Snow & Jaggers

People, what is with me?  I lived 56 years and flowers never caught my attention.  Then just a few weeks ago, I saw the bushy round pinkish-...

Friday was perfect for a 4-mile hike along the Allegheny River up in its northern reaches.  I hadn't hiked the Samuel Justus Trail in ma...

Above is a grainy photo of the main house at River Ridge Farm.  When the leaves are off the trees, you can still see this dark old house pre...

I work every Sunday and many Saturdays.  For that reason, I usually take Fridays off and go to my place up north after work on Thursday even...

A little chore took me to the pleasant town of Warren just yesterday, where I discovered this view out over town.  Warren is a small city fu...

There were more folks than I expected at Oil Creek State Park on Labor Day.  I tend to avoid public parks on holidays, but it called to me f...

My weird, unexpected, and perhaps slightly less than manly interest in wildflowers continues.  So much so that I've taken to drying them...