Picturing Maryland: A photo every day in 2023 part 1

Champion Giant Saucer Magnolia

The Maryland Big Tree Champion Giant Saucer Magnolia at Hampton National Historic Site, planted in 1830, nears peak bloom on Tuesday, March 28. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Community Resource Day

From left, Ponnice Murray and Pam Smith receive fresh kale and other produce from St. Mary Outreach Center volunteer Sarah Matthews at a Community Resource Day, held at Prince Hall Grand Lodge on Eutaw Place this week. The produce was donated by the nonprofit, So What Else, Inc. Other free services at the event organized by St. Mary Outreach Center included Covid booster shots, Green Energy light bulb kits, non-perishable food, and assistance with applications for SNAP, energy assistance, Water4All, and tax credits for renters and homeowners. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Cherry trees peak at Fort McHenry

The Yoshino cherry trees at Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine are at their peak now. They are the same variety as the trees at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC that visitors flock to. Two separate groves were planted at the fort because of racial segregation at the time: one grove was planted by Baltimore Black schoolchildren, and the other was planted by white schoolchildren. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Scholarship winners

Envy Lemon reacts to a surprise visit from McDaniel College President Julia Jasken, right, who came to Western High School with the Green Terror mascot, left, and other McDaniel and CollegeBound Foundation staff to deliver the news that she has received a full-tuition scholarship. Lemon is one of five Baltimore City high school seniors awarded full-tuition scholarships to McDaniel College, each valued at more than $180,000. The other winners are Jacqueline Roldan of Mergenthaler Vo-Tech High School, Evelyn Blackman and Autumn Macklin of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and Adrianna Coe of Green Street Academy. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Kite festival

After a postponement from Saturday due to rain, kites filled the sky near the Patterson Park Observatory on a bright, slightly breezy Sunday afternoon for The BIG Baltimore Kite Fest presented by Creative Alliance and The Friends of Patterson Park. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Teddy Bear Clinic at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center

Connor Gengler, 5, swabs his “patient” as his father, Ryan Gengler, watches, and Danna Ramirez Gomez, child life intern, assists. Connor is one of the pediatric patients at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center taking part in the Teddy Bear Clinic hosted by the Children’s Center Child Life Department. The event, to help reduce anxiety and fear around medical procedures, gives children a chance to be a health care provider to their teddy bear. March is Child Life Month, which recognizes the work of child life specialists who support young patients and their families through their diagnosis or hospital stay. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

Broom’s Bloom dairy farm during National Agriculture Week

Belle Dallam, a ninth generation farmer at Broom’s Bloom dairy in Bel Air, visits with Shakira, a red and white holstein, at the family farm. Broom’s Bloom farm was founded in 1726. This week is the 50th anniversary of National Agriculture Week, which runs through March 27. March 22, 2023 (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Climbing for a better angle

On spring break, Rachel Steelman, a masters student who studies voice at Peabody Institute takes a break from a voice coaching lesson, climbing a magnolia tree to capture images of the blossoms at Mount Vernon Square Park on Charles Street. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Kindness rocks

Three-year-old Emily Turner, of Joppatowne, places a painted rock in the newly created Kindness Rock Garden on the Avenue at White Marsh while helping distribute rocks painted by local artists. The Kindness Rocks Project was launched in 2015 with a simple rock left on a bench stating – “You’ve got this” and has grown into a worldwide phenomenon. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Finest Step competition

Baltimore Finest Step competition, held at City Neighbors High School. The Lethal Ladies step team from Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women perform on stage. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Match Day at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Sarah Gensheimer holds her daughter Anna, 11 months old, as she's congratulated by her husband Jim Gensheimer, right, who is holding their 3 year old son Jack. Sarah was matched to Maine Medical Center, where she will be a resident in internal medicine during Match Day at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. (Barbara Haddock Taylor / Baltimore Sun)

