Piedmont Maryland

... Should we follow these guys?? They probably don't know either ...

... a well-loved and longtime watering hole next to a locally famous decades-old dragstrip ... the tractor and bulk wagon are not passing by, but are parked while the operator washes away the dust of a hard day of Fall harvesting ...

Frederick County Agricultural Fair, Maryland Archive Airings Group -- AA282 Not My Animals.

Only recently have Black Vultures become prominent in the Piedmont Region of Maryland. Previously only Turkey Vultures were seen. Both species are carrion eaters. With their large, black feathered bodies and naked red heads and necks, Turkey Vultures are singularly unattractive; but a docile species. Black Vultures are smaller and more aggressive, reportedly even chasing live lambs. (Perhaps this aggressiveness is enabling Black Vultures to push Turkey Vultures out of the local ecological niche.)

HFF !! ...

A mansion built in 1897, The Inn at Buckeystown was featured in a Halloween TV special, that an upstairs hallway and the attic are haunted by an angry and bad-natured ghost.

(Located in Central Maryland) Paraphrased from Wikipedia: "The Tuliptree Silkmoth or Giant Silkmoth (Callosamia angulifera) is North American, found from Massachusetts west through southern Ontario and southern Michigan, and south to Mississippi and the Florida panhandle. The wingspan is 80–110 mm (3 1/8 - 4 5/16 inches). There is one generation from June to August in the north and two generations from March to August in the south. The larvae feed on Tulip Poplar/Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Adults do not feed."

... even canine models get tired of posing ... ... (Thanks, aNNa, for title upgrade) ... ... (oh, in retrospect, could have been a PiP; sorry) ...

Barnyard Goats say Baa-Baaa ...

Highway Goats say GR-RRR! ...