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Chesapeake College- Beautiful Performing Arts Center located in Wye Mills, Md. (Minutes from Queenstown)Provided by: Camille O'DonnellJump to: Queenstown, MD
Once again I found myself walking Rocky (my mixed lab from the Annapolis SPCA) about sunset on the penultimate evening in January 2012 on Thompson Creek off the Chesapeake Bay. It's been unseasonably warm this year. I can't wait to find out whether the common saying about March "in like a lion, out like a lamb" will hold true. In February 2010 there were 34 inches of snow on the ground, but this year the question is how warm will it be and high will the temperature go?
No two sunsets are ever the same on Thompson Creek in Stevensville Maryland. Every time I look at the sky, day or night, it is always different. For example, two nights ago there was a halo around the moon suggesting that rain would come soon. Last night it was clear with stars sprinkled here and there.
Sunsets can be found up and down the Western expanse of Kent Island from Bloody Point to Love Point. Bloody Point is located at the Southern end of Kent Island at the intersection of Eastern Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. Love Point is located at the Northern end of Kent Island where the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay intertwine. According to sources Kent Island is 31.62 square miles with miles and miles of Chesapeake Bay shoreline.
Thompson Creek is located on Kent Island which is in Stevensville Maryland situated on the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge's Eastern foot is sets down on Kent Island. The Bay Bridge is metro-Washington, Baltimore, Virgina and Pennsylvania's gateway to the Atlantic Ocean beaches in Delaware and Maryland.
Before we go in I want to show you where the oysters arrived in the past. It’s here at the dock but that’s another story. The oysters arrive in the early morning hours and are dumped into big metal baskets that are then picked up by a forklift and put in a hopper where they make their way to the conveyor baskets. These baskets are dumped when needed by a shucker on the line. The oyster is opened by grinding on a bench grinder the hinge at the back of the shell, inserting the knife cutting the top adductor muscle then freeing the underside of the oyster from its shell. This fresh delicacy then goes into a stainless steel container. Each container holds about 8 pounds of oysters. Some days the shuckers work opening oysters 5 to 6 hours. These professionals are paid by the pound and a good shucker can fill three containers an hour. Today they opened 135,000 oysters. The oysters are then processed, cleaned and packed in gallon containers, iced and shipped nationwide for all to enjoy.
Dolores and I enjoyed the Holiday Craft Mart at the First Baptist Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The display by Something Earthy Pottery Studio, in Laytonsville, MD was outstanding and Dolores selected two items to purchase and we decided to visit the studio.
Which of the items did Dolores select? What influences your purchases during this holiday season?
Normally, I would have expected Dolores to be attracted by the hand crafted jewelry which was made by the lady in the photograph, Teresa Kimery. The young man in the picture is Tony Phillips, the son of Linda Phillips, the potter and the owner of Something Earthy Pottery Studio.
The two items that were staged or marketed by suggestion were the crab dip baker and the yarn bowl and these are the items that Dolores purchased.
The crab dip baker would have just been a bowl if it did not include a crab dip recipe and a dipper that demonstrated the intended use and stimulated the thought process of the purchaser. The yarn bowl was staged with yarn and knitting needles to clearly demonstrate the intended use by the purchaser or as a gift. The yarn bowl included a printed slip explaining that the yarn bowl will keep those balls from rolling all over the place. The bowl also has a curved cutout, where you insert the yarn for your current project.
When we visited the studio the next day, Linda Phillips, was all smiles to hear that her marketing skills lead to successful sales and referrals. Real estate professionals need to give as much attention to the marketing of their listings as the potter gives in the marketing of her products. Even beautiful things can be made more desirable.
You want the Baked Crab Dip recipe? Okay, here it is:
Baked Crab Dip Recipe
12 oz. lump crab
1/2 cup sour cream
1 T. lemon juice
1/2 t. dry mustard
8 oz. cream cheese
4 T. mayo
1 1/4 t. Worchestershire Sauce
1 T. milk
1/2 t. Old Bay
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Mix together with 1/2 cup cheddar cheese.
Spread in Crab Baker with 1/2 cup cheddar cheese on the top.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Enjoy!
Photographs by Roy Kelley using a Canon PowerShot G11 camera.
Are you looking for Stevensville Maryland homes for sale? If so, then you're in the right place! You can often purchase Stevensville Maryland homes below the average price of homes in Anne Arundel County making them very affordable. There are also many Stevensville bank owned homes for sale that are great deals.
Stevensville is located to the East of Annapolis across the Bay Bridge on Kent Island. Centrally located in Maryland, Stevensville is within commuting distance of Washington DC, Baltimore, Ocean City, Rehoboth Beach, Regan National and Baltimore Washington International ("BWI") airports. Stevensville includes sub-divisions and neighborhoods like Anchorage, Bay City, Cloverfields, Cox Creek Landing, Kent Cove, Kent Island Estates, Love Point, Romancoke on the Bay, Thompson Creek, Tower Gardens, and others.
There are 141 Stevensville homes for sale today. The average asking price is $868,062 and they have been on the market an average of 260 days. The minimum asking price for Stevensville homes is $65,900 and a maximum asking price of $4,999,000.
There are 22 Stevensville homes under contract today. The average asking price is $479,269 and they have been on the market an average of 169 days. The minimum asking price for Stevensville homes under contract is $139,000 and a maximum asking price of $4,200,000.
In the last 90 days there were 29 homes sold in Stevensville Maryland. The average list price was $305,259 and they were on the market for an average of 146 days. The minimum list price for sold listings was $124,900 and a maximum list price of $898,750.
The average sold price for Stevensville Maryland homes sold was $289,303 for a 84.07% sold-to-list ratio off their original list price. The minimum sold price was $115,000 and a maximum sold price of $879,000.
With about 10 Stevensville properties selling each month, there is slightly more than a 14 month inventory of homes for sale. This really is a remarkable time for highly qualified buyers to consider purchasing their first home or an additional property because:
Stevensville Maryland homes are very affordable right now
Interest rates are low even on jumbo mortgages
Excellent financing options are available for qualifying buyers
Timing is everything when it comes to finding just the right Stevensville Maryland home
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Thompson Creek Reflections, Stevensville, Maryland, 21666
The morning was off to a cool and crisp start. Whiffs of fog could be seen in the early on the Thompson Creek in Stevensville, Maryland. Overnight temperatures had dropped into the 40's but as the sun came up, the day started to warm up and it looked quite promising.
Rocky (my Lab-Rhodesian mix) begged for a walk to the public ramp on Thompson Creek. He enjoys walking there to see what the crabbers and fisherman have left behind for him to find. He's thinks he's such a sly hunter.
We got down to the ramp to find that here wasn't much wind and the water was like glass. I stopped to take the picture above. The Sea Gull didn't stay long on top of the mooring pole. I guess we disturbed him. I'm grateful that I took time to, at Rocky's encouragement, to walk down to the public boat ramp at Thompson Creek. Mornings on the water in Stevensville, Maryland don't get much better than this!
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