Reflections - Rear view

The view behind me on Market Street where I had stopped briefly.

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James of Newtown Area Photo.

Gates and alleys - Gate to where?

The buildings on this plot of land were demolished several years ago. All that remains is a section of fence and this always open gate. The double gate in the alley below provides access to the backyards of the neighbors on either side.

Reflections - Carroll Creek east

View east from the pedestrian bridge. Last week's reflections were taken on the north side of the creek of the two buildings on the right in this view.

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James of Newtown Area Photo.

Reflections in Carroll Creek

Delaplaine Arts Center

All Saints Street Parking garage

Eastern sky, late afternoon

Verified words? - 14-th edition

The last edition of Verified Words was in August and blogger just keeps on creating new words. Occasionally, some real words (sallows, taming, brink) appeared as I commented on your blogs, but here are three more "word verifications" that required definitions. Below are my definitions along with the suggestions of dictionary.com and wikipedia. First edition was posted as Round 1. Today's words:

ablef
dictionary.com - NOT a word, suggested "abled".
wikipedia - NOT a word, suggested "able".
Lew's definition: able-f - the right f-stop for a photo.

sesesses
dictionary.com - NOT a word, suggested "assesesses".
wikipedia - NOT a word, suggested "senses".
Lew's definition: s-es-es-es - an over abundance of s's (plural to the max).

pition
dictionary.com - NOT a word, suggested "piation".
wikipedia - NOT a word, suggested "potion".
Lew's definition: pi-tion - 1/3.14159 part of a pie.

Gates & alleys - Chapel and Maxwell

In the cities and towns that date to the 1800's (or earlier), there are narrow streets and alleys. Many of the plots of land are narrow and deep, making access to the back of the property difficult without the alleys that run along the backside of the property. The old section of the City of Frederick has a number of alleys, some of them used frequently by travelers. Chapel Alley (above) is one such alley running one-way north. Interestingly, Maxwell Avenue (below) is one block west of Chapel Alley and is one-way south, leaving little distinction between alley and avenue.

Reflections - More windows in Frederick

The windows of Patrick's Irish Pub are always good for reflections. The restaurant is on the south side of the Patrick Street with other interesting buildings on the north side. Below is another window reflection in Frederick.

Gates and alleys - New gate

With a few pieces of lumber and some deck screws, I made a new gate to replace the one that collapse on us earlier this year. I had called or visited most of the fencing places in the area and found they only had three-rail style gates. It seems that the housing developers and homeowners assocaitions in new developments have decreed that only three-rail fences are allowed and thus the disappearance of gates to match our old fence.

Here is the old gate still on the other side of the house that will also be replaced soon.

And with this post I am staring a new theme Gates and alleys, which will appear here from time to time. Downtown Frederick has some interesting gates and alleys and I will post some shots of them.