Monthly Archives: May 2009

Red Run Covered Bridge – Lancaster County

This is a covered bridge best described as decrepit but historically important. It is currently located over dry land on private property adjacent to the grounds of the Red Run Campground in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1961 a new concrete bridge was built and the Muddy Creek rerouted to bypass the old covered...

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Little things mean a lot

While out shooting covered bridges in Columbia County Pennsylvania on Saturday 5-16-2009, I stumbled across this miniature covered bridge at the access road to a Christmas tree farm at the top of a hill. It was about 1/3rd mile away from a full size covered bridge that looks very much like this smaller cousin. It...

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Come fly with me. Let’s fly, let’s fly away !

Bald Eagle flying near it’s nest along the Delaware Water Gap in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday 5-17-2009. If you notice on its left leg there is a blue band which means this Eagle was originally banded in New York State. I blended a free background texture from Mayang.com that I thought added a nice artistic...

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Hungry Eagle mouths to feed

A mother Bald Eagle pulls off bits of freshly caught fish and feeds it to her two young chicks (eaglets) near the Delaware Water Gap in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday 5-17-2009. The Father Eagle returned a short while later with yet another fish to be divided up. This particular nest was a little challenging to...

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Columbia County barn

I found this old barn while driving around Columbia County Pennsylvania photographing covered bridges on Saturday. I really liked the wood tones and the setting seemed very indicative of rural Pennsylvania life. The open barn door reminded me of that saying parents sometimes use when a child leaves a door open in their house, “were...

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Biblical weather in St. Claire, PA

Despite the constant threat of rain on Saturday 5-16-2009, I decided to go out and do some completely random landscape photography in Berks, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Columbia Counties. I hit the Kempton Railroad, Leaser Lake (now almost completely drained while they repair the dam), nine covered bridges in Columbia County, various old barns and St....

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Fleetwood Days Fireworks

No planets or solar systems were formed or harmed in the making of these photographs. These were the fireworks on Friday 5-15-2009 at the annual Fleetwood Days that are held in the park where I regularly photograph ducks and other wildlife. I think they probably scared the poor ducks to death last night. I’ll have...

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