The Twilight Zone!

Have you ever been going somewhere in your car and you see a vehicle headed the other direction that for some reason catches your attention, then an hour later or so you pass the exact same vehicle going the opposite way and you realize it’s the same spot you first crossed paths? Well this has happened to me on more than one occasion and each time I think what are the chances that this would occur and I ponder if our paths are somehow intertwined? That’s a bizarre intro into today’s photo but its similar yet different. I recently had to run and get some things about ten miles from home and on the way I passed this buggy going the other way on a back road and it caught my eye but I had no time to turn around. As I kept driving, this buggy I had passed kept popping up in my mind as I replayed over and over the opportunity I missed. So I got to the store, got my things and decided to take another route back home just to look for anything interesting I might come across. As I am coming through the town of Lititz I see the exact same buggy and we cross paths at literally the best possible spot for me to capture a nice image. It is the entrance to the Lititz Springs park and traffic is very steady along this route, