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Paparazzi on the Pond…
A Butterfly  Launches in Flight at theis Pond in Lebanon County. Pa.

Can You See  find it in this Picture?
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I am still without a Camera right now,
So I thought I post some of my stock photos of and around Lancaster…
This Photo above and below was taken while trespassing on the Boy Scout Camp near the Lebanon / Lancaster County Border.

Amateur Photography is such dangerous work you know

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(Left)
Chief Sitting Bull

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(Right)
A Church
near Down Town
Lancaster

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(Below) Is “Rockford Plantation”… This was the home of Edward Hand who was a General of the American Revolution. today it is surrounded by the Lancaster county Park.

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out of frame is the nearby apple trees,
where deer gather to snack on the apples that fall after random rainstorms knock them of the trees.

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(Below Center:) A group of Geese  take a stroll near a Pond in
Northern Lancaster County.

My Last  “Spring Cleaning photos are located here.

Today is a good day to look for a new camera!

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I was disappointed  to hear that a local privately own business was shutting down, soon. the gas station and mini market I frequent on my way to work… another casualty of the economy.

I decided to  stop in at Long’s Park, this frozen Saturday. Longs park is not really suited for hiking,  and it was Freezing anyway, So I just snapped a few pictures.
( Above) is the Frozen reservoir at Longs Park.
(Below) a Gray squirrel poses on a Fence
(right) more Long park wild life that saturday morning.

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The Eastern Gray Squirrels are everywhere in Lancaster. and pretty much everywhere in the North East U.S.  the are about a foot long, extremely clever. They can break into any well defended bird feeder.
They often very tame around people, putting on dances to try to win food from us.
They can also be very nasty, I have seen them  chase away alley cats . I have even seen one fight off the attack of a red Tail hawk.

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The great thing about amateur  photography is that it is a relatively cheap hobby. So are outdoor hobbies such as walking in the park.
We may need to enjoy are cheap hobbies to escape the present economy. AS for me, well I spent an hour or two with the squirrels in the park!

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Sunday was such A nice morning. Especially if you are a sports fan in Pennsylvania…The weather:sixty degrees in October.  I love this time of year… the tree changes.
Great day to get lost in a park (with my $70 camera of course)

It appears I was not the only one out enjoy the nice weather.

The banks of the Contestoga

…Through a covered bridge in the Lancaster County Park I can see the Contestoga River.

..the river  from a “Singing Bridge” near the Conestoga road… Taken last fall.

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I’ve been busy at work lately so I’ve been ignoring this Blog a bit.
I was taking a couple pictures today near Washing Boro, With the Susquahanna River behind me.
When I looked, man they were boring. So I spruced them up
It time to get my project started of Nature Pictures along the Conestoga River..

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Prices at the gas pumps rising… inflation. does anybody have money really to travel for vacation?

So its time to adapt. And do a vacation of exploring our local communities. Their is plenty to do around lancaster, we plenty of parks. The Lancaster County Park is partly in the city limits. So today I visited the park and snapped some photos at “Garden of Five Senses”.

I grew up a dirt poor kid in Lancaster. So I have been visiting the parks and fished the Contestoga river.I do not worry when the money belt gets a little tight, pertaining to vacation. I been through it many times before.

Visiting the Park, and the Garden of five senses is free. Its great for couples are kids, and no need for big plans to visit.

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Hard to believe these Eastern Pines Grow in the city limits. I wish i could upload the Smells and odors of this garden. too bad i cannot find the right file format.

Plenty of signs that explain the natural history and life in The Garden of Five Senses. The one on the left is in braille for the vision impaired.

I love to hear the water move in the garden. this is a pond right in the middle.

With no money to travel, we mind as well see how nature flowers in flows at home!

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Julia was part of America’s “Greatest Generation”. She was a poor child of the depression. She was an aspiring musician who played on a couple radio programs in the 1930s.( today I have her saxophones)

She joined the U.S army during WW2 and she was one of the first women stationed abroad in the U.S military.

Julia was a single mother who worked full time to raise her child. She became the first Female council woman of Lancaster City government, while raising her family and working full time.
My fondest memory of Grandma Julia was, when she took me too my first Philadelphia Phillies Baseball game. I was eight years old. (the worst memory of her is when she told me she had become an Atlanta Braves fan.. he)
Julia (1922 – 2007).
We finally got her favorite type of tree (weeping willow) tree…
planted spot on the Conestoga river. tomorrow is her Birthday.
Happy Birthday Grandma.

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