I won’t be back till early May, but my husband is now home in New Hampshire and scanned these drawings from the early part of our trip. Come back in mid-May to see the later ones.
There was still snow on the ground. We lived in this town for many years when I was in grade school. Yes, that is a small cannon and a pile of cannon balls, Revolutionary War era.
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I like the brightly painted buildings on a grey, rainy day. Early spring leaves.
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bookstore in the Power Plant building
Building on stilts is Baltimore’s World Trade Center.
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Patterson Park, Baltimore, early Spring
White building on the lower right is an ice skating arena
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Two grand old brick ladies with ornate wooden cornices.
It had been a hard winter, and the woman weeding the front garden was greatly enjoying herself!