Ohhhhhh, that apple pie! Have gone through these lovely scenes many times but always go back again to that apple pie.

This apple pie looks so appetizing! Nice photos :)

For $20, I won't tell anybody that you painted the light green on those blue ribbon gourds.

The slice of apple pie is tied for first place with the shelves full of "canned ribbons." The spread of vegetables looks like a Matisse, the gourds are Van Gogh's. I would NOT want to be a judge in the building. The fair is running here too, but I'll just take this one sitting down, thank you:)

Wonderful photographs of the ribbon winners. That apple pie looks great and I bet it is delicious. The vegetables are gorgeous and the dresses and flowers too. Usually I spend a great deal of time looking at the flowers.

You wouldn't have to give me much more than a nudge
To take the job of the Apple Pie Judge!
No tears were shed, the onions did not lack,
They won first prize, for the farmer named Slack.
Veges on the tables arranged in their lots,
Boy and the red peppers, both make up hot shots!
Dried corn on the cob, beans and peas nicely crafted,
Herbs in Mason jars soaking, cake compliment drafted.
Dresses made fancy with lace and looking rather prim,
'Loupes and gourds having only colorful stripes for their trim.
What can't be kept as fresh is canned and put on the wall
But, as always, a rose is a rose, a picture to end all.

that doesn't look comfortable... poor sheep, great shot.

I thought the same thing Ed did--expected the rest of the picture would come up on my screen at any moment. Great photo, but it seems only partial, cut off for some reason. It is quite the head!

Ed:
Nice to see you back. Hopefully I've piqued your interest enough so that you'll attend a local agricultural fair to see the rest of the body. :)

(I very rarely crop my photos; I prefer to do the framing in-camera. That's probably my favorite part of photography.)

Interesting that you cut the shot or cropped the photo just below the jaw line. I would be interested to see the rest of the body. Although this does make for an interesting composition.

Looks like a camel to me - I have one on my blog too - only my camel is in the city.

great pic !! loave your deep color....

That is interesting, I have never seen how the grooming is done.

That's no sheep, that's a camel! ...the sultan, the tent, the oases, .......Midnight at the Oasis, that's it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tHYb4_bAg&feature=related

"Now where is it?" the farmer fumed,
"All I want is my sheep to be perfectly groomed.
I have brush, scissors and comb, but for all to be right,
I need to find my bucket and jug of good ol' Woolite!"

Great Color and composition! another beauty!

That must have been one very tired pig! I'm amazed that you were able to get so close to take the shot without the pig waking up and moving about. Nice job.

So serene, so peaceful. Whatta beauty! So glad I don't eat meat. I'd hate to be the one eating this beauty here.

Darnit - I had to throw away my ham sandwich !

Oh well - great pic Kathleen!

naaw, peaceful and cute.

Love it! What a peaceful looking creature!
My sister keeps pigs, they are very intelligent animals. I wonder what this one is dreaming about. Probably turnips!
:)

Heh, this made me laugh at loud too. Dunno why. Pigs are funny.

A picture of peaceful, oblivious rest
As porky lies asleep on it's clean wood chip nest.
Ah, piggy that cooks up for many a meal
Where nothing is wasted, save only the squeal.
"From fair to the butcher" the farmer said with a sigh.
"But for now I'm content to let sleeping hogs lie."

I wonder if this hog won a blue ribbon. Oh to be like that and be able to sleep anywhere.

:) Funny.

Was 'er a pig so well composed
as this fair slumbering fellow?
To him this day sweet dreams may come,
while his fate is a different story.

Five minutes fame he now shall have,
yet I fear it small compensation.
Fore soon his tale will surely end
by an ignominious execution.

Bummer, but you did harvest a great crop of pig:)

What a great capture! I love the distance, as well as the framing created by the darker foliage around the edges. Amazing shot!

Good photo; you were lucky for this shot and fast enough to use the opportunity. Thanks for sharing!

I see deer all the time but never seem to be able to catch enough light to get a good photo like yours. Very nice!

Alexa

its rare and amazing. good shot!

What a great shot. Perfect timing to get both deer looking through the foliage.

Bambi and her mommy pause to say "cheese"
To the picture hunter, separated by just a few trees.
Alert to any noise, maybe a branch it did crunch,
Causing this pair to look up from munching their lunch.
But soon will be the season when finding deer will be sport
For those who make other sounds, like a gun's loud report.

lucky you are for this beautiful meeting !

No, for you are a lion's whelp hidden in a deer's body: I will cause you suddenly to transcend the deer's veil.
- Rumi

Lovely photo -

what beautiful animals they are !

I.m sure they knew how many people would be staring back? I searched the Humongo Version for faces of past and future presidents, Sasquatch, and/or pop celebrities... no luck (yet.) Guess this shot is just too dear. (There are however, some strange squiggles in the HV image:)

Very sweet shot, Kathleen. :-)

Kathleen, I love this picture so much. Would it be all right if I printed it out and put in a frame for my kitchen. I won't do anything till I hear from you.

codacici at gmail dot com

Oh K, this is just beautiful. We have an abundance of deer here and they are such gorgeous creatures. This shot, pure K magic. Love it. xo

Very nice picture!

Oh, my heavens! How did you focus so clearly on their faces? The surrounding scene is so beautifully blurred. The humongo version has spectacular detail. Wow, wow...

From Point Pleasant NJ to Point Pleasant PA. The hits keep Coming ! Its like they were posing for the Master ! NICE

Very interesting shot. Lovely bokeh in the background.

fantastic B&W.

That's what soybean plants look like? Wow.

I love the monochrome. What a surprise--maybe especially since we're in Summer and expect to see saturated color, greens and blues. Being black and white makes it even more transportive.

The delicate sea of random grayscale swatches is all fine enough for the mid-frame production of tofu and Bragg, but in the distance I'm afraid the squiggles have gone berserk. Good choice to put the accent on the patterns via monochrome, which sounds so much more elevataire than black and white:)

what a great picture ! The B&W worked well as well as the focus.

Hey! Great capture. Most images lead the eye from the bottom around to the centre. This does the opposite and leads from the top. Beautifully anchored shot, with spot on dof control. Well done.

This shot is absolutely gorgeous. I love the contrast between the front and back of the leaves. The depth of field lends quite a bit of texture as well.

Kathleen -

Your skies are so blue and your clouds so white -

It is amazing how you do it !

These humongous versions really "zing"
Makes me feel like I am standing there with you, snapping the photos.