Real Food Farm Community Volunteer Day

Mindy Clark, left, and Victoria Murphy, both graduate Biology students at Johns Hopkins University, help weed and mulch at the Real Food Farm at Lake Clifton on Volunteer Day. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Peer Navigator Program

Jomar Salters, center, thanks Derrick George,right, a Peer Navigator at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, for the caring help George provided to him. Looking on at the Penn North branch library is Peer Navigator Supervisor Donna Bruce. They were at a program highlighting the work of the Peer Navigator Program with the Trauma Informed Care Taskforce. Peer Navigators, now at seven city libraries, guide residents living with addiction by connecting them with recovery services, social workers, job services and lawyers. The work is funded by Healing City Baltimore, the Maryland Peer Advisory Council and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

New sneakers

Brayden Nelson, a kindergartener at Sandalwood Elementary School, admires his new sneakers, fitted by volunteer Elizabeth Scott. FedEx Cares, in partnership with Operation Warm, a national nonprofit that manufactures new, high-quality coats and shoes for children in need, is providing 230 new pairs of sneakers to pre-K through second-grade students at the school in Essex. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

St. Patrick parade

Julia Easley, 9, center, gets into the spirit of the St. Patrick parade as she marches with cheerleaders from the Immaculate Heart of Mary School along N. Charles Street. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Diaper Drive for The City of Refuge Baltimore

State Farm Insurance employees, from left, Alicia Popham, sales leader, Emily Sutorius, agent, and Brandi Brown, office manager, stack donated diapers and baby wipes collected by agents, employees and customers in February at The City of Refuge Baltimore. Founder Billy Humphrey says the faith-based nonprofit in South Baltimore provides 400 babies a month with diapers through its Health and Wellness program. The organization was most in need of sizes 5 and 6 which the State Farm diaper drive helped provide. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

Pedicure

Kathy Schwartzman holds the lead as Brandon Amos a farrier from Hereford, uses a rasp to finish the hoof of Merlin, an 11 year-old thoroughbred at Olney Farm in Joppa, Maryland. (Lloyd Fox)

National School Breakfast Week at Belmont elementary school

Pre-K students Deja Hawkins, left, and Jazyiah Miller, right, enjoy breakfast in their classroom this morning at Belmont Elementary School as part of National School Breakfast Week, an annual celebration to raise awareness about the importance of school breakfasts. Belmont Elementary teamed up with the American Dairy Association North East, Morgan Moses of the Baltimore Ravens, and anti-hunger organizations today. March 7, 2023 (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Purim Dance Party

The kindergarten class, including from left in front, Anderson Flax (green shirt), Aria Susel (striped sleeves) and Sloane Lehnhoff (purple shirt), dance in celebration of Purim at the Stoler Early Learning Center of the Jewish Community Center in Owings Mills. Purim, the most joyous of the Jewish holidays, begins at sundown on Monday, and continues on Tuesday. It celebrates Queen Esther, who saved the Jewish people in Persia from a death decree, according to the biblical Book of Esther. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

Bridal Expo at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland

Bride-to-be Natasha Waters of Hampden, right, poses with assistance from Kionna Snowden, left, owner of the Baltimore-based PickturePerfect Photo Booth, at the second annual Bridal Expo at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland. Waters, who is getting married in December, came to the Expo to discover vendors and new bridal trends with her sister, Catherine Mensah of Odenton, center. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

Crafty Creations

Ceramicist Shea Kister demonstrate clay work at Baltimore Clayworks booth at the American Craft Council (ACC) in the Baltimore Convention Center. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun)

Loch Raven Reservoir

Steven Arevalo of Cockeysville shares a snack with ducks at Loch Raven reservoir this afternoon. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Holoocaust survivor story told on TikTok

