Outdoors
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Parnassus in the Spring
Here is Parnassus in the spring. I intend to post more in a few days. Tonight I will listen to Jonathan baking bread and try to forget that we still have to finish…
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The Boat Goes Home for some Updates
Our little Flying Scot sailboat was in need of a few updates. After our work and test sail last year, I made a short list of things that I thought we should have…
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It’s Maple Sugar Season!
Every winter, my sisters and I listened to a radio broadcast of the Maple Queen Contest for the Pennsylvania Maple Festival in Meyersdale, PA. When March came, I and the other members of…
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Not-So-Silent Spring
There are many different ways to spend the weekend of Father’s Day. Jonathan and I spent today at a birthday picnic for my sister Liz at my parents’ house. Other families attend Fly-In…
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Dravo Cemetery on the Yough River Trail
Several miles into our bicycle ride last weekend, my back started to hurt. I told Jonathan that I was going to stop for break. He said, “Dravo Cemetery’s ahead. Only two more…
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More Scenes from the Trail
Today’s photos, and the one that I posted in the previous blog entry , were taken last month during a trip that Jonathan and I made on the Great Allegheny Passage from Garrett, PA…
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How We Escaped the Heat Wave Today
We went to the top of Mount Davis and sat in the woods for a few hours because it was too hot to do anything else today. Mount Davis is the highest point…
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In Celebration of Earth Hour
I found out about Earth Hour a few years ago from a neighbor. This falls on the evening of March 31 – so, it’s tonight! From what I understand, those who are interested…
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Love, Chocolate, and Childhood Memories
I hope that all of you readers in cyberspace had a nice February and a love-filled Valentines’ Day. Jonathan and I did. We had just sat down to dinner on February 14 when…
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To HDR or To Not HDR
I have two version of the photo above. One is a single exposure, and the other is a composite created using High Dynamic Range (HDR) techniques. The HDR version is comprised of seven…