All I can think about when I look at this is the default Windows XP background...

How clean and serene this photo is, blue sky and rolling hills of green. I don't think there are many places left like this.

KJV; ...And she shall dance with clouds before men,
and shall gather together the very horizons to share with all who will but glance. She shall spread forth the colors of the earth and of the heavens and the spirit shall be lifted, and give thanks that number beyond counting. (At least I've lost count:)

NIV; You rock, Kathleen!

Excellent photo, Kathleen!!

It feels like home

you captured the beauty of the hills perfectly

It would be hard to believe anyone could construe
A scene more beautiful than this Mountain Blue.
The smattering of clouds in the sky's piercing hue
Cast shadows on the gently rolling vista view.
So when things in life seem slightly askew
Return to this spot, refresh and renew.

Kathleen, have you been practicing? Lay back in the grass, concentrate all of your spiritual energy on that middle cloud, and vaporize it away. You have, say . . . 5 minutes. Go!

Next time I am in the States, I will have to come and look at Durham, such a beautiful place!

Dawn of a new day
Over Barnegat Bay.
Clouds that are gray
Over Barnegat Bay.
Clearing it may
Over Barnegat Bay.
Bridge to vacation play
Over Barnegat Bay.
Memories on the way
Over Barnegat Bay.
Summer on display
Over Barnegat Bay.

Great wide shot, and cool colours in the sky.

Wonderful photo! I love the unique perspective of having the sky take up most of the photograph.

Ah, the bridge into Vahalla. The clouds so easily passed through into the light.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaahh. Laughter is the second-best medicine. Keep practicing, thanks, Doc:)

I didn't know there were such clean places left in America. This looks like a wonderful place to welcome the morning.

Love the drama of this shot, Kathleen, with the big sky and a minimum amount below. You took a risk and it works. Nice!

Donna: No sandbar out there - it's sunlight bouncing off and filtering through the clouds onto the bay. :)

Such a dramatic sky! I love the sand bar wrapping around from the bottom to anchor the shot - wish I was there.

simple and beautiful.

Ah! So brilliant!
plain WOW!

That is a gorgeous scene. The sky is spectacular. You've created a masterpiece!

Cool photo! The framing is great

WOW ...What a picture this is BEAUTIFUL!!!!Exquisite!!!!

Majestic.....:)

Your Talents Has Impressed Anyone Who Has Ever Taken " A walk through Durham Twp". Ms." POTTER". But as Anyone Can See, It Carries far Outside of the Boundries of HogWarts ! I virtually live a block up the street from old barney and have been clicking for a while,but can't come close to your magic! ( Some people use there WANDS better then others ! ) Majestic...........

Was there music too? Maybe some Ravi Shankar?.....I feel like starting a religion. (See, you do great work on vacation.)

Looks like my Monday. Nice shot.

Great shot. Very threatening under the clouds, but blue sky fighting through.

Hi Kathleen, This is an exciting photo, great colors and expansive scene.

Exquisite, consummate, superb, and splendid. Did you vacation at the moat of heaven?

There is a glimmer of light that reflects off the bay
That gives hope that things will brighten on this otherwise gray day.
This is a scene that speaks of calm and great peace.
A place to vacation for a mom, her son and her niece.
It may be a time to pause from busy to repose,
Yet offers a new venue for pictures to compose.
So, "Have camera, will travel" is the mantra, it does seem.
Fresh fodder for the portfolio, on a different picture theme.

spetacular use of space, exelent depth

Fine. Timeless. I think old Turner would like it.

Wow awesome shot. I really like this one. The colour from the light on the water and the blue sky anchoring the image from the top is great.

I really like it. The picture induces a sense of vertigo in my view. The fisherman looks like they could slide down the beach. Really like the composition. Like someone said above - the elements determine the composition here - although when you view the picture it seems obvious, but when you are out taking the shot to see this composition - well that is another thing entirely. Great shot...

Yes, it DOES feel unnatural, but that's the beauty of your work. It pushes against the norm, and I like that. I was about to ask how you were able to get such a high vantage point, but you answered that. I'll have to remember that the next time I'm at the top rung of a lighthouse staircase!

your blog is too fine. Thanks for sharing this

Don't know much about composition or perspective but I love the photo. Sat at that inlet many times before and am feeling the ocean breezes in the midst of this heat wave. Wonderful!

lovely shot, kathleen! i live on the inland side of barnegat bay, and this is a great new perspective of the inlet-- certainly much less scary than trying to navigate it at night in a storm!

beautiful composition!

Is it really such a good photo?

Great example of the elements dictating the composition. It is at once both slightly uncomfortable and pleasantly fascinating with the distorted fisherman providing life and scale to remind us it is not an abstract. (The redeeming factor in your having taken a vacation is that you get such nice work done.)

Great composition and perspective on the photo, brilliant!

Now Kathleen is getting back in a good groove
By posting a picture Otis Redding surely would approve.
'Though on the opposite coast from his 'Frisco Bay,
It's still a great way to pass any day.
So this also is the view from the lighthouse very tall
Of KC's twist on a different type Jersey wall.

Great picture composition with these 3 stripes, the perspective and colours.

I love it! So much texture and pattern, presented in a very unique viewpoint. Great work, Kathleen.

These varied textures are delicious. Who says that an image can't satisfy the sense of touch?

Perfect ad for the Jersey Shore. Love the view. Hope it was a wonderful vacation.

This almost looks like a painting to me.

That looks like you were quite high off the ground, really makes the person sitting in the beach chair looks so small. It looks pretty peaceful there. When my kids were quite young, we lived for awhile in Marlton NJ and then in VA. Coming from southern CA we were in awe of the "shore" on the east coast compared to the "beach" on the west coast. Hope you had a wonderful vacation and things are going well with you.

I like the symmetry of the left side transitioning to the more random nature of the water's edge.

This was worth waiting for! Wonderful angle and beautiful colours.

Great perspective! I had to look several times at it just to get my head straight :)

It's the unusual flag of lonelyness!

Cool perspective. It gives this little 'wait a moment - what's this?' feeling, that initiates a more in-depth inspection of the image. And that's a fine summer mood you have captured here.

A natural painterly effect. Gorgeous!

5x is not a record.

I visit your blog almost everyday. This picture opens my eye to a new dimension that "noise" is not necessarily a bad thing to have if skillfully employed as a art form. I can hear the rain! And I will try something similar to see the effect. Thank you for sharing this wonderful picture.

