Monthly Archives: December 2010

“And homeless near a thousand homes I stood.” –William Wordsworth

Please View Large On Black for best results. When I shot this statue at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art in Washington D.C. back on 2-7-2009 I was fascinated by the expression, the astonishing life like qualities and the enormous size of the statue. It sits on his butt at ground level and stands almost seven feet...

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A house without people is like a body without a soul

This is an abandoned farmhouse on a farm along Central Road in Germansville, Pennsylvania. This angle shows the back of the building facing the fields. The front is much more interesting but when I found this the front was enveloped in shadows and there was tasty light on the back so that’s how I shot...

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Wehr’s Covered Bridge (Lehigh County, PA)

The Wehr’s Covered Bridge is located in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. It utilizes a Burr-arch truss design and spans 137 feet over the Jordan Creek. It was built in 1841 and restored in 1965. It’s open to daily traffic and is one of two covered bridges in “Covered Bridge Park”. The WGCB # for this...

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One-Room Schoolhouse at Weisenburg Lutheran Church (Lehigh County, PA)

This one-room schoolhouse is located next to the Weisenberg Lutheran Church in New Tripoli, PA. The first church located on this location was called the Weisenberg Union Church and it was a log structure 1754. The second church was also a log structure built in 1803. The third church was a stone structure built in...

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The Schoolhouse and the Birdhouse

This one-room schoolhouse is located on Allemaengel Road in New Tripoli, PA. It sits in a farm field and was converted, at some point, from a school into a storage building for the farmer who’s land the building sits on. The sliding door that the farmer installed on the front is now missing but the...

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The Mill at Anselma (Chester County, PA)

This is a view from the back of the Anselma Mill looking towards the road. The open door in the mill leads to the water wheel that is housed inside the mill. The wheel is powered by water from the retention pond on the right. The Anselma Mill was built in Chester Springs, PA around...

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Have a very merry Pennsylvania Christmas

I shot this farm nestled in a valley within Lynn Township Pennsylvania this afternoon. I’ve passed by this valley several times and always thought it would make a good postcard someday. Merry Christmas to all my friends and their famillies !

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