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Welcome to The Merry Cat
Internet Art Gallery.
Mary Almond
A West Virginia Fine Art Photographer, and Digital Artist
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About the Artist
The Merry Cat is a web site gallery featuring landscape and digital art created by Mary Almond.
The
scenic photography includes such places as West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Her digital art consists of fractals, digital paintings, and photo composites.
The artist also offers an eclectic gallery
of other photographic works such as local events, historical reenactments, and weddings.
The Merry Cat also offers free
backgrounds, borders, and buttons for your web site or computer
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Gallery Store
The Gallery Store is the place to check out for all of the newest artwork, or to buy a print.
There are over a 1000 prints in the gallery now !
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The Event Photo gallery, has everything from several of the latest Weddings, to historical
reenactments, to local events.
Below are some of the most recently added items
******Bridge Day 2007******
Bridge Day this year was great success
You couldn't have asked for better weather !
According to the stats, over a 150,000 people came to enjoy the day, and
watch 377 jumpers, and 23 rappel teams do their thing.
I hope you enjoy viewing the pictures as much as I did capturing them.
View Gallery
You can get more information about Bridge Day or plan your own visit for next year's event by going www.officialbridgeday.com
******New River Gorge Preserve Event******
The New River Gorge Preserve held a fundraising benefit for the Fayetteville Skatepark and Long Distance Trail on Saturday 25, 2007.
The Preserve, is a community committed to maintaining, and preserving the environment with limited home sites.
And with the motto, "We are the stewards of the land."
To view some of the images from the event you may do so by Going here
You can also visit the preserve at www.nrgpreserve.com
******Barboursville Civil War Living Historical Weekend******
Barboursville, West Virginia had its first Historical Reenactment over the weekend of the July 13-15, 2007.
The reenactment was held at the beautiful 900 acre Barboursville park .
Thanks to the hard work, and dedication of many people, the reenactment was a rounding success and
promises to be even bigger and better in the coming years.
You can check out the pictures from the even by following the link below.
Barboursville Living History
******Lawton Stables and Hilton Head Lighthouse******
Was able to make it down to South Carolina to Hilton Head this year,
and got a chance to stop by the Lawton Stables on our way out.
If you do get a chance to get down that way then please do add the Lawton Stables to your list of must see places.
Lots of beautiful horses there, and I want to thank the stables for giving me the opportunity of taking the pictures.
To see some of the horses, and lighthouse please follow this link
The city of Ironton was Founded in 1849, and its parade is the longest running
(continous) Memorial Day Parade in the country.
You can learn more about Ironton, Ohio by visiting their website at:
http://www.ironton-ohio.com/
The Museum is located in the tranquil settings of the Green Bottom Wildlife
managment area of Cabell County, WV.
The Jenkins Plantation Museum, is host to many special events, and is available
as a meeting space for classes and organizations.
To check out the pictures of the museum,
and the 2007 encampment meeting please
click here.
To learn more about the Jenkins Plantation Museum please follow the link below.
http://www.wvculture.org/index.aspx
******Hurricane Civil War Reenactment 2007*******
The reenactment actually commemorates two engagements. The battle of Scary Creek that took place on July 17, 1861.
The other was a skirmish at Hurricane Bridge, on March 28, 1863.
You can check out the gallery by Going Here
******Huntington Mall Bridal Fair*******
Thanks to some bad weather, and a little luck I got the opportunity to shoot the
Huntington Mall Bridal fair, and Fashion
show
The level of detail in some of the dresses was simply astonishing. And as you can see from the photographs,
it extended to the back's of the dresses also.
You can check out the gallery by Going Here
******Bridge Day 2006*******
This gallery has Jumpers and Rappellers from Bridge Day 2006.
Also you can see a few shots of the Taste of Bridge Day, local restaurants from the area share some of the best food from their
menus.....one of my favorites, was the Bread Pudding from the Celtic Cook.
The Seafood Trio over Saffron Cous Cous
was really good, and Smokey's on the Gorge deserves a pat on the back.
Other shots in this gallery includes images of the people and vendors that caught my eye.
You can check out the gallery by Going Here
Cabell County Parade
The parade is held each year in
Milton, WV and is the grand march for the start of the Cabell County Fair.
A few photos of the Fair from Barboursville's Fall Fest, can be located here
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Come on in.
Browse around ,check out all the new Images. And never underestimate the
power of e-mail, see something you like, don't like, got a comment,
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