Wonderful texture. Makes it almost 3D.

Loved this. It's so striking an image. Never would have thought this was shot with a macro lens.

Any dry firewood left? Shouldn't be much longer...

New record.....this idiot comments 5X...

The colours and texture reminds me of pointillism, very nice!

I love the noise.It make the photograph look like a painting and a very nice one at that too!

we be one with the forest
we be one with the trees
we stares into the fog
and wonders we sees

visions of presidents
a first, or a vice
icons from the past
or a moon on the rise

tis easy to see
when fog readily shows us
the visions we seek
as if the fog really knows us

--Burma Shave (unabridged)

This is a truely gorgeous photograph...it looks like a painting! I am always amazed by your work.

David Tinnon: George of course, although Groucho is one of her favorites.

So artistic and a little bit magical, I think :)

For Jennie & all my friends from the 60"s.....

Whether I saw George or Groucho or Vice-President Biden,
I just opened my mind, my horizons to widen.
When all the mist and noise was finally cleared,
I examined this closely: It seems kind of weird!

:-)

Groucho? or George?

David Tinnon and Uncle Ron:

NOW I see it. Was looking up too high. Wow! It is so clear. Did not really read what you put in that message. Looks like the same portrait Kathleen has hanging in her living room near the huge fireplace.
Thanks both of you.

Fantastic image with a great mood

Excellent photo!

Lost in the dreamy wood. Like something out of the Lord of the Rings.

SPECTACULAR!!!!!

Jennie, So now it's Groucho Marx? Like I said, it keeps changing.

David Tinnon and Uncle Ron: That guy up there has eyeglasses and a full grown mustache. He doesn't look anything like George.

I LOVE NOISE

I,m surprised noise in not more popular. I frequently enjoy viewing images, (especially favorite paintings,) with PhotoShop add-noise set around 9-12 or beyond. Great way to knock out details and edges leaving shape and color groupings. Sort of an "Auto-Seurat" tool. There are other tools that reduce detail, but most begin to exaggerate edges. Smart blur is also a great way to "re-see" shape in an image. Maybe the love of noise comes from growing up with the Sunday Funnies at 65dpi:) So if there's a place for photo-realism, there's a place for noise. I'd bet if it took hours of tedious work plus expensive equipment and training to make an image with big noise, it would sell for big $. So, Kathleen, if you make more noise, I won't mind:)

this is truly amazing, wow.

Very romantic view
Beautiful photo

I see George Washington too...

This is a picture that would give an old master some poise,
After reading comments that were favorable (even though I, myself, heard no noise).
So whether it is rain drops to freeze, digital dots to display,
Pointillism to mimic or an impressionist to betray;
This is a gem to add to her portfolio mix.
She rose to the occasion, never her skills to nix.

Kurt: I'd set out to photograph individual drops of rain and managed to do that, but found this to be a more interesting image out of the overall experiment. So nothing is missing.

You're right, this is a lot of noise and I can't explain it technically. Whenever I photograph water in the atmosphere, i.e., heavy rain, fog, snow at high ISO, I see this happen - but there is almost no noise in other high ISO situations with this camera.

The only post-work is curves adjustments to increase contrast/saturation a bit - no adjustment to the exposure and no recovery. The original is just as noisy, although less saturated noise.

All these years later, and you STILL continue to surprise me. This is absolutely beautiful.

Utterly amazing Kathleen! It's hard to believe it's a photo. Love it!

You said "both" photos in the comments, is one missing? Also that seems like a lot of noise for a 5D MkII, at least from what you read on most sites there should be no noise at 3200 with a 5D Mk II. Was the image basically black and what is showing is recovery noise? I assume you really up'ed the exposure in post. Pretty shot.

This is a great photo. It looks sort of misty, but I know it is the downpour.

now you know why some of us shoot with film all the time. :-)

beautiful shot, kathleen. i wouldn't hesitate to print this one large. the noise is the image here!

Wow, it looks like a watercolor painted picture.

Something about this is truly surreal to me. I love it. Thanks for posting.

If you squint and stare into the gray oval shape in the upper center area, you can see the face of George Washington, or the man-in-the-moon, or the Vice President, or Hermann Rorschach, or Ruby Kensett, ....it keeps changing. How'd you do that? (This really is a piece of art....I think is see you in it. Really :)

(There are so many greens, it must be good for me. I will be placing an order soon and this will be on the list.)

Oooohhhhh Gorgeous!

I really like this. nature does the work, we just stand ready to capture it.

this is FANTASTIC!

I haven't commented on a photoblog in a really long time, but this image is so beautiful I just couldn't help myself. :)

Really great work, Kathleen. Your dedication to your work has always amazed me.

This looks so beautiful. Very nicely done. I love this.

Victoria, Very understandable. Millions of art buffs get mixed up between Keeler an Kensett, but to help sort them out, here's the painting you're probably thinking of. (One of Keeler's best, yet as you can see here, even wikipedia gets them confused!)(At least wiki knew the original painting was a jpeg:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trout_Fisherman_John_Frederick_Kensett.jpeg

The subject and the beautiful colors remind me of an early American artist whose name I can't remember.
Don't think it was Ruby Keeler though

Beautiful scene -

I remember when life was so simple - no cell phones or lap tops - just a good book and a creek to cool off. Bring me back!!

reminds me of my childhood days. nice capture! )

Looks like a lot of fun!

Such a perfect summer scene and image!

It's so... idyllic :) I like it! :) Very positive. But I think it should have a little bit more brightness...
PS. English isn't my good point but I hope you understand me.

Reminds me of the way kids had fun many years ago. Great image... Looks so wet and cool for such a hot day.

I expect the stunt crew is getting comp'ted for the hazardous duty, as there is a spot of white water in the corner. Nice summer tones and the foliage again suggesting works by another personal icon, and with a fitting title I presume:)
(Obviously another artist whom Jon could have written for!) (...and perhaps he did!)

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://portfolio.du.edu/portfolio/getportfoliofile%3Fuid%3D159587&imgrefurl=https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/communityport%3Fuid%3D21416&usg=__kX9SLTHPmdPoSib5EDRRh09Ev88=&h=480&w=395&sz=124&hl=en&start=107&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=TQcT98VfNu2sQM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAsher%2BBrown%2BDurand%26start%3D105%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS335US335%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1

Don't be put off by the huge link, it even contains reference to some of our Transcendentalist Kindred Spirits:)

Reminds me of the creek back home in Louisiana! Doesn't matter if it's in the Middle of August, that creel is always cold, and so much fun to wade in!

