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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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Some guys just Ham it up for the Cam.

and then others…like this Red tail Hawk:

are too busy hunting squirrels to wait for me to catch a close up.

(dont worry The Hawk here went empty handed…Lancaster squirrels are very quick…This birds prey made it to the safety of his tree.)

with the unseasonable warm weather in Pennsylvania…and the forcasted Nor’easter tomorrow,

it seem like a good day to get some pictures with my, very new digital camera.

So after jumping in my truck and getting some stuff at the dollar store:

I headed out…

I was way to lazy to do any real walking with my cam.
Today i went over to Millersville State University. Millersville is only a couple miles west of the City of Lancaster. It is an easy drive to to the Pond there.

M.S.U started as an academy for teaching. It is still highly ranked for preparing students to become elementary and high school educators. M S U has been ranked in the top 100 schools per dollar tuition every year for at least 15 years now.

I have family and friends who are Alumni of Millersville State University. It has stood as a  solid community resource for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for along time.

Strange how Animals will adapt to live around us.

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