work is about to get extremely busy....but I hope to spend some quality time with my beloved camera in the coming weeks.  

Love Always, 

Meg

Christmas Dinner

Today my father and I celebrated Christmas with a buffalo wing dinner, thanks to my mother's deep frier we cooked the wings like a well oiled machine.

We decided to use the franks redhot sauce's buffalo wing sauce recipe.  (with twice the hot sauce.)

Yummo, would you look at that lovely brick of butter!!!!

My mother always taught me that the secret to making good buffalo wings is to make lots of small batches.  By the time one set of wings were done, we would put the next batch in.  Delicious.

We ate each batch as soon as they were done deep frying, nice and crisp.  Just a quick dip in the sauce and they went straight to our plates.

I think that this is going to become a new Christmas tradition for my father and myself.  Merry Christmas!!!!

Love Always,

Meg

Mr. Winks' First Snow

Today was the first day that I got to see Mr. Winks play in the snow and he loved it.

Thankfully he had a hair cut just in time, because his hair had been really scruffy.

I love my beautiful little guy, and I can't wait to spent Christmas celebrating Jesus's Birthday, and Mr. Wink's Birthday too.

Merry Christmas,

Meg

Harpers Ferry

So on this blustery Saturday morning I went for a hike in Harpers Ferry with a friend from work.  Walking through the center of the old town was really like walking back in time.

I loved the ornate porches and the calm of the deserted town.  I guess we came at the right time of year.

This is an active rail road bridge with a pedestrian walk-way, we walked across the bridge to get to the trail.

I took this picture before the hike because I loved the sweet white house, little did I know that I was also including in the frame, the cliff that I was climbing up to.  Geez Louise was that a hike.

The day started out overcast, and little by little the sun came out.  On a normal day that would be a great thing, but it became sooo bright that I was worried about the harsh light on my pictures.  Thankfully I think it worked out perfectly.

I'm guessing that there was a fire of some sort, but I love this hollowed out building.  

You may notice that no hiking photos were included in this post, that is because an eighth of the way up I realized that I was sorely out of shape.  One third of the way up I waffled over whether or not to turn back, but thankfully I made it too the top and the view was spectacular.

It was worth every minute just to see the gorgeous view though, amazing.

We saw multiple trains today, but I wasn't in the right position to get a great picture.  I would have loved to get a picture of a train going through the tunnels here.

I have been aching to get a good panoramic picture, here are a few attempts from today.

I did some minor editing to this picture, but the sun really was peaking through the clouds throughout the day, and every so often you would see a spotlight shine through.  Gorgeous day.

Love Always,

Meg