A place to cool off the kids were off to seek;
Decided on a shaded portion of Durham's Cooks Creek.
Together they swim, knowing it's not safe to go solo.
Happy laughter accompanies their joyous cries of "Marco Polo!".

I really this because it tells a story...your story and that is, in part, what photography should do; yes?

This looks like so much fun. It looks like it is cool there, cool as in not warm water.

Very cool shot!

I love the shirt - I still have the original album! (oops, I am showing my age...)

That does sound like a big party, live band and all. Great. Like his shirt!

I really like this picture. I love the beatles [[and the boy is cute :P]] I live a half an hour from Durham Township, haha.

This portrait is really very apropriate with the graphics on the shirt. I like how all the little details in this photo work together.

Was it lullaby played by the band, that maybe,
Caused David to sleep on the lawn like a baby?
Shades, colorful hat and shirt make a statement.
Does his life on the edge need some serious abatement?

Even teenagers look so cute when they're asleep. :)
LOVE his shirt, too!

great shot! i like that shirt :)

"If you doze, you pose."

Very dynamic posture for sleep, like he's dancing in a dream musical as the shades go flying. (Maybe he's on 42nd St with Ruby Keeler.)

http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/images/films/2005spring/42nd_street.jpg

If so, Let him be:)

You take such interesting photos. Really enjoy them.

Haha, small town eh? Love it!

So am I the only one that thought of the governor whose aides said he was "hiking the Appalachian trail" when in fact he was with his mistress in South America?

And if that's the case here, kudos to Keith :)

This has to be one of the funniest signs I've ever seen. Gotta love it!!!

The image and sign reflect a very neat story. I also love the two poetic responses above.

This is such a nice peak into Americana. And so honest.

What to do when your cook takes a hike?
You let all the folks know with a sign by the pike.

Mueller's store and diner are wedged between the canal and the road.
They pride themselves in quality and in food that's local growed.
My one visit two years back was for a most delicious lunch
And my host picked up the tab( I'm still thankful a bunch.)

This is a place I will gladly recommend....
You may enter as a stranger but you will leave as a friend.

On the Difficulty of Keeping a Cook
(or Mueller's Lament)

Out front are two signs,
each telling a tale.
Take the curves at 30
or the Appalachian Trail

Each path paved well
by those who've preceded
So our cook takes a hike,
and a new cook is needed.

Kathleen, Keith is taking a camera? Right? New website coming soon? A Walk Through Appalachia? With recipes? (When it comes to finding a sign, you're the best, Ms C!)

You are a fantastic cook! Why don't you apply?

Think of all the photos and stories to tell us about until Keith gets back.

Ha! Classic. Maybe he'll return with some creative new mountain-man recipes...?

LOL

Guess he got the itch to do some walking instead of cooking, huh. Hope they find someone who can fill his shoes.

What a beautiful photo - the colors are so clean. I love the effect of the focus and blur. I would love to buy a better camera and try some of your techniques. Maybe Santa will help me out with that.

I love this photo!! It is so soft...

Did you use Macro for this ????

In olden times the straw was used as clean tick in house mattresses.

I follow your photo blog with great interest, Kathleen. You photograph things of nature that are refreshing.

Gorgeous. The greenish hues and DOF are just grand.

Fine - I am a sucker for shallow DoF, and here the combination with softly changing colors works wonders.

Dear Kathleen, you prescribe yet another dose of herbal remedy/nature as form. Restorative for the spirit that goes down easy. (It's like free health care with e-house calls...so maybe it's e-health care:)

JPH, or maybe its Sarasota? ...or Martha White?

Lucy, then there's the New Christy Minstrels, "Green, Green" A more vibrant, rousing, upbeat tune for this verde vista......(and not much older than dear old Mr. Jones' "Home Grass" :)

The colors blend in so beautifully.
I know it is wheat but now I can't stop singing Tom Jones version of "The Green Green Grass of Home."

Opps - it's Ceresota Flour

Why this picture of wheat? To me it is no mystery.
It illustrates a story in Durham Township's rural history.
Raised for food for the farmer, his wife and the kidders,
Also feed and bedding for some of their critters.
What to do with the excess grown? The answer is plain,
Take it to town and sell it to Riegel's Feed Grain.
At the Durham Mill it might be ground into famous Cresota Flour
Where "Prize Bread Flour of the World" is proclaimed, even this hour.

Love the gradations of greens..the exquisite detail and gorgeous light. Perfectly simple..and simply perfect!

There is something peaceful about a field of wheat.

Love both images. Very clean and definitely represents summer.

These are some really great photos.
I especially like the dragon fly shot.
Its awesome!

G/

How could one forget this? pat

wow!! great DOF... How long have been working on this kind of subject?

It's amazing, this is a such beautiful photo that I can't help myself envying.

Beautiful macro and great handling
Bravo

Beautiful.
Really makes me want to dust off my own 180mm macro :)

Wonderful photos! I like the details and the use of DoF.

A. A wonderfully delicate compositional success which overshadows the fact that the subject matter does seem to have a little bug in it. (Understandably provoking at least one anti-Calopteryx maculata poetical attack so far!)

B. Points deducted for "overly perfect" results. Quite startling, dear lady, as it looks as though the TF-m-n's are masterfully painted on an animation cell (Cartoonus Celuloidis) being craftily held aloft by the entire AWTDT Special Effects Team. (Good job, team.) Either way, I can't remember ever seeing a more cleverly recorded collection of flowers --definitely qualifies for the Herbal Remedies chapter of KC's "Practicing Medicine Without a License" volume.

hola from Madrid

great, fantastic as usual

saludos
alejos

Nice macro work – the flowers are just so delightful!

simply beautiful photos

I want a camera like yours. Then I need your incredible patience and sense of timing so I can get shots like these!

What a stunning capture of one of nature's small marvels.

Normally my comments would be winsome and free
As you sit by the creek and record what you see.
The flowers are nice
And simply they would suffice.
But the other shot, I think, just bugs me!

(just teasing):-)

Awesome pic, specially the flower one

Absolutely stunning work, Kathleen! I love your photos...you make Bucks County seem like a place from another world!

Kathleen -

These images are just beautiful.You capture the very essence of God's creation.

Your images are "icons."

Thank you so much!

