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  • Headlight Over the Horizon

    Headlight Over the Horizon

    I was taking a picture of the wildflowers at dusk tonight in Valley Forge when a car was coming my way.  Sometimes it just works.

  • Ken’s Bench

    Ken’s Bench

    It is Easter Weekend and Yumiko came home from New York to celebrate.  A few months ago we ordered a bench to be placed at Ken’s grave site in Valley Forge.  It was recently installed and Yumiko, Barb Reid (Ken’s first wife and dear friend) and I went to visit.  We planted three hyacinth…

  • The Babies Have Arrived!!

    The Babies Have Arrived!!

    I may be arrested for this, but I brought home a few praying mantis egg sacs from the fields of Valley Forge last fall.  I’ve done this for the last several years.  Shhhhhhhhh.  I put them in a glass jar with a little saran wrap on top and punched little air holes so there…

  • Mr. Handsome Coyote in Valley Forge this Morning

    Mr. Handsome Coyote in Valley Forge this Morning

    I had a spectacular hour this morning with a coyote in Valley Forge.  He was not the least bit shy – even a little bored.  My 600mm lens let me get mighty close.  A few horseback riders came through and he trotted off to the den he shares with Mrs. Coyote and their new…

  • Robins in Love

    Robins in Love

    I often see robins fighting.  This pair however could have been a mating couple play fighting in Valley Forge.  They stayed together a long time.  At one point another robin flew into their territory and was chased away.  The first robin came back and they began their dance again.  See the kiss at the…

  • Rain Rain Rain

    Rain Rain Rain

    It was raining cats and dogs yesterday, but I still had the itch to go out and take photographs.  So I put on all my rain gear, put the raincoat on my camera and lens and was totally blessed by the little and big critters who came out to say hello.  Here they are:…