– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans) The Nodding Thistle (Carduus natans) is a member of the Asteraceae or Aster family. Also known as with the common names musk thistle and nodding plumeless thistle, it is a smooth or thinly hairy biennial which grows anywhere between 1- and 7-feet tall. Requiring 2 years to...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Cecils Old Mill Cecils Old Mill is located on Indian Bridge Road in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. There has been a mill on this site since circa 1820. It is situated on the opposite side of the street to Cecils Country Store which we looked at in the previous post. The present structure has been restored...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Cecils Country Store Cecils Country Store is located on Indian Bridge Road near the junction with Maryland Route 5 in what has become known as the Cecils Mill Historic District. The four buildings which make up the Historic District were added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 1977. The mill...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) The Bull Thistle (Circium vulgare) is a member of the Asteraceae or Aster family. It is biennial which grows between 2- and 5-feet tall. The stem is mostly spreading-hairy and conspicuously spiny-winged by the leaf bases. The leaves, from 3- to 12-inches long and 1- to 4-inches...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Piney Point LIghthouse Piney Point Lighthouse is the oldest light on the Potomac River. It is located on the Maryland shore fourteen miles up the Potomac River from the Chesapeake Bay. A lightship had been stationed in the area since 1821, to mark shoal hazards at Piney Point and on the opposite shore at...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – All Faith Episcopal Church, Charlotte Hall When the parish of All Faith was created in 1692, the Parish Church at Huntersville was already built and named “All Faith”. According to a competent authority, the name “All Faith” was originally “Old Faith”. Like many old churches, the original structure was built of...
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