The Day After The Storm - Carrol County, Maryland

© (2010) Photographs by Vicki Polin

I went out with a friend the day after a major snow storm in Maryland and took the following pictures.  I divided them up into two different videos due to the volume of photographs taken.

Part 1


Part 2

Shabbos Snowstorm Within The Eruv of Baltimore

© (2010) Photographs by Vicki Polin

We had another snowstorm in Baltimore.  I needed to get out for a walk so I took my camera along for some exercise.  The song has been playing in the jute box in my head for the last several days, figured the two had to go together.  :-)

FYI:  During this film you will see people pushing the elderly in wheelchairs in the snow.  Because it's shabbos it is the only way they can bring loved ones for shabbos meals.

Music: "Brand New Key" by Melanie.

Baltimore's Inner Harbor and Federal Hill

© (2010) Photographs by Vicki Polin
Music: "Rabenu's Niggun by Simply Tsfat 
I had a lot to think about and needed time and space to focus in on what I really wanted, so I wondered down to the Inner Harbor and around Federal Hill.

Rocks State Park - Waterfall

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin
September, 2009

Liberty Falls and the Mc Keldin Rapids Trail (Patapsco Valley State Park, Maryland)

© (2010) Photographs by Vicki Polin

There are three different films posted here. The first is a collection of still shots, the other two are movies of Liberty Falls and the Mc Keldin Rapids.

Collection of Still Shots
Music by Peter Himmelman - "Oliver Mast Mix"




Liberty Falls




Mc Keldin Rapids

Loch Raven Reservoir - January, 2010

© (2010) Photographs by Vicki Polin

Took some time off to be out in nature.  Went with a friend out to Loch Raven Reservoir (Baltimore County, Maryland).

A Trip Down To Baltimore's Inner Harbor To Start The New Year

© (2010) Photographs by Vicki Polin

Vicki Polin: Jewish Community Hero Award - 2009

A Winter's Day in and around Hunt Valley, MD

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin

Everything was closed today.  Shabbos comes in early today, so going to a movie and having Chinese food was out of the question.  It was also a cold and dreary day, so A friend and I went driving out into the country to take some pictures of the snow out in and around Hunt Valley.

Walking Around in the Eruv - Snow Storm in Baltimore

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin
Music: Winter Wonderland

Drive by Shootings - Ellicott City, MD

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin

It was a rainy and cold November day for my first time going to Ellicott city.  My friend and I really just drove through it and some of the surrounding areas.

Here's information about the women's institute pictured in the video

Strolling Around Quarry Lake (Baltimore, MD)

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin
Music: Where do I go

Went strolling around Quarry Lake today with a friend.  I couldn't believe how beautiful it was out.

A Stroll Around The Inner Harbor (Baltimore, MD)

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin

It was a beautiful fall day in late November.  I needed to get out and wandered down towards the Inner Harbor.

NCR Trail

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin
Music: The way we were

It was the day before the year anniversary of being injured in a major car accident.  I went out walking with a friend on the same trail I was on a year before, right before my car was totaled.

Columbus Day 2009 - Frederick County, Maryland

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin
Music: Delilah

I went out for the day with a friend to capture the beauty of early fall.  It was a very overcast day, not really ideal for picture taking.

Rocks State Park (Maryland)

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin

Music by Peter Himmelman - Only You Can Walk Away

The first few pics were taken in the orthodox Jewish community in the Pikesville area during Succos.  
Spent most of the day in and around Rocks State Park. The King and Queen Seat is a natural 190-foot rock outcrop that overlooks Deer Creek Valley. During the 17th Century, the Susquehannock Native Americans lived in three settlements along Deer Creek. They used the King and Queen Seat at the Rocks as a site for ceremonial gatherings. Bald Eagel, who was the chief of the Tribes, and his wife, took took their places on the King and Queen Seat and the braves gathered on the rocks and ground below to listen.

Avinu Malkeinu (5770)

© (2009/5770) Photographs by Vicki Polin



English
Hear our prayer
We have sinned before Thee
Have compassion upon us and upon our children
Help us bring an end to pestilence, war, and famine
Cause all hate and oppression to vanish from the earth
Inscribe us for blessing in the Book Of Life
Let the new year be a good year for us

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Avinu malkeinu sh'ma kolenu
Avinu malkeinu chatanu l'faneycha
Avinu malkeinu alkenu chamol aleynu
V'al olaleynu v'tapenu

Avinu malkeinu
Kaleh dever v'cherev v'raav mealeynu
Avinu malkeinu kalehchol tsar
Umastin mealeynu

Avinu malkeinu
Avinu malkeinu
Kotvenu b'sefer chayim tovim
Avinu malkeinu chadesh aleynu
Chadesh a leynu shanah tovah

Sh'ma kolenu
Sh'ma kolenu
Sh'ma kolenu

Driving Around From the Conowingo Dam to Mount Washington, MD

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin
Music: Say what you need to say


I tried to photograph the eagles hanging around the Conowingo Dam, yet I needed a much more powerful camera.  Towards the end of the day I ended up at the Mount Washington Arboretum.  

Licked By A Cow (Stevenson, MD)

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin

I took a detour on my way to the store. The cows of Stevenson were right by the fence so I stopped to take a few pictures. The problem with getting close to animals is that there always seems to be at least one that will want to get up close and personal.

Pre-Shabbos Storm

© (2009) Photographs by Vicki Polin

I had a lot to think about today, so I took some time out and drove down Tufton Rd. and around Hunt Valley, MD.