Pennsylvania

Holiday Gardens

A peaceful evening sets in over Long Wood Gradens. The lights of floating trees dance across the water.

Remember When?

I think I realize now why classic cars mean so much to so many people. A car was a place where memories were created. On summer nights driving down a back road with good friends we stumbled upon many adventures. Strange tales and love stories reside in these times. Some of my fondest memories surround a series of beat up jeeps my good friends and I acquired and eventually drove into the ground. My only regret is that I don't have one now. What are some of your fondest memories that took place in a car? Photograph created at the Hazleton annual car cruise, 2015.

A Moment of Calm in the Shades of Death

As I wonder the woods a long the Shades of Death trail in Hickory Run state park I notice a beautiful rattle snake basking in the speckled sunlight. I lay down with my camera in hand and begin shooting with only a few feet of space and my lens between us. After a few moments her eyelids raise and she looks at me. It is not a look of fear or aggression. She does not rattle she does not even move. As we lay in the sun looking at one another we seem to find an understanding. There is no harm meant by either party. We are both here soaking up the light and celebrating a moment of peace in the forest.

Susquehanna River Valley

The Susquehanna River flowing peacefully through the Nescopeck valley. I imagine being a Native American standing over this land hundreds of years ago and witnessing the power and magic of this land. The Natives once built Eel traps in these waters, the remanance of which can still be seen in some parts of the river.

Verdant Summer

Sugarloaf Mountain in Fall

This is the view I was blessed to see every day growing up in the Sugarloaf valley named after the mountain photographed here.

Clarity

The Sound of a Thousand Wings

What sounds like a distant wind blowing through the tree tops slowly grows into a low roar. Thousands of geese take off from a small field in the heart of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of thousands of snow geese stop here every Spring on their way North.

Silently Flowing

One of the pools of the Seven Tubs nature trail. In the summer people enjoy swimming in these pools carved through the rock.

Return Home

Pop Up Shelter

An Eft takes refuge under the broad cap of a Pluteus mushroom as the sun sets on a summers eve.

Deeper into Autumn

Autumn Fire

Delaware Water Gap

Mother Natures Mirror

A small lake located at the Sandy Valley camp grounds. It's hard not to get lost in the leaves.

Valley I Call Home

This is the beautiful Sugarloaf/Drums valley I grew up in. Fields and forest give way to rolling purple mountains. Pictured here is the Sugarloaf mountain. One view that never gets old to me.

Ever Green Ever Changing

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Winter Wilds

Beech Lake on Ricketts Glen state game lands. This naturally occurring lake was once used for the harvesting of ice blocks.

Sunset at Council Cup Overlook

The beautiful Council Cup overlook in the Susquehanna Riverlands of Pennsylvania.

Frosted Mountain Side

A frosted mountain side in Drums Pennsylvania after a December Ice storm.

Concrete Hole

Concrete City was built as company housing in 1911 for employees of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad's coal division in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. It was eventually taken over by the Glen Alden Coal Company who, declined paying for required improvements but was unable to demolish it due to its robust construction. The property was abondoned in 1924.

Concrete Building

Concrete City was built as company housing in 1911 for employees of the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad's coal division in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. It was eventually taken over by the Glen Alden Coal Company who, declined paying for required improvements but was unable to demolish it due to its robust construction. The property was abondoned in 1924.

Fishing on the Delaware

A beautiful fishing spot along the Delaware River in North Eastern Pennsylvania.

Cool Pools

One of the pools of the Seven Tubs nature trail. In the summer people enjoy swimming in these pools carved through the rock.

Grandview Pittsburgh

The beautiful skyline of Pittsburgh Pa, as seen from the Grandview lookout.