Monthly Archives: April 2009

Engine 89 departing on time…

The Engineer on Locomotive # 89 on the Strasburg Railroad in Strasburg, PA looks out the window as he pulls off with a full compliment of passengers for a sightseeing trip through the Lancaster County countryside on 3-29-2009. The Strasburg Railroad offers tourists several different riding experiences on their steam driven railroad including closed passenger...

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Hunsecker’s Mill Covered Bridge

This bridge spans the Conestoga Creek at a length of 180 feet making it the longest Covered Bridge in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design. The original bridge was built in 1848 by John Russell at a cost of $1,988. It has been swept away in...

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Lucy….I’m home !!!

Male Osprey arrives back at the nest of this mating pair on Saturday 4-18-2009 over the Manaaquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey. For more information on the Manasquan Resevoir, visit their web site at this web site. For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.

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I want to be different, just like everyone else…

Sheep grazing on grass at “The Amish Farm And House” a local attraction in Lancaster County, PA where tourists can go to witness farm animals and farm life in the traditional Amish way. I took this on Saturday afternoon 4-11-2009. For more information on the Amish Farm & House visit their web site

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Pool Forge Covered Bridge. Heart of the Pennsylvania Amish country.

This is the Pool Forge Covered Bridge (WGCB # 38-36-01) which resides within the historic Pool Forge park in Caenarvon Township, a rural area within Lancaster County’s famous Amish countryside. Built by Levi Fink and Elias McMellen in 1859 at the cost of $1219, it spans the Conestoga Creek for 99 feet. It was also...

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Bovine # 9 (SpokesCow)

This is the primary reason I bought that Sigma 10-20mm super wide angle. Giant freaking cow heads ! WooHoo ! I took this at a farm adjacent to a covered bridge I was shooting in Lancaster County, PA on Sunday. There were six cows in a small herd and when I approached the all stepped...

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Every little bit counts…

An Osprey delivers some building material to its nest on the Manaaquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey on Sunday 4-5-2009. I blended a free texture (oceansky) from Alicepopkorn to give this piece a moody “over the water at dusk” feel. For more information on the Manasquan Resevoir, visit their web site at this web site....

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