The other pond

I've posted dozens of pictures of the closest pond, but I've neglected another pond in the park which is in the Paint Branch section. It's smaller than the pond in the Martin Luther King section and is nestled in among wooded hills. Although the location provides some protection from wind, wind wasn't much of a factor this morning anyway.

 

 

Maryland now 17-4

After they beat Iowa on Thursday night. I really like the pageantry of Terp basketball games. The students were back from semester break and turned out enthusiastically. The unfurling of the state flag is a colorful part of the rituals: