Friday, September 17, 2010

Sherwood Gardens Revisited

          Weather permitting Uncle Jack and Mrs. U.J. try to start out each day with a long walk through the neighborhood.  Unlike Nags Head where their only decision was whether to walk north toward Jennette's pier or south toward the Outer Banks pier their Baltimore domicile offers them a host of choices.  The Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus across the street covers many acres of interesting terrain all connected by winding brick pathways which are a joy to walk on.  The campus alone provides miles of scenic perambulation complete with aerobic challenges and interesting stuff to look at like the construction site for the new Brody library (see below).
          The upscale neighborhood called Guilford just to the north of their condo building offers something completely different---miles of sidewalks fronting magnificent mansions surrounded by elegant landscaping.  This morning they chose Guilford for their walk and aimed for the lovely park named Sherwood Gardens which the well-heeled residents of Guilford maintain at their own cost year-round.  The garden is most spectacular in the spring when tens of thousands of tulips blossom but it looks pretty  even in September as the pictures show.
         Tomorrow they plan to take a day trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware to check things out.  Stay tuned.

                                                               Sherwood Gardens

                                                                       Ditto

                                                                       Ditto again.

                                                                      And again.

                                             As Count Basie often said, "One more time"

                                           Anybody know what these are?

                                                                    The end.

                                                                     Organized chaos.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We took our grandson to Bethany for a week last year. The coast of Delaware has some wonderful parks, environmental centers and we found lots of outdoor nature type things to do. Our visit to Ocean City made me realize that the Outer Banks is still a treasure.
So happy to see your post. Welcome back!