The story of 94-year old Holocaust survivor Lilly Malnik, left, of Clarksville, has been shared by her granddaughter, Miriam Ezagui of New York City, right, on TikTok, where her experiences as a teenager at the Auschwitz concentration camp have been viewed more than 23 million times. They were joined by Eli M. Rosenbaum, a legendary Nazi hunter with the U.S. Department of Justice, for a conversation before a packed audience at the Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life in Columbia on Sunday afternoon. Malnik, who was from Antwerp, Belgium, was tattooed twice at Auschwitz with camp serial numbers, still visible on her left arm. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Fire at Sellers Mansion

Water falls on firefighters as they work to put out a fire at the Sellers Mansion in Harlem Park this morning. The West Baltimore home is part of the National Register of Historic Places. (Jerry Jackson)

Record Warm Temperatures

Shae McCoy, a farmer at Strength To Love II Farm (S2L2) in Sandtown-Winchester, lays down mulch on a path in one of 14 established hoop houses. Celery is planted in the foreground. Highs in the area are expected in the upper 70s. McCoy says inside the greenhouse is 10 degrees warmer. The 1.5 acre year-round farm provides organically grown food to the surrounding communities. S2L2 will host a volunteer day on March 4 for a fencing project. Those interested can register online. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

February blossoms

Early blooming cherry trees frame S. Curley Street at Baltimore Street near Patterson Park. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

"More Than Hope" to support refugees and asylum seekers

Yanira Rivera, right, dances with Arte Flamenco during the "More Than Hope" program in support of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Luminus Network for New Americans, a nonprofit helping immigrants adapt to their new lives in Howard County. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Reparations walk

Rev. Robert Turner, pastor of the Empowerment Temple, holding “Reparations Now” sign, accompanied by Rev. Christopher Burnett, left, and other supporters, pass the Laurel Shopping Center, as they reach the approximate halfway mark in their march to the White House. Their march, to advocate for reparations for slavery, began 20 miles north in Carroll Park in southwest Baltimore City. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun / Baltimore Sun)

Give a Pig a Hug

Legend Harrison, 3, in front, and his twin brother Journey, partially hidden behind him, give hugs to B.B, a pot-bellied pig at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park. The twins, who live in Colgate (Baltimore County), were part of a group of children who visited with two pigs after listening to Ag Center program leader Christina Panousos read the children’s book, “If You Give a Pig A Pancake.” (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Puddle jumping

Four-year-old Viggo Swearengen, splashes through a deep puddle at Loch Raven Reservoir while birdwatching with his mother Katie following Friday morning’s heavy rain. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

$2 million grant to Coppin

Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins cuts the ribbon to open the Eagle Achievement Center (EAC), designed to bring academic and professional resources together in a holistic setting that will help improve the completion rate of students. At the event, Greg Farno, Maryland Regional President for Truist Bank, left, announced a $2 million grant to the EAC. At Jenkins’ side is his wife, Toinette Jenkins, and next to her, Jay A. Perman, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Squirrel feeding

Ray Gagne, of Joppatowne, hand feeds a peanut to a squirrel as he and wife Terry, right, take a walk at Mariner's Point Park on Valentine's Day. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Afro Charities $2 million grant

Toni Draper, Afro News CEO and Publisher, at podium, acknowledges the receipt of federal earmark grants of more than $2 million to renovate the historic Upton Mansion into the headquarters of AFRO Charities and the AFRO News. From left, Afro Charities Executive Director Savannah Wood and Upton Planning Committee President Darroll Cribb celebrate the award with special guests, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Sen. Ben Cardin, and a gathering of community members and civic leaders. AFRO Charities manages the AFRO Archives, a significant Black history collection dating back to the newspaper’s founding in 1892. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

"Bedtime in a Box"

Jessica Guy, left, and daughter Ariana, 5, open a special Super Bowl Surprise bag during the "Bedtime in a Box" presentation at Port Discovery. "Bedtime in a Box" is one of many initiatives that supports the health and educational development of children by providing families with tools and training. The program in its second year, has given boxes contain books, pajamas, learning games, bedtime activities and more to over 25 Baltimore families with children up to 7-year-old. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Opera On The Avenue

