Jeff Lautenberger

Sunset from the westbound span

Our drive back from Rehoboth Beach coincided perfectly with a gorgeous sunset right over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, a 4.3 mile link between one of the narrowest points of the bay. Here’s a shot with all of the suspension sections in view. More photos from the beach will be posted later.

Fireworks over Washington, D.C.

Seen from a rooftop at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and I Street NW, looking towards the Mall about a mile south.

As usual, I went to the Takoma Park Independence Day parade, but I wasn’t shooting it for The Washington Post like Chris was today. Lots of weird and bizarre scenes as always. The whole community spirit and interaction reminded me why I always love to come check the parade out. Will be going to the roof of my dad’s office building downtown to watch the fireworks show on the National Mall in a few hours. For more photos of the parade, check out my Flickr set here.

One day old; hope it makes it!

This little hatchling popped out of its shell in a nest in our backyard yesterday. I came back today for a photo and it was just in the nest sort of squirming around on the grass. Its mother was nearby in the tree so hopefully all will be well. Ain’t that the cutest (ugliest) thing?

Silver Spring-Takoma's Matthew Greene slides under the tag of Herndon's Chris Taylor. Taylor hit a first inning grand slam, leading the Braves past the Thunderbolts 9-4 at Blair Stadium on July 1.

I know, I know, this composition is almost identical to the last baseball photo I posted, sorry. I can’t help that all the action seems to take place around third base. Anyway, I was on the phone with Chris about 30 seconds before taking this and she told me to “take good shots.” Turns out this was the best one from the game. Thanks Chris!