Monthly Archives: May 2011 From my trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware back on 5-15-2010. For more information on Red-Winged Blackbirds, visit the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology. For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site atwww.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/. Thanks to Shadow House Creations for the use of three different textures that I blended...  Yet another family member has fallen to the demon of Cancer. My Aunt Debbie passed away on Friday, May 13th, 2011 after battling a losing with with the disease for several months. I will always remember her for her broad smile, her thick Long Island accent, for her kindness and interest in others and for...  This farm is located near Neff’s one-room Schoolhouse on Bastian Road between Kutztown and Lyons Station, PA. Funny things sometimes pop into my head while photographing. While photographing this, I was thinking how sunsets on planets that have two or more suns must pose a unique compositional challenge for photographers on those planets. Yeah, sometimes...  The Kutz Mill Covered Bridge was built in 1854 by Bitner and Ahrens. It crosses the Sacony Creek at a length of 93 feet. The structure utilizes the Burr-Arch design and is in good condition. The bridge is owned and maintained by Berks County and is one of five remaining covered bridges in the county....  I’ve had this shot dancing around in my head for the last several months so I decided to try it on Wednesday 5-11-2011 as the sun was setting over the fields. I wanted a sunset shot with the schoolhouse in the foreground but I wanted to do it in such a way that it would...  The Upper Edelman One-Room Schoolhouse is located on the corner of Route 191 and Bookskill Road in Plainfield, PA. It has been restored to an early 1900s appearance and is outfitted with school desks, blackboards, books and other items that would have been found in the school at the turn of the 20th century. The...  This is another old one-room schoolhouse I found while surfing Google Maps last year. I was just randomly scrolling around the satellite view looking for schoolhouses and this one jumped out at me. I finally had a chance to go and shoot it on Saturday afternoon. It is located on Kesslersville road near the intersection... |
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