Amanda Sheriff, an Opera Baltimore soprano, presents a program at the Herring Run Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library highlighting Anne Wiggins Brown. Brown, a native of Old West Baltimore, was the first Bess in George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The concert is part of “Opera on the Avenue,’ an ongoing effort to bring the art form to a wider community. Over the next four months the “Baltimore Legend” exhibit dedicated to Brown and several other Baltimore musicians will visit four Pratt libraries. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

Street vendor

Baba Tidiane, a street vendor barely visible behind knit caps and colorful dresses from his native Senegal, waits for customers at his stand on S. Greene St. next to University Square Park. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Tai chi class

Left, Lois Gregory, of Bowleys Quarters, and, right, Ann Barbalace, of Rosedale, take a tai chi class taught by Andrew Giordano at the Rosedale Senior Center. The 12-week class is offered twice a week and helps with balance, coordination and breathing. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

"Dress for success" event to provide formal clothing to Baltimore young men

Aaron Hernandez, center, manager of Baltimore's Christopher Schafer Clothier, fits Cole Mitchell with donated dress clothes provided by We Cancerve, founded by Grace Callwood, 18, right, during a "dress for success" event. Sharp Dressed Man is providing the space and supplementing the event with clothes and accessories and will also teach the young men how to tie a tie.\ (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Cupid’s Crush

Patrick Blair (#317) of Catonsville, center, was out in front at the start of the race and finished first at 27:30 minutes. The second runner to finish was Mark Eagles (#357) of Odenton, second from left in front. About 250 participants took part in the 9th annual 5-mile Cupid’s Crush race through Druid Hill Park. Brian Flowers, president of the Baltimore Road Runners Club, which hosts the race, said Sunday morning’s weather in the low 30s was “balmy” compared to last year, when runners faced chilly temperatures in the low 20s. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Taking a break

Gina Grinstead, of Mayfield, takes a break from work as she and her dog, Chicken, get some exercise near Lake Montebello on Friday afternoon. Chicken is an American Pit Bull Terrier Grinstead adopted from BARCS. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

I Still Have A Dream

Makai Hughes, 19, of Baltimore, helps her little sister Sage Hughes, 2, down the wooden seating area that frames the steps to the lower level of the new Lexington Market, which had its grand opening on Tuesday. All of the planned vendors have not opened for business, but with at least three dozen in operation, the market is bustling. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Therapy dog

Nino the 120 pound mastiff at news conference with Ravens offensive lineman Ronnie Stanley, second left, at Heart + Paw's Fells Point location. Nino will be trained and certify as a therapy dog to work with children who have been through trauma. The Ronnie Stanley Foundation's (RSF) mission is to improve the quality of life for rescue dogs and individuals in need. The foundation trains and cultivates the therapeutic properties of rescue dogs to be placed in forever homes with individuals. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Lexington Market grand opening

Jayson Williams rings the historic Lexington Market bell to celebrate the grand opening of the new Lexington Market. His great-grandfather, James B. Carpenter, opened the former market from 1963 to 1971 by ringing the same bell at the start of each business day. To Williams’ left is Nancy Devine of Faidley Seafood, and next to her is Vernita Humphreys, Carpenter’s granddaughter. Surrounding them are well-wishers, including Gov. Wes Moore, third from left, City Council President Nick Mosby, at Wiliam’s right, and other city officials. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Closing digital divide

Gov. Wes Moore praises the president of Coppin State University, Anthony L. Jenkins, seated at left, and Maryland’s federal delegation, from left, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressman Kweisi Mfume, for their roles in bringing a $3.9 million federal grant to Coppin State University for broadband access in West Baltimore. ConnectEagle Nation, a Connecting Minority Communities pilot program, will improve connectivity through technology, training and access to affordable internet service. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Latte Art Championship

