Middletown Daily Photo: Skywatch Friday: Daylight Moon

Friday, March 18, 2011

Skywatch Friday: Daylight Moon

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4 comments:

Kim, USA said...: This is gorgeous. I find daylight moon as very nice to capture. Thanks for sharing this one.
Sky Watch Friday; March 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Lois said...: What a pretty picture!; March 18, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Magical Mystical Teacher said...: I'm always somewhat amazed to see the moon on a perfectly clear and bright day!

FOND OF THE SKY

To those who are fond of the sky,
The best things in life are on high,
Where sun, moon and stars
And Venus and Mars
Provide a great feast to the eye.

© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher

Sky and Jacaranda; March 18, 2011 at 4:18 PM
jennyfreckles said...: I just looked out and saw our twilight moon, looking not dissimilar aginst a blue sky and through trees. How nice that we can be at opposite ends of the day and halfway round the globe and still have something shared.; March 18, 2011 at 5:09 PM

About Middletown

Middletown, Maryland was founded in 1767 and is said to be named either for its position midway between South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountains or its central location between the larger Maryland cities of Frederick and Hagerstown. A few years earlier, a visiting surveyor and future “Father of our Country” George Washington referred to Middletown Valley as one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen.

The town was incorporated in 1833. After the Civil War battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Middletown churches served as hospitals for both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Today Middletown boasts a delicate balance of old and new. Instead of a Mayor, the town leader is a Burgess. Some of the buildings were built in the 1700s and 1800s. There are large Victorian homes as well as the typical cookie-cutter subdivisions that dot the edge of the Washington DC commuter exurbs.

The only franchise restaurant in town is a Subway; the only Starbucks is inside the Safeway.

If you really want to understand what small-town America feels like, visit Middletown during the Independence Day festivities and fireworks at Middletown Park, the Volunteer Fire Department’s annual mid-July Carnival or the Middletown Heritage Festival held in the fall.