My Daily Photo Walk: Day 52 - Baker Park in Frederick

In this photo you can see the Baker
Park Carillon and five of the town's
fabled "Clustered Spires."

What a beautiful day for a walk in the park! I chose Baker Park in downtown Frederick for my walk today.

Baker Park has open field areas, a band shell, a carillon, a pool, tennis courts, a ball field, and a public swimming pool. It runs along Carroll Creek, and along each edge of the park it is bordered by neighborhoods.

I love finding crunchy leaves to
stomp on while on my walks.

I went downtown first to work for a while at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center and to drop off two of my photos that were accepted into a national juried competition. I walked along Carroll Creek to the park, and once I was in the park, I was accompanied on my walk by mothers pushing strollers, dogs being walked by their owners, and couples holding hands as they strolled under beautiful trees.

This ginko tree looked like a watercolor.

I walked several blocks of the park, then rounded Culler Lake and came back to downtown via 2nd Street. Along 2nd Street I found a fabulous ginko tree just beginning to turn yellow and a realistic skeleton lying in a yard.

Along Market Street I stopped into Creative Stitchins to pick up a sweatshirt I had ordered with "Cam's Camera Shots" embroidered on the front for me to wear on the upcoming cold days, and I stopped into The Muse, where the owner Whitney told me she needed 36 more of my "Clustered Spires" coaster tiles.

Altogether, I walked an hour and 15 minutes. The time just flew by with my camera. I love my photo walks!