Donald Perdomo of Hastings-on-Hudson etches the final details of a Shiba Inu dog design in the Latte Art Championship, one of six competitions at the US Coffee Championships Qualifying Event held at the Baltimore Convention Center. Perdomo began working as a barista with older brothers when he was 13. Coffee professionals also competed in the categories of Barista, Brewers Cup, Cup Tasters, Roaster, and Coffee in Good Spirits at the event hosted by Specialty Coffee Association. Finalists will compete in the US National Coffee Championships in Portland, OR, on April 21-23. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Tuba Player Jasmine Pigott

Jasmine “Jazzie” Pigott, tubist and winner of the Yale Gordon Competition at Peabody Conservatory in 2022, performs at the Baltimore Museum of Art in the Shriver Hall Concert Series. Pigott, who is working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in tuba performance at the conservatory, presents several pieces during the free concert including the Baltimore premiere of her own composition Gateways for Tuba and Spoken Word. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

Overcast sky

Shafts of light filter through an overcast sky on a farmhouse along Pleasantville Road in the late afternoon. Temperatures will be more mild by the weekend. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Applauding finder of 23 million year old shark tooth

Adrienne Jones, left, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, applauds 9 year old Molly Sampson of Prince Frederick, who found a 23 million year old shark tooth on Christmas morning while fossil hunting at Calvert Cliffs. Molly was awarded a proclamation in honor of the achievement. Also in attendance, her dad Bruce, mom Alicia and sister Natalie. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Stricker Fire Anniversary

From left, FF Josh Drexler, PO Stephen Whitman, Capt. Brian Minutoli, FF Jason Yates, all of Engine 8, EVD Eric Reisinger of Truck 10, EMT/FF Gemius Edwards of Engine 55 and FF Michael Shiloh of Truck 23 join other members of the 3rd Battalion and city officials for a moment of silence in honor of the three firefighters, Paul Butrim, Kenny Lacayo and Kelsey Sadler, who died one year ago in the Jan. 24th fire at 205 S. Stricker St. The ten companies that make up the 3rd Battalion came together at the 3rd Battalion’s headquarters on Lafayette Avenue in West Baltimore, with Mayor Brandon Scott and city council members in attendance. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Ghost sign

Travis Blevins of Baltimore walks past a well-preserved ghost sign for Cubanola cigars in the 2100 block of E. Fayette St. on his way to visit his grandmother nearby. The sign, on a vacant building that housed a horse-drawn wagon manufacturer more than a century ago, is well-preserved because it was covered by metal siding until about five years ago. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Volo Sports flag football

Collin McClelland, carrying the ball for the Toolbox team in a Hail Mary run, is chased by Tricksters teammates, from left, Cliff Hudson, Jordan Williams, and Charles Hellmann, at the end of a flag football game in a Volo Sports competitive league played at Bonvegna Turf Field in Canton. Adult players in the community-based Volo organization fund free youth sports programming through the Volo Kids Foundation. The Tricksters won on Sunday, 18 - 12. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Barbers

Barber student Corey Alston was one of several volunteers that offered free haircuts to young adults in the REMIX program of Treyway Multi Treatment Services. Getting his haircut is Carl Willams who's in the program. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Ravens Boys & Girls Club announced

Standing beneath murals of Malcolm X and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Sashi Brown, president of the Baltimore Ravens speaks with Green Street Academy students Aaliyah Rouse, 16 (left) and Marquel Johns Jr, 16 at a press event announcing a financial gift for the creation of Baltimore Ravens Boys & Girls Club at Hilton Recreation Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Workers clearing debris downtown

Workers cast shadows as they clear debris while cutting small trees near Scarlett Place at the Inner Harbor. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade

Michelle Brown high-steps with the Extravaganza Marching Unit in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, which not held during the Covid-19 pandemic. After an outcry over its last-minute cancellation this year, the parade was reinstated and drew large crowds along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Black Mall

