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2019-06 Brandywine Creek State Park

A week after visiting Valley Garden and the Ashland Nature Preserve,  we decided to up our game, and head for the Brandywine Creek State Park, in the same general area of northern New Castle County in Delaware.  The creek comes…
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2019-05 Valley Garden Park & Ashland Nature Preserve

Late in May, we took a sunny Sunday morning to travel over to Wilmington, and the highway out towards Chester County, PA. We pulled into a small park along Route 52, and explored around the hills and vales, and took…
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2020 Image Gallery

These are just some of my favorite images from the last few years, no specific theme. We are somewhat blessed in our location here on the west coast of New Jersey ( ! ) in that we get some very…
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2013-06 St Mary’s Church

On my way back from Kilgore Falls and the State Park, I passed this little church in Pylesville, Maryland.  I thought the French Norman-tinged architecture was unique and charming, and took some snaps of it and the little cemetery next…
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2013-08 Warbirds, Millville AAF Museum

In August of 2013, a touring group of restored World War II airplanes visited the Millville Air Field. During the war, Millville was an Army Air Force training base, so they had some exhibits and memorabilia dedicated to that part…
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2013-06 The Mercer Museum

Up in Doylestown, PA, in trendy and tony Bucks County, there sits an edifice very much like no other for miles around. Brainchild of old man Mercer, it’s a 6-story concrete monstrosity that was built to house nearly every piece…
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2013-03 Baltimore’s Westminster Burying Grounds

There’s an old church right next to the VA Hospital in Baltimore, so while Uncle Hal was getting his wrist’s carpal tunnel excavated, I took some shots of the mouldy old tombs.  The Poet and Favorite Son of Baltimore, Edgar…
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2013-03 Phila’s Art Museum

March, 2013. On a bright, blue Saturday I went up into Philly to tour around the Art Museum and Boathouse Row area. It had been a while since I was up in that part of town. I started along Kelly…
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2013-03 Battleship New Jersey

On a nice, clear, almost warm morning in March 2013, I took a run up to Camden to tour the Battleship New Jersey, moored along the waterfront.  There’s a nice little waterfront park there as well, and I got some…
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