The (Not so) Rural Pennsylvanian

  • And They’re Back …

    This past Labor Day Weekend was spent trying to see the covered bridges in Columbia County that I had not previously viewed. I was able to see the remaining bridges, except the Lawrence L. Knoebel Covered Bridge inside Knoebels Grove, which was skipped due to the holiday weekend. It wasn’t visible from the road. The weather was nice this day, unlike on some of my other recent covered bridge adventures. I’ve put most of the rest of Columbia County’s bridges in this post, leaving a special grouping until another day.

    The Columbia County bridges are painted red, although some do have white trim. All but one of the bridges pictured below are in the southern part of the county, south of Route 80.

    The Krickbaum Covered Bridge
    The Richards Covered Bridge
    The Johnson Covered Bridge
    Parrs Mill Covered Bridge – access to this one is blocked, and I’m not that ambitious.
    The Esther Furnace Covered Bridge
    A good side view here.
    The Davis Covered Bridge
    The Snyder Covered Bridge.
    Good access for the side view here.
    The Hollingshead Covered Bridge near Catawissa.

    I had also previously missed the Covered Bridge in Briar Creek Lake Park near Berwick (and north of 80). I manged to accidentally photograph this one in black and white. Don’t ask.

  • A Black and White Christmas

    I am experimenting taking some black and white images from around my local area and in my church this holiday season. This is still a work in progress. Check back for more later this month.

    Poinsettias lined up ready for delivery.
    It’s still Advent. Like many Episcopal churches, mine doesn’t actually decorate much for Christmas until it’s the actual liturgical season of Christmas (Christmas to Epiphany).
    Christmas from the little ones.
    Christmas lights from around the area. You’re not losing much in black and white. People seem to like white, not colored, lights these days.
    This one was red and green, however.
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