Monthly Archives: April 2009

When you forget your fishing pole, all you are left with are daydreams…

Frog gazes over the bow of a small ornamental boat at the goldfish my Parents have in their backyard pond. Some after dinner fun during our family’s Easter gathering.

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Bucher’s Mill Covered Bridge

A.K.A. “Cocalico #2 Bridge”, this Covered Bridge spans the Cocalico Creek and is located on Cacalico Creek Road (T-955), near Reamstown, East Cacalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A marker etching on the inside of the bridge lists the span length at 64 feet but the Lancaster County Government Web Site lists the length at 54...

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The king of all he surveyed…

I was out photographing covered bridges in Lancaster County on Saturday afternoon and I found this area along Route 30 next to the American Music Theater, a local concert hall just west of the city of Lancaster, featuring a covered bridge and large collection of sheep, donkeys and even a pony. While taking photos of...

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But where shall the children play ?

Scorched earth and smoking coal cover the landscape on a hill side in Centralia, PA. In 1962, a group of volunteer fireman in Centralia were hired to burn some municipal trash in an open landfill in one of the town’s cemeteries. What they didn’t know is that the landfill had a coal seem that met...

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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Locomotive No. 757

Nickel Plate Road class S-2 “Berkshire”-type steam locomotive. Gift 12/1966 of Norfolk & Western Railroad. This was the first locomotive donated to Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA and can be found in the outdoor train yard, where trains await restoration. The locomotive weights 440,800 pounds and was built in 1944. Only five of...

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Big, honkin’ take off !

Canada Goose taking off from the surface of Fleetwood Park Pond on Thursday afternoon 4-9-2009. He seemed to be driven off by another Goose protecting his mate. This time of the year, three’s a crowd. For more information on this species, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.

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“All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.” – Casey Stengel

Logan, a Miniature Horse at the Eastern PA Spring Horse Expo held at Ag Hall in the Allentown Fairgrounds on Saturday 4-4-2009. They had two minis there at the show, one dark and one tan and white. For more information on miniature horses, check out Lil’ Beginnings Miniature Horses and the Keystone Miniature Horse Club.

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