Chestertown Maryland sits on the Chester River amid agricultural and Chesapeake Bay landscapes. Farmers, watermen, privateers, colonial history, eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, Rock Hall's beach on the Bay on the Bay, artists, galleries, music, shops, great food and Washington college define the area.
I pass through often in summer, headed for Eastern Neck or Rock Hall, to beaches and kayak launch sites.
In the end of October, Chestertown hosts tall ships from around the Chesapeake Bay and beyond for Downrigging Weekend. The town brightens with fall color, Halloween decor, and a forest of masts on the waterfront.
Here's some of the beauties of the season, some nautical details from the ships, bookstore cats, pumpkins and wreaths, porches and gardens and colorful paint, secret passages, antique brickwork and unraked leaves.
May it inspire your own backyard and front porch.
I pass through often in summer, headed for Eastern Neck or Rock Hall, to beaches and kayak launch sites.
In the end of October, Chestertown hosts tall ships from around the Chesapeake Bay and beyond for Downrigging Weekend. The town brightens with fall color, Halloween decor, and a forest of masts on the waterfront.
Here's some of the beauties of the season, some nautical details from the ships, bookstore cats, pumpkins and wreaths, porches and gardens and colorful paint, secret passages, antique brickwork and unraked leaves.
May it inspire your own backyard and front porch.