I LOVE the dragonfly!!!! I also appreciate the flower. I love the soft focus background.

amazing images keep up the good work!

Love the Dragonfly in focus with background like a dream. Just lovely.

This is beautiful. Love the sharpness and colours.

I love the clarity on the flowers. :)

Also, this brings back great memories, because they were the first flowers I gave to my first girlfriend. :)

And, it is very interesting to me that the name in English is the same as in my native tongue (Romanian). This is unexpected, because the name is actually a phrase, but I guess it is not that surprising, considering they always grow in pairs.

great photos, i like the flower photo

Very nice close up, very sweet !

Magical!

When I see photos like these I wonder how in the world someone can take photos like these. Amazing.

This is capturing nature at yet another of its finest moments.

Beautiful scenery
Feels depth scene

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful photo!! My husband and I are living in Portland, Oregon and are taking a trip to visit family in PA this weekend! We'll be headed to Gettysburg next week... it looks so beautiful!

Every seed of grass is visible. The clouds converge to the point of infinity, a gift no doubt of the lens in a skilled and loving hand. Walk along those fences and they will take you there.

This is beautiful.
The humongous version looks like an entirely different photo. I can almost reach in and touch the blades of grass.

Great shot - almost timeless. We are just discovering the joys of cub scouts with my grandson. Wish we were closer to Gettysburg - I would enjoy a camping trip like this one.

I was there recently! Beautiful.

Very fantastic photo, that's so great congratulation.

A somber sky covers a blanket of green,
The ground now peaceful after hardship once seen.
North went against South, engaged in a horrible fight,
Each hoping to conquer..."We won, so we were right."

Not far from this field lies acres with markers of stone
Where families of soldiers can go, their death to bemoan.
So we remember all those who for their country have made
All those sacrifices, so we can sleep in our beds unafraid.

It is time once again to shout up and down all the ranks
A cry loud and clear of our most grateful "Thanks"!

I really like this image. It has the quality of a painting with brush-strokes.

Together with "Windy Day, Giving Pond" it could give a start for a fine May collection.
Again, I love the depth, both of color and of perspective.

An appropriate sky for the fields of battles past, and a beautifully contemplative prelude to Memorial Day.

Reminds me also of Mark O'Connor's solo performance of Ashokan Farewell.

Nice photo, bet you had a wonderful weekend in Gettysburg.

I absolutely love Gettysburg. Thank you for this.

I was in Gettysburg over the winter and loved the history and beauty of the place - I took a picture of this same barn (http://faithphotos.aminus3.com/image/2010-02-02.html) but yours looks quite a bit different with the bright colors of the fields and the wonderful sky - really beautiful and stunning shot. I hope to see more from your trip....

I like your perspective in this shot.

I love this series! Great shots, all of them!

Jakey & Amber, a true vision of a farmer and his dog working in the field, although, it looks like Amber resting had a pedicure of blue nail polish. Nah!!!! maybe it's just a reflection of her blue collar and the blue sky above, Yeah!!!

Awesome shots! Love the compositions!

Great photos Kathleen and very interesting. Jakey and Amber keep things moving out in Durham.

nice set of photos

Mr. H...

Who's got no curls?
Who's got no dimples?
And who's been hitting
the Shirley Temples?

(...Oops, that was that Sunnybrook Farm ....OR even better, Donnybrook Farm?) As for those stones, it would be great if Jakey could drop a few buckets full along my north fence--it's threatening to sink into the canal. (Maybe when diesel gets back under a dollar and Jakey wants to blow the cobwebs out of the Farmall.....and my wife, Vicki would enjoy some of those Buttercups if there's room in the bucket.)

Mr. T....

As smart as Jakey is, I bet he had a hunch
That working these fields would require removing rocks by the bunch.
For near the fields is a stream and after the owners took a look,
A discriptive name for the land was chosen - The Farm Stoneybrook.

Great series.

JPH, The reference to gathering rocks "by the bunch" is only admissible if your intent is to play the rocks against the buttercups by suggesting that a farmer's bouquet of choice is a heavy load in deed. (And "rocks vs buttercups" suggests a charming tension of biblical proportions by alluding to the lot of man to gather stones together.) {It's your Turn, Turn, Turn}

Kathleen, I did not get the great compositional success of "Roger does Nazca" until I viewed the smaller version. I get the humorous vision of your running counter clockwise along the crop circle's circumference making multiple attempts to get the elements into place:) You obviously did.

great fotos, fantastic
preciosas ( -:

saludos de Madrid

alejos

#1 Man and Machine struggle to bring order to nature's chaos. (You'd think a half-decent creative designer would know better than to leave boulders in a field.)
#2 How odd to think that someone's left hand has a larger version.
#3 Note the scars of battle against nature's chaos.
#4 Can't find that rock? Call a stone-sniffing dog.
#5 Can we be tempted to consider the tractor as the farmer's best friend? Or maybe "Farmer, Dog, Tractor" is the real Trilateral Commission (symbolized by the mysterious international symbol often found on a tractor's backside.)
#6 Amber makes "peace on earth" look easy!
#7 Proves the closer grass is sometimes (un-evenly) greener.
#8 Beauty in the Least.
#9 Amber's waves of grain?
#10 Food prep starts here.
#11 In our brave new world, even fertilizer must be made orderly and uniform.
#12 Seeds also need to be tweaked to meet a higher standard than an unsupervised, hap-hazard nature can manage if left on its own.
#13 Nazca Lines made easy, (Humungos Version yard required!)

So nice to see you shoot so much so well.

Dont Second Guess, In the hands of a Master any lens makes the magic ! " What an EYE"

Alway a pleasure to view your Pasion.. Harrriet Potter !!

PS. Ambers in the wheat - outstanding !

Spring beckons to farmer, tractors and dog,
Before evening falls, hours of work they will log.
The wheat is so green; in the pasture steers munch;
Buttercups are so yellow; rocks being gathered by the bunch.
If fertilizer is a must, contour planting is a goog way
To keep chemicals with the corn, not downstream in my bay.
So with many days of sun and a few of good rain,
A harvest will assure all this work was not in vain.

I can smell the lumpy dirt under my feet, feel the sun warm on my back with wind whipping around, and can nearly pet cutie Amber. What a lucky Lab! Howdy to Jakey, too! Thanks for the visit to the corn field!

Love the selective focus, well done kat.

So glad to have Jakey back!!!

What a great range of photos, so much to enjoy in each one. I'm smitten with Amber too :) Love her following Jakey on the tractor. Favorite is Jakey's hands.

