Cecil County is really lucky to have three towns with weekly, outdoor concert entertainment and each one is unique. From Music On Main in Elkton to the Summer Music Concert Series in North East and also Summertime Sunday's on the Canal in South Chesapeake City. Which ever one you venture to, you'll be sure to leave with a nostalgic feeling. Last Sunday in South Chesapeake City, thousands of people over the course of two hours of music, had walked through Pell Gardens to hear Philadelphia band Three The Hard Way, stood in line to buy Kilby Cream ice cream at the Canal Creamery, a meal from Bohemia Cafe, walked along the promenade to Chesapeake Inn or up a few steps to the Bayard House/Hole In The Wall, the Tap Room for steamed crabs or a relaxing meal at the Yacht Club. You stay long enough and maybe see a cargo ship chug through the canal like the 584 foot, 13,695 ton Hoegh Pusan (in photo) from Singapore that delighted tourists and locals alike on Sunday when it came though traveling towards the Port of Baltimore at 14 miles per hour. The little pilot boat that switches captains, road alongside. "The music here is better," said Chesapeake City mayor Frank Hill. "Ron Francis, who's on the council, he puts all the music together. He's done a good job." Hill isn't just promoting his town, but the whole county. "It brings people into Cecil County," he added. "We have all these restaurants and we have to fill them up and maybe people will come to the concert next week. It's giving them a chance to see what Cecil County is like." One of the visitors from across the Mason/Dixon Line is Gregory Gaden (in photo with blue hat) from nearby Middletown, Delaware. Gaden really likes Cecil County and the "ambience." "We like to come up here," he said while sitting in his lawn chair and a lunch box by his side. "It's a great place to come. Cecil County has been good to us. Sometimes we meet family here." Not only do the tourists like Summertime Sundays on the Canal, but so do the musicians such as Three The Hard Way's lead guitarist Tony Love (in photo) from Baltimore. "The vibes are always good," Love said after the show. "People enjoy the music and it's a beautiful place to play." In case you missed them or want to see them again, the band will be at Chesapeake Inn on September 12th at 3:30pm. As for Bohemia Cafe owner, Vernie Weisnegger, business has been good at their booth. "Every restaurant is taking two Sundays. You know what? It's definitely worth being out here, set up and do what we do. We do a little international cooking. We did Polish sausage, German bratwurst, Italian sausage and crab cakes," he said of their booth on Sunday.

I was at the foreshore waiting for Kaidin's art class to finish when I saw these red witch yachts being dragged up the beach. They belong to a local high school. While I was snapping I said hi to a teacher from Kaidin's school who was there to pick up her daughter. She asked me if photography is my passion and for a minute I was stumped for an answer. Is this my passion? I want to say no, because that means I can stay an amateur and not try to go pro. No disappointment there. No pressure. But it is what i love to do. I've always loved taking photos and when I didn't have a camera (well, i did, but it was a point and shoot) it was horrible. I don't see myself as very creative. I think it's because i've always been the 'smart' one, not the 'artistic' one. As if the two are mutually exclusive. But when I sit down and think about it, I am creative. I write, I take photographs, I can draw passably well when I put the effort into it, I cook, I thrift all my clothes and I entertain two children, aged 8 and 1. There has to be a high level of creativity in that job description, right? I have my first paid photoshoot on Tuesday. It's part photoshoot, part tutorial - I'm going to try and teach my friend Pauline how to us her D60. Then the tuesday after that, I have a maternity shoot with another friend and her son. And a half dozen people have put up their hands saying 'shoot my kids' or 'shoot me when I'm more pregnant'. I feel like it could actually come together. Like I could make a job out of my photography. Like I've wanted since I was a little girl. So I'm going to through my whole self into it from now on. This is my passion. Slotting myself behind a camera and making beautiful memories out of ordinary things, capturing lives and moments. I love it.