Monthly Archives: March 2011 This is a hand operated water pump next to Hickory Grove One-room Schoolhouse in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The schoolhouse was built in 1856. I’m not certain of the age of the barn. You see these hand pumps every now and then at various places in the area. It takes you back to...  This one-room schoolhouse on Reifsnyder Road in Gilbertsville, PA was built in 1853. Having been refurbished, it now serves as a meeting place for the New Hanover Township Historical Society as well as a field trip destination for local area school children where they can learn about school life in the 19th century. It also...  I’ve passed this farm a million times and lately I noticed how the late afternoon golden hour light hits the back side of the barns and corn crib. Light takes on the quality of the things it bounces off of and I think the corn field makes the golden light even more golden if you...  This Chester County Covered Bridge was originally built in 1854 and then rebuilt in 1881. In April 2006, it was moved from its original location in Marsh Creek State Park and reconstructed on a spot bordering a housing development on Graphite Mine Road just off of the intersection with Route 100. Today it provides a...  This is my all time favorite Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn. I shot this once before about this time last year but I had some new ideas that I wanted to try out on it this time around. This particular barn is a real challenge to shoot in the afternoon because the sun sets behind the...  This one-room schoolhouse is located on Ono Road in Annville, PA. It’s a classic example of a historic schoolhouse that has been re-purposed by the local Mennonite community for use as a current schoolhouse. I’m still researching this school but it appears to have been built in the early 1900s. Since the D7000 only does...  A Great Blue Heron takes his leave of me back on Saturday 3-5-2011 at Edwin B. Forsythe Wildlife Refuge. For more information on Great Blue Herons, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology. For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site atwww.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/. |
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