It's going to take a little bit of time
To capture all these shots with a rhyme. :-)

Lots of fun watching the progression of preparing the field and planting the corn and fertilizer. We are waiting to see the fields planted here any day too. There are fields all around and it is amazing to see how quickly the corn grows. Wonderful photos, Kathleen and I do like the explanations your provide with your posts.

Excellent exposures of life on the farm. Keep up the great work Kathy.

this is gorgeous, Kathleen.

this is a wonderful image beautiful photograph. It makes me think of a Rousseau painting. Thank you

Kathleen - this image is awesome and emotional.
I can only hope to aspire to your level of art.

God bless you!

nice depth of field! reminds me of an oil painting.

Nice piece of work...the colors are beautifully enchanced!

those colors really pop out

You just never know what the next picture will bring....
This is a beauty from the palette of Spring.

All of your photos are absolutely gorgeous!

Gorgeous!! Love the deep rich colors!!!

very very good

I love that you've managed to make the most of the coinciding dreary un-spring-like weather and the abundant spring flowers. I find it so hard to take photos of cheerful flowers in depressing weather, but you've managed to capture a very special atmosphere. Great job!

great photo again, i simply love the concept of this photography as an art... maybe i might try someday too... thanks for the in depth info, watch your video in your earlier episode, simply loving it.

Dittos Victoria, it is very much the painting. Sort of "Alice in Won......errr ...Kathleen in Wonderland. The blurry strokes also remind me of the rich, liquid landscapes from "What Dreams May Come." I look forward to another colorful summer season filled with your own Durham dreams and wonders.

I really love this photo, Kathleen. I love the color, the movement, the tone...all of it.
Got to love those L lenses. I just bought my first L lens and the difference is amazing.

I love the sense of mystery caused by by the out-of-focus foreground. I'm gonna file that away into the bag of tricks...

Amazing, this photo is so alive. I have never seen the wind before, but you caught it.

I don't think it's possible to express how good this photograph is Kathleen. You have not just caught the wind, but BEAUTY itself. Beyond Transcendent!

It looks like some things are swaying in the wind. Such a great combination of colors!

Nice picture, like it all though particularly the "background". Worth of purchase =)

WOW! Beautiful! Looks like an oil painting.

This is so beautiful...

Very nice photo, that's great shot.

Great image, i like the contrast,it gives the image a nice mood and the colors are also great.
Lucian

rainy, fragrant & deep deep deep; classic May.

Lovely!!

bonsoir,
A beautiful DOF..Amazing composition and lightness..bravo!

The quarry has been silent some twenty years now
And is returning to nature as it sits between river and canal.
The pit has filled with water, so bring something that floats,
Whether it is kayak, canoe or just rowing boats.
The path to the pond is bordered by flowers gently bending
All making Giving Pond Park worth the time spending.

really nice!! I love the colours

Beautiful photography and colors honoring Mother's Day. These flowers were so sheltered from those high winds yesterday that knocked out electricity and sent flying branches everywhere.

Love the exposure on this. The dark greens and purple really complement each other.

Oh Kathleen, could you please add a splash of deep purple, and some luscious greens .....there .......that's better .....your welcome:) (Obviously belongs in the "Practicing Medicine Without a License" chapter of "Our Favorite Fourteen Hundred from AWTDT." (Can we pre-order? ....PayPal?)

We have a storm going here today, lots of wind and rain and lightening. Love the color of the flowers in the photo and the dark greens. Beautiful colors.

Colors are lovely. I am wondering of you would explain "curve adjustment". Please reply.

Amazing! Such a beautiful photo!

I would love to see a yellow field like this. Your photos makes it so inviting!

Lou: Sorry to take so long answering your questions! I can't quite recall how far I was from Jenn, but yes, probably a good distance w/the 85. You're right - the focal length would be the same! I cut and pasted that info from another entry I made and didn't proofread. :) Thanks for keeping me on my toes!

shutterimagery: I never use a flash - in fact, I just bartered all my flash equipment, which was gathering dust on my shelves, to get my kitchen painted! :) I very much prefer figuring out and utlizing ambient light - and I like the results better, for my work at least. Of course there's a lot of great flash work out there, too.

i have one question for you kathleen: do you use flash power in anyway? or you dont?

Great series and colours! I particularly like the 2nd photo ...

Kathleen -

Great shots! great colors!

I think I am going to retire to Durham Township!

The third photo perfectly reflects my feelings about spring.
Congratulations on the documentary, it gives a precious background to Your work.

love #2 and 3, nice work

Beautiful landscape!
Beautiful girl!
Beautiful Spring day!
Beautiful photography!
All's right with the world (for s few moments anyway)

Aha, What a colorful flower, looks so natural

Such pure joy captured!! Love this series!!

very refreshing pictures, you captured great moments of happiness here

I absolutely love the one on the very top where she is turning her hrad. Beautiful!

Congratulations to Ajit and you for the documentary success! I found myself saying, "Oh, I love that photo! That's my favorite picture! No, THIS is my favorite!..." As with this set, I just love the spontaneity and playfulness of your work.

good looking niece ;)
great photos as usual Kathleen. You make me want to fly there and visit ! :)

What a knock-out. :)

I think Jenn is used to your camera ways. Great photos.

head in the meadow
feet in the sky
no need to ask
this pretty girl y

midst yellow and green
some purple has flirted
it's really no wonder
the girl is inverted

a time to turn heads
and a time to run
a time for soles
to face the sun

Nice work KC,JK, and Bv (and Sol, of course:)

Jenn has finished college, a degree was won,
Now it's a 9 to 5, that step has begun.
But given the chance,
She still willing to dance
And show us she still knows how to have fun!

Spring has sprung in Durham Township....

Beautiful, as ever!

Kathleen,
The shots are beautiful. Your niece is beautiful also!!!
2 Quesitons:
How far away were you standing when you took the shots?
I imagine the 85mm keeps you pretty far if you want a wide shot like this.
Also, you said there were varying focal lengths. I'm assuming that you just changed your shooting position since you were using a fixed lens, right?

Lou ...

Kathleen: The photo is fantastic. But for me this picture documenting my private nightmare.

Impressive shot of impressive nature

WOW! What a scene. WOW!

Wow Russ, seems like you've had some deep teaching. Thanks for reminding that I've been looking at this photo with earthly eyes. Now it does not seem so frightening.

