Jack Russell / Fins And Claws

06/07/2026

They will fix ya right up!

Little Old Store in St. Mary's County that offers Marine and Waterman Supplies

Current Hours
Sun & Mon | Closed
Tues - Sat | 9:30am - 1:30pm

06/02/2026

04/24/2026

Here's something most people don't know about the bright yellow bird currently stealing the show at feeders across America. 🌼

The American Goldfinch is one of the latest nesters in North America — on purpose.

While robins are on their second clutch and wrens are filling every nest box in sight, the goldfinch is still just... eating. Molting. Getting ready.

It won't build a nest until late June or July — timed almost perfectly to when thistles and milkweed go to seed. That's what it feeds its babies: regurgitated plant seeds, not insects.

Almost every other songbird switches to insects for protein during nesting. The goldfinch said no thank you and stuck with seeds — which is why it waits until the seed supply peaks before starting a family.

Meanwhile, that nyjer feeder you put out in April? It's been appreciated. Deeply.

04/15/2026

“ Yes, with a Bloddy Mary”!

It’s springtime in Louisiana, and crawfish boils are heating up across the state. But a new way to eat mudbugs is steadily gaining popularity...no peeling re...

04/14/2026

61 years ago today, Rachel Carson died at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was 56.

The house she built on Berwick Road — where she designed a corner study with windows on three sides to stay surrounded by nature — is where she finished Silent Spring, the 1962 book that helped launch the modern environmental movement.

But long before the book came out, Carson was already making her case right in her own backyard. When a local homeowners' association asked her to speak about pesticide use in the neighborhood, she abandoned her prepared remarks and spoke instead about the link between chemicals and cancer. The association voted against the spraying program.

Boundary Stones has the full story of Carson's years in our area — link in comments.