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Publish on August 23, 2018
 The Middle Falls of the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park is easily the largest and most spectacular of the three falls. (Please see Letchworth State Park for an overview of the park.) The Middle Falls is 107 feet high, about 285 feet wide, and faces the northeast. The water falls uninterrupted at the right side of the picture, while the remainder is nearly vertical or very steeply terraced. There is a walkway along the north…
Categories: Geological, National/State Park, Panorama, Rainbow
Tags: Letchworth State Park, Rainbow, Upper Falls
Publish on August 20, 2018
 Early in May this year, we visited some of Beverly's family in New York. While we were there, Beverly and I visited Letchworth State Park with her brother and his wife. This photo shows a typical view of the Genesee River gorge in the park. Letchworth State Park in western New York, known as the "Grand Canyon of the East," is a scenically magnificent park. The park is roughly 17 miles long, from Portageville at the…
Categories: Geological, National/State Park, Panorama
Tags: Letchworth State Park
Publish on August 12, 2018
 Recently, I have been interested in photographing objects I identify as 'Distressed' (as in abandoned or forlorn - see Lonely Schoolhouse and Luxury Vacation Cabin, as examples) and this also fits that description. Early in May this year, we visited some of Beverly's family in New York. While we were there, we saw this abandoned trailer in the woods. As I enjoy doing, we stopped and I took several photos. Our timing was fortunate as…
Publish on August 07, 2018
 By Laurie Some time ago, while sorting through a box of old photos, I found a photo of a mountain vista my father had taken. My mother had identified it on the back as "Penns Creek from Penns View - 8/5/39". I have a list of vistas in Pennsylvania that I would like to see sometime, but this wasn't one I had ever heard of. I did some research and based on other photos I…
Categories: Panorama, Scenes And Vistas
Publish on August 01, 2018
 By Beverly I enjoy gardening and especially, growing flowers. I planted sunflower seeds in one of our garden beds and I was delighted with the results. Not only did we get to watch them grow and enjoy seeing all the pollinators they attracted, the flowers were very photogenic. They slowly follow the movement of the sun through the day and raise their heads toward the sun. On an overcast day they keep their heads tilted…
Categories: Flowers, Plants, Trees, Note Card
Publish on August 01, 2018
 This is a close-up of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in our back yard.
Categories: Note Card, Wildlife
Publish on August 01, 2018
 In May 2017, Beverly called me outside immediately after a rainstorm to see the water lilies on our fishpond. When I saw the raindrops on the lily pads, I began taking pictures. As I moved around the pond taking pictures, I realized that in some directions, the rain drops were highlighted by the afternoon sun and this one is the best of those photos. Because of the interest in this photo, we have had note…
Categories: Flowers, Plants, Trees, Note Card
Publish on July 25, 2018
 This Painted Turtle in our pond was trying to climb out over the river rocks surrounding the pond.
Publish on July 08, 2018
 The Kinzua Bridge was constructed in 1882 to transport local coal, oil and lumber across the Kinzua Gorge to their markets. Rebuilt in 1900, it remained in commercial service until 1959, and for recreational use until 2002.
Categories: Architectural, Railroad
Tags: Blinspirations
Publish on June 27, 2018
 This 100-year-old frame schoolhouse which sits in the middle of a cow pasture in Sevier County, TN, has not seen students since 1949.
Categories: Architectural, Distressed
Tags: Abandoned, Island View School, Sevierville, Tennessee
Publish on June 19, 2018
 More than 800 feet of tightly folded rock strata are exposed where Interstate 68 cuts through Sideling Hill, about 7 miles west of Hancock, MD.
Categories: Geological
Tags: Anticline, Hancock, Maryland, Sideling Hill, Syncline
Publish on June 04, 2018
 Two squirrels playfully appear in different locations in this hollow tree in Amherst County, Virginia.
Categories: Wildlife
Tags: Hollow Tree, Squirrel
Publish on April 07, 2018
 Reading Railroad T-1 Steam Engine #2100 in Jenkintown, PA during an Iron Horse Ramble on May 12, 1963. The T-1 has a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement, known as a 'Northern' type engine.
Categories: Railroad
Tags: Iron Horse Ramble, Railroad, Reading, Steam Locomotive
Publish on April 03, 2018
 This tobacco barn in Johnson County, NC near Zebulon, is about 100 years old. The barn is built of three-layers of wood planks on a brick foundation. The spring colors of the background woods look more like fall.
Categories: Architectural, Distressed
Tags: Distressed, Tobacco Barn
Publish on March 31, 2018
 This cabin, the Addicks Cabin in the historic town of Elkmont in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is to be preserved along with others by the National Park Service.
Categories: Architectural, Distressed, National/State Park
Tags: Addicks Cabin, Distressed, Elkmont, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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