Your photo reminds me of this quote by Helen Keller:

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”

Victoria, Perhaps those blurry branches along the upper right edge (more pronounced in the Vista del Humungostino.) are clues that our favorite femme fotale was shooting from the crow's nest, indicating the shot was rigged:)

JPH, Famous mafia actor that rhymes with Humungostino?

Ooh!!! Even the smallest version turns my stomach! What a wild hobby!

The humongous version doesn't seem like the smaller one. It shows a glorious but scary adventure. But Like David Tinnon we need to ask, where were you standing when you took this photo??

JPH Do your dreams rhyme as you sleep?

Jon, for every climber who ropes up, a thousand or more lazy folk will pay half a day's wages to stand in line for some $50,000,000 machine to frighten the daylights out of them. I'd take this "ride" over Magic Mountain any day. (Must admit though, I'm as rusty as those rocks look to be when it comes to climbing:) Maybe we should just let Kathleen take us for a ride in the Chevy, no seat belts in them days. (And all the air bags ran for office!) (Now that I mention it, is that guy carrying an air bag?)

A suggestion for less scary views:
First the humongous version please choose.
Then rotate the monitor please,
Clockwise just 90 degrees.
No way he can fall now, isn't that great news!

Amazing picture! I absolutely love this blog!

Thinking about climbing that makes my stomach jump a little.

Excellent work with the composition and context of this shot. Wow...my knees are shaking.

Lovely shot Kathleen, just like your other pix on this blog. Keep up the good work!

Chalk bag, rope, and sticky climbing shoes! Another great pic Kathleen! Thanks!

There once was a fellow who conquered his fear
By scaling a rock wall rather sheer.
It took him some time
But the wall he did climb
And at the top I bet he gave out a glad cheer.

Yikes.

Serious hiking boots and serious nerve needed.

Does his mother know where he is ???????

Now I just can't see myself doing that. Yikes!!!

yeah -- lovely textures and tones on the rocks and vegetation, and a nice composition with the climber.

With harness, biners,
chocks and ropes,
he needs them all,
who would hang with goats.

check your leg loops
check that water knot
and be ever so pleased
this ain't a fall shot.

Noticing the limbs lower left, were you out on one Kathleen? (I love the waterfall-devouring flora!)

Cool shot, I love Ralph Stover Park!

Great composition and sense of scale. I really like the dark green of the vegetation contrasted against the reddish brown of the outcrop of the Brunswick Formation. This is really beautiful.

Beautiful colors and composition.
Well done!

juicy! great colors!

Even I can barely think straight with this picture ! Nicely done.

I just love this color - it is magic!

the spring shot I have been unable to capture so far ... ! so jealous

The color is so wonderfully intense. Just beautiful.

Great sense of color!

What a beaut!

WOW!! I have been following your blog for years and have always enjoyed the photos you create. This one is fantastic!

Just LOOOOVE this picture! What a light, what a beautiful colours! Just love it!!!

Wonderful colours and light!

Exquisitely beautiful spring image. Perfect!!!

Beautiful work as always. Lovely.

genial, una foto realmente fantástica, preciosa

saludos from Madrid / Spain

Beautiful colors, composition and light. I love it.

Lovely compositions and what color! I want to be there.

great colours and depth of field

This is so lovely. I wish I was there!

Peachy. Love the crisp detail LrLft. Another pallet that reminds me of T. E. Mostyn;

http://www.paintinghere.com/painting/Sunshine_11146.html

(So you are in the usual good company, Kathleen:)

I'm colorblind and even I have to admit this is one shot that wouldn't look better in black-and-white. :-) Wow, just amazing!

Breathtaking! This reminds me why Spring is my favorite season.

Oh my ~ this is such a wonderful perspective, and the light is magnificent, too. It must have been heaven in that orchard!

Very beautiful tones and composition ! Lovely shot !

Perfect. I love the intensity of the colors and your master craftsmanship making them glow that way without falling into the 'overly vivid' trap. Really fine.

simply gorgeous. love it.

Such gorgeous colors. There is so much to look at and yet one would think in this peaceful setting there wouldn't much to see or think about. I find many things in this photo.

WOW! This is stunning, absolutely stunning. The rich greens and pinks are so very spring like.

My new favorite, Kathleen, I absolutely love this.

I must have peaches from this orchard now, and when do, I will laugh evilly like Neuman on Seinfeld

About seven weeks ago this was all blizzard and snow
Now it's green grass and flowering trees, row after row.
How glad we are that the cold winter season
Has given way to a scene, so warm and so pleasin'.
Be patient now, it needs weeks for the fruit to fully make,
Then juicy peaches from the trees we will abundantly take.

What's with the tennis ball?

This is gorgeous! I can't believe the colors. Nice work!

Such delicate colours, and what a great atmosphere. Spring at its best!

I tried taking some photos this Sunday, but the national park I visited wasn't convinced it was spring yet. Your photo reminds me of what's in store! :)

Wow, the colours are wonderful!

Breathtaking! I'm a recent Canonite (previously a Nikonian) and now that we are on the same team I pray that I can shoot half as good as you with my 7D.

I especially like the effect achieved by using the 200 mm. focal length. The flattened perspective is an unusual way of looking at a forest scene. Congratulations.

Very nice indeed.

Anyone who views this picture surely sees
An illustration of "not being able to see the forest for the trees".
The only sure way to age a tree when it is grown,
Cut it down, count the rings, then years will be known.
Or you could get out your penknife and carve into the bark
The date and "Kilroy was here" leaving a living benchmark.

the repetition is fantastic as is the exposure
well done, Kathleen

the Times b read
the cheese b blu
where's the stunt crew in his panda suit?
this looks sooooo bamboo

--Burma Shave #5

That's stunning!

The trees are so slim and tall. It is interesting colors of red and blue showing thru on some of the left side.

How wonderful that you thought to get down low and find such a unique picture waiting for you!

Great shot! love this. I love the light on the table cloth.

This is so playful! Great light too.

A picture that reminds me of home. Beautiful colours and great creativity on the "portrait" angle. ;)

i really like that picture

Great shot!

I remember sitting with Grandma - she always had a bowl of walnuts and a nutcracker on the table. I would make a real mess. Then Grandma would give me a tall glass of milk. I had to wait twenty minutes before I could drink it - she said it was too cold - and I would get a headache.

I sure do miss my Grandma.....

Fantastic shot is very cool photo.

