Lewisburg, PA
Took a little trip yesterday, out of the “big city” and down into central PA, to Lewisburg. No real reason, just one of those fun afternoon trips you take to see something new, poke around a small town, and get lost a couple of times despite the best efforts of the GPS.
Lewisburg, PA, for those [...]
New York City
New York City is, in a word, iconic. The Empire State building, Central Park, Times Square – these are places that nearly everybody knows the name of and has seen in movies. There is a magnetism in the city that draws people in and captures their imagination.
Although I am not a city person by [...]
Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg is one of those rare towns that I can return to again and again and continue to enjoy with each visit. It seems there is always something new to explore and something old to revisit, and even though this made the third visit in 12 months, when I left I was glad for the [...]
Ithaca in Autumn
PTO days are a wonderful thing, if you can get them. Fortunately, I was able to take on yesterday, giving Mandy and I time to drive up to Ithaca, NY, for a day away from it all. If you’re not familiar with Ithaca, that’s not surprising – aside from being the home of [...]
Some thoughts on location
On the DPChallenge forums the other evening, someone asked the question, “Do you ever feel limited by your location?” I found it interesting because it echoed some of my own thoughts lately on the same topic.
The replies that were posted weren’t quite what I expected. I figured that most photographers would be like [...]
Baseball
Baseball. The great national pastime, the stuff of movies and legends. Every time I see the word, in my mind I hear the way James Earl Jones says it in The Sandlot; baseball.
You cannot visit Cooperstown, NY, without visiting baseball. You don’t have to be a diehard fan, you don’t even have [...]
Cooperstown, NY
Last Wednesday we decided to go to Cooperstown. So we booked a room and on Friday evening, we left. If you’ve never been, Cooperstown is one of those charming tourist towns that somehow manages to handle hoards of visitors with grace and charm. Laid out over a few blocks at the southern [...]
VINS & Quechee, VT
Four days into my Vermont vacation, and rain has been the rule rather than the exception. We managed to dodge showers long enough for our Independence Day activities, and again yesterday for a trip up-state (see yesterday’s post with the Mt. Philo panorama), but today was a washout.
Planning on needing umbrellas, we headed to Quechee [...]
Mt. Philo VT
Mt. Philo is the oldest state park in Vermont, created in 1924. Several signs announce that the construction was done by the CCC, and in several places the technique bears those characteristic traits of their solid handiwork. Compared to the state parks in New York and Pennsylvania, Mt. Philo is fairly small – mainly the [...]
On the Road
Leaving soon to tackle the 5-hour drive to Vermont for a combination family visit/vacation/photo expedition.
For those of you who might be geographically impaired, Vermont is a state located between New York and New Hampshire. It borders Massachusetts on the bottom and Canada on the top. Yes, it is rural and, in places, rustic. No, everyone [...]