Artist and clothing designer Shanz Holmes, left, and his brother and business partner, James Wheatley, right, show off one of the original clothing designs from their Free the Mind clothing line. They joined other creative Black entrepreneurs at Black Mall, a pop-up held at The Garage at 6 E. Lafayette St. once a month to showcase new and vintage clothing and jewelry, art, books, music, personal care products, oils, food and African items. The next Black Mall will be held at The Garage on Feb. 19. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Purple Friday Caravan at Stoneleigh ES

Ravens mascot Allan runs by excited students at a surprise visit at Stoneleigh Elementary School in Towson for a Purple Friday pep rally. (Karen Jackson/for Baltimore Sun Media)

Jurassic Quest arrives at Fairgrounds

Workers set up true-to-life-size animatronic dinosaurs, including this Spinosaurus, for Jurassic Quest, which will be open to the public from Jan. 13 -16 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. Spinosaurus, which lived in what is now North Africa during the Late Cretaceous period more than 93 million years ago, was the largest carnivorous dinosaur. (Amy Davis/Amy Davis)

Memorial Park Honoring Fallen Fire Fighters

Kintira Barbour, president of the Mount Clare Community Council, and Ebram Victoria, 2nd Nature Design and Landscape through Arts and Parks, at the memorial park project to honor three firefighters who died when a vacant home collapsed on January 24, 2022. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

Ravens logo painting

Members of the Baltimore Ravens grounds crew put the finishing touches on a Ravens logo on Federal Hill in anticipation of the playoffs. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Crankie Festival

Katherine Fahey performs “Talk to the Bees,” with her Lantern Sisters partner, Dan Van Allen behind the screen, at the 9th annual Baltimore Crankie Festival at Creative Alliance, which was sold out a month in advance. Crankies, a folk art of scrolled panoramas to tell a story or illustrate a song, receives a contemporary twist at Creative Alliance, which also offers workshops on the art of crankies. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Jewish Museum of Maryland

Yevgeny Kalinsky of Silver Spring, attending “Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews,” an exhibit on view at the Jewish Museum of Maryland through Feb. 5, looks at a 1971 photo of Soviet Jews arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Kalinsky was part of a wave of Jewish refugees fleeing the USSR. He came from Odesa to Rockville in 1988 with his wife and two children. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Repticon at Timonium Fairgrounds

Samantha Green of Baltimore holds her new pet, "Ghost," an Ivory Pinstripe Leopard Ball Python which she purchased at Repticon. She was holding the snake up to her phone so her aunt could see it. The Repticon expo is happening January 7 and 8th at the Timonium Fairgrounds. Vendors and breeders of snakes, lizards, amphibians, spiders and other small exotic animals also offered merchandise, cages, and supplies for the care of pet reptiles. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Paramedics swearing in

EMT Dontae Janifer Sr. hugs his children, Kyla Davis, 11, and Jontae Janifer Jr., 3, after he and members of the EMT/PM/EMTFF Recruit Classes 22-01 and 22-03 were sworn into the Baltimore City Fire Department. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun )

Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Cantor Julie Lang leads the singing during the service as hundreds of people attend a Memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun)

Canada geese

Canada geese swim on the Bush River near Bar Harbor RV Park and Marina in Belcamp. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Auto body shop

An Edgewood area auto body shop uses holiday decoration to promote services it offers. (KENNETH K. LAM/Baltimore Sun)

Bald eagles

Bald eagles fly over Bush River in Belcamp. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Inner Harbor Ice Rink

Natalie Berry, 13, of Baltimore, in front, practices her spirals at the Inner Harbor Ice Rink on the federally-observed New Year’s Day holiday. At right, Jonathen Mann, one of skate guards, glides around the rink to assist skaters at different levels of proficiency. Rain is expected in the Baltimore region the next two days, but the ice rink will remain open through Jan. 16. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

New Years Eve fireworks

Fireworks light up the Inner Harbor as Baltimore rings in 2023 on New Years Eve. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)