Monthly Archives: February 2011 In 1972, Volunteers at Millbrook Village built this reproduction of a 1860s era Methodist Episcopal Church. During the 1800s, religion played an important role in the villagers spiritual and social life. In the early 1800′s, before the village existed, Methodist circuit ministers visited this area. As the community began growing, regular Sunday services were held...  “Tom’s Diner”. That Suzanne Vega song kept playing over and over in my head as I drove home after shooting this abandoned diner in Ledgewood New Jersey. In 1984 Cyndi Lauper filmed the middle section of the video for her song “Time after time” at this diner. They say everything inside is setup as if...  I found out this past week that this Eagles nest I had been following for the past several years in the Delaware Water Gap area of N.E. Pennsylvania fell victim to the very high winds back on Saturday 2-19-2011. The top of the tree snapped off and the nest is gone. What makes this all...  The Esther Furnace bridge is named after a local iron smelting furnace built in 1817. The bridge was built in 1881 by C.W. Eves at a cost of $1,044.75. It utilized a Queen Post design and crosses the North branch of Roaring Creek with a length of 101 feet. It is located in Cleveland Township...  The West (in the foreground) and East (in the background) Paden bridges are better known as “The Twin Bridges”. They are the only twin covered bridges left in the United States. They cross the Huntington Creek in Fishing Creek Township Pennsylvania. They were built 1884 by W.C. Pennington at a cost of $720.00, and are...  A female Osprey arrives back at the nest where her mate has been taking a turn sitting on their eggs. Taken back on 4-18-2009 on the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, New Jersey. I am told that both Osprey nests that I was following at the reservoir have been destroyed by storms this Fall/Winter. I hope...  Thousands of Snow Geese take off at one time from a farmer’s cornfield at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Klinefeltersville, PA on Sunday 2-20-2011. The geese typically take off in the morning and head out to the surrounding farm fields in search of plants to eat then they fly back into the safety... |
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