Western Pennsylvania
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“The Past is a Foreign Country”
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” – L. P. Hartley. Yesterday Jonathan and I drove around Fayette County to leaf-peep. Our scenic route to Ohiopyle State Park took us…
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National Road
This is Searights Tollhouse, on U.S. Route 40 in Fayette County, PA. Long before we had EZ Pass, travelers would stop at buildings such as this to pay their fares. This section of…
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Happy to Haunt
If I were a ghost, I might be tempted to haunt Hartwood Acres Park. After I found the pet cemetary that sits right behind the old mansion, I realized that the original owners…
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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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Scene from the Bike Trail: Garrett, PA
I took this photo about two miles from the Great Allegheny Passage‘s trailhead in Garrett, Somerset County, PA. Garrett is part of the school district that I attended from Grades 2-12, and I…
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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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Follow-Up: Presbyterian Church in Parnassus
In my last entry, I blogged about the Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church in Parnassus, after reading an article online about it in the Tribune-Review / Valley News Dispatch. I am going to write…
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Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church in Parnassus
Jonathan took this photo a few years ago during the Great Winter which spawned Snowmaggedon. We both have a fondness for Logans Ferry Presbyterian Church. For one thing, it anchors one side of our New…
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“There’s a carousel in Pittsburgh”
“There’s a carousel in Pittsburgh.” This was the opening line of Sahara Smith‘s song “Mermaid,” which she performed tonight in Schenley Plaza right behind this very carousel. Ms. Smith headlined tonight for…
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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…