This property has what I think is a pretty porch and also a barn/garage on the left. I am standing in the middle of a two lane highway to shoot this but since practically no one else wanted to go out for a drive in this snowstorm, I had almost the entire road to myself to meander about. On a regular day this would be a real undertaking to achieve.

A little wider view of the Historical Society research library. This was a private home years ago and the owners saw my photo here and dropped me a line. They mentioned it was built in 1929, so it’s 100 year milestone is only a few short years away. I hope I look this good at 95 but since I will be below ground at that point its not likely!

This is the research library for our local Historical Society. The flurries were blowing pretty hard and just about every 5 frames or so I had to clean my lens. The Museum is next door and that is where I walked by a room that had a mannequin dressed that no one told me about. This was during an evening shoot there and my mind was already imagining the possibilities! The big clock on the left used to be just up the street at a bank.

We have only had a couple snowstorms this Winter but the ones we were blessed to get have been the clingy pretty type. This Gazebo actually has a copper roof but covered or not this serene scene has lots of appeal. I would have loved to get this at dusk with those lamp posts lit up but this is more than satisfactory I feel!

Large roses in a store window declare Valentine’s day has arrived in downtown Lititz, Pa

I was walking one evening around Christmas when I happened upon this festive porch that had what I thought was a pretty nice doorway entrance. I knocked and they obliged and here you go.

I finally got to give this new found angle a try at this old homestead. I mentioned this in the past but there is a main road just behind the stone wall, but thankfully the property owner I am shooting from is related to the house in my photo so I got a nice clean view without the ugly road!

This local Chapel is so pretty and makes for a good subject almost anytime. We have not exactly been overwhelmed with snow this year but I made the extra effort to capture some scenes while it hung around. The lamp posts came on as soon as the sun set but at that point the ambient light was way too bright yet. So with that being the case all I could do was keep waiting for the light to drop and of course this foreground light kept intensifying by the minute. It got so bad when everything else was perfect that I ended up using my pole with a square piece of foamcore attached to block the horrendous flare this thing was putting on my lens. Pretty much all the light you see on the vegetation and snow was done by me with my flash. When I got here the sun was maybe ten minutes from setting but since I could not decide my angle, I missed that. The thing I did notice was the suns rays were skimming across the snow and plants and although I missed capturing it, I gave my best attempt at recreating what I saw! If it wasn’t for that light skimming across the snow you may never have even noticed there was a path going through the scene.

Here is another room from the Christmas tree event.