A nice sunset gets a special added touch when this mini rainbow appeared for about 3 minutes.

I photographed this pair of Case tractors recently after trying to shoot storms that fizzled out and eventually ended up driving past these tractors. The intricate track assembly is what caught my eye and despite not having my main flash gear along, I managed to light them anyway. I would imagine they could go just about anywhere with those tracks. I positioned my tripod on my truck roof to gain a better perspective on them and also see the farm in the distance.

Soft light helps set the stage for this summer scene with coneflowers in the foreground.

We dressed up our fence for the fourth of July.

The rail trail behind our house has a unique feel when evening starts to take hold.

An Amish farmer heads down the road to his farm with a full load of hay rolls.

This one room Amish school has clear skies on the left and rapidly approaching heavy thunderstorms on the right.The clouds were changing minute by minute this day and were rather impressive.The same day I shot this,about 10 miles away there was a confirmed tornado touched down and it would have been in the direction I was photographing this.

This piece of farm equipment looked a little menacing as it headed down the road and as it made a turn onto another road I saw the name on the machine was the predator. Very fitting and it looks like the perfect vehicle for snowstorms as well.

An Amish farmer roto tills the soil while a steam engine pulling a full load of tourists chugs on by.

Two young Amish boys head to help the rest of the family working on some beets or turnips.

Three sisters play near the family buggy.

This was shot the same evening as yesterdays photo and once again the clouds remind one how insignificant we really are. I was sure I was going to see a rainbow during this storm because it was going from sun to rain to sun numerous times.

This local antique store window caught my eye as I drove by and after the owner told me it is lit up at night,I knew I had to give it a shot to capture it.I still had to light all the fronts of the items against the windows because they were backlit but my tablet and remote helped me capture this trip down memory lane.This is Time Matters Antique Mall in Adamstown,Pa

Mom and her three boys take a quick trek with the wagon and pony to get the mail.

This is a small vignette from our front yard and the flowers are doing pretty good this year.

Another shot of the church square in Lititz,Pa which was covered in flags for the 4th of july.

Another photo of the amazing lititz flag display taken as the evening takes hold.

This was the scene at the Lititz Moravian square for the fourth of July. I am not sure what the count was but it was in the hundreds if not thousands of perfectly lined up flags. I decided to hang around till dusk when I knew the lamp posts would light up adding to the unique scene.I just found out the total was four thousand flags.Very impressive indeed.

This is my second gnome house creation that I built and placed on the hill behind our house.We have a rail trail behind our place and the people just love seeing the imaginary little world I have created for their viewing pleasure while on their walk or bike ride.This took me two weekends to construct and features a water wheel on the side,a rope bridge which leads to the tree and there are two gnomes sitting on a deck that I have called the Matterhorn observation deck.It measures about 4 feet tall and in the middle is a gnome diving off the bridge. I am now starting to plan a hobbit hole going into the hill to finish the area. I was on the trail looking it over the other day and a child that was 3 or 4 yrs old stops and blurts out,this is just beautiful.It kind of amazed me that a kid that little could not only appreciate the work but express it so eloquently. The sign reads scenic gorge alpine chalet.

Amish boys work the soil on this summer day.

The late day sun skims across this corn field highlighting all the new growth.

This might be a good time to head indoors or in my case head out for lightning photos. No such luck on this excursion.

This sunset image looks like someone took a brush and painted the sky.

A gorgeous sunset paints a lovely backdrop for the lone tree

This is one of three shots I captured the other evening at sunset and thankfully I had my eyes on the sky earlier in the evening and had a gut feeling it was going to be a good one. Heading out to find a nice farm to include ahead of time allowed me to be ready when the moment presented itself.