The best photo of the year!
Congratulations and Happy Easter

sneaky picture, it reminds me of childhood

*nostalgia snifff ;(

Great image...love the composition.

Here's five pairs of legs that were able
To gather at dear Stephanie's table.
Four sets make up chairs,
The other pair grandmom wears.
If she walks with them crossed she'll be unstable!

I think it would be a honor and a treat
To meet the matriarch of a family so neat.
Her face it would not take
To know that she is not a fake,
For now I know her legs and feet.

LOVE THIS. Now I see where you get it from ;o)

The incessant abuse served out unmercifully to base moulding at the hands of chair legs has been swept under the rug for way too long. It's time someone spoke out.....so Jon, would an unvarnished limerick of protest be too much to ask here? And, of course Grandmom is correct, this is a fine Easter portrait, and her ipod should be unplugged during eulogy for the 24" Walmart chocolate bunny, (which, I assume, is the seasonally adjusted centerpiece of choice such as would befit the occasion, --for what respectable religion would overtly dis the pagan fertility iconus magnus? ....but if it's a more conservative Easter breakfast sans pagan icons, and plenty of maple syrup to match the furnishings, that's good too.) Anyway, thank you Kathleen for sharing warm lights and spring rites {and Grandmom's socks} with your way, way, way extended family......and Happy Easter to the lot of us! (now where'd I leave the 2-4-D, them weeds is on the rise!)

I'm a grandmom and my feet under the table are usually bare feet or in flip flops. I love the view under the table like this. You have such a great mind for where to look to get a good photo. Happy Easter to you and your family.

Brilliant!

excellent.

I really like picture 5, its a great boy shot! sent out to play, and comes back a mess, classic!

Such a lovely light... congratulations.

thats the way to play in a stream! great captures.

aaah! to be a kid again and enjoy nature with such fervor !

This is an amazing sequence captured. Thank you for making me smile!

bonsoir,
an amazing serie..Beautiful lightness..bravo!

overall wonderful shot, by the way you must have taken multiple shots, but how you represent here in your photo blog, selecting single photo to express the mood and the story is all the way a different story, and you have mastered it. great work keep shooting more.

Embellish photos very expressively and alive.

Lg,
Rewolve44

hopping mad
a foreground conclusion
cool footwear
and current hair fashion
back to work
and self observation
all an excellent example
of environmental exploitation
the water to play
the sun to work
one cools your feet
one drys your shirt

--Burma Shave (vol 3-4)

Great shots Kathleen! I love the warm deep color.

I remember when I was a boy, my family would go on picnics to "Requa" Lake in Monsey, NY. We would park near a stream. My mom would use the stream water to make fresh coffee. I would spend a good part of the day in the stream - looking under rocks for salamanders. I would always bring a few salamanders home and deposit them into my fish tank. Looking back on it now, it probably was not a very nice thing to do...

Proving the truth of the phrase, "can't wait till summer gets here!" (So thank you Kathleen for sharing yet another truth:)

JPH, I can hear my mom yelling from the back porch as we took off for the woods, "....and stay out of the creek!!!" (Which, of course, we never did.)

Oh, and the Stunt Crew (Good job, Stunt Crew!)does not look all THAT remorseful. Good. (....and who else got wet?.....hummmmmmm?)

Gorgeous photos! The blue of the water is amazing. Don't know how he held still for the last shot, he must have been freezing! Anything for art, perhaps?

A wonderful photo story! I particularly like the portrait of the sodden boy's back. I can't wait to go swimming!!!

I knew he was going all the way eventually. :)

#II was focused manually I guess? Nice one and also #VI, all my boys are like that...

This looks like so much fun! All that boy energy.

What wonderful shots to make one smile on a gloomy Monday morning. Love #2 for detail and #4 for the smiles.

Very nice sequence. That water had to be darn cold!

Memories of my own youth these pictures bring back
Where with the warmth of Spring to the stream I would track.
The rocks and the water, the smells and the sounds,
Stuff to see and explore of waking beauty abounds.
Then on the way home I pause.... Did I forget?
Was I given instructions.... not to get wet?

Kathleen, Your photos tell whole stories about adventures! Just wait until next weekend when the temps soar to the 70's! I'll await more of your lovely photos.

Boys will be boys! Nice series of shots.

Great mood! Very mysterious...

yes! this i like. cool!

It's always such a pleasure and inspiration to visit your blog. It's moments like these that touch the soul and make me wish for more foggy days. Beautiful shot!

oh, Kathleen. I just can't wait to see spring on Your photos. I mean, I really CAN'T.

The interesting thing about fog and mist is that it is so fleeting, like the existence of raw land, rain forests, and the ice shelves of Antarctica. Very nice photo.

Stunning. The lone figure totally makes this as I am sure you knew when the shutter was pressed.

Great juxtaposition. The mist makes the photo very moody.

Stunning..desolate mood. Love this!!

This is a beautiful shot!

Bonsoir,
An amazing capture..Very nice "atmosphere"..Great work as usual!..Bravo!

Wonderful art in that photo. I love it.

Is there a link here for a Bucks County Realtor? I was jus thinkin'... That lot big enough for a Monastery? Online donations? tax free? Perhaps it's time to walk through the valley of fog..... Ooooooommmmmmmmm. Sister Lucy? Father Jon? Let us prey. (oops)

Sally:
Yes, it's true. Add freedom from toil and it sounds like heaven to me.
I expect just about every one in Durham wishes for these things also.

What a great capture.absolutely nice.

nice:)

Sofia: You might be happier finding a monastery somewhere. Plenty of ground for a farm, no taxes for the religious, no strangers trespassing your land. Or you could continue working like everyone else whose taxes are also high.

Nice captures with Canon camera....

so gorgeous. beautiful mood.

Sally:
Read James' post.

Without knowing that the photo is statement against housing developers, I thought the photo was eerie with a lone figure walking through the mist. I liked that.
As to developers, our population is still growing and developers are businessmen. If there was no one to buy their houses they would stop building them. But they also have people on payroll and mouths to feed. This is how they make their living and contribute to the recovery of our sick economy. Hopefully, they will replant trees after the houses are completed.

Hello Kathleen. I really enjoyed your article about the Durham Grist Mill. The other website was acutally the same one that I linked to on my post. It really has some good info. I've been living in Bucks County for less than a year and I love driving around and taking pictures. Durham Township seems like a very nice place and I plan to return. I'm going to look through your archives for ideas and hopefully I'll learn from your excellent photographic style.