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In October of 2024, we decided to experience a quaint little rail road trip from Reading, in Berks County, PA, north and east about 50 miles to Jim Thorpe. The excursion is billed as a “Fall Foliage” event, and we…
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Hal needed another visit to the VA hospital to make up for his earlier debacle. I visited the spooky old Westminster Church Burial Ground next door. Edgar Allen Poe had been interred there for a while, but his admirers dug…
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March 1, 2013 Hal needed to visit the Veteran’s Hospital down in Baltimore, to have his carpal tunnel wrist issues evaluated. I went down with him to wander the city while he was subjected to the US Military’s version of…
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After I left the Battleship, I wandered up and down along the shoreline, framing some images of the Philadelphia skyline across the river. The little “Wiggins Memorial Park” boasted a quite large propeller from some ship. The Philly skyline, as…
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There’s a little public park/lake out in Cumberland County, about 15 miles from home. I stopped by there on a warm, sunny spring morning and took some shots of the lake, to stay in practice. Note – I found a…
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Random images from the Autumn of 2019, including some nice sunsets and shots I took over at Susquehanna State Park in Maryland, up in the Creek area
Kilgore Falls in a little state park up in the corner of Maryland, damn near in Pennsylvania or Delaware. Mid day June is not the best time in the world to photograph it, but I got some interesting shots. It’s…
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On the weekend after Independence Day, we took young Jeremy into Philadelphia for the day. There was a Marvel Comics exhibition at the famed Franklin Institute, and I also scored tickets to the new-ish observation level about 57 flights up…
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In June of 2013, Melissa made a date to go meet with and spin with some of her fiber spinning friends down in Baltimore. I dropped her off, and then went to the zoo.
Parvin State Park is just a couple dozen miles away. Centered around a big lake, there’s a hiking trail around the water, and several beaches and fishing ramp. It was a nice summer morning, and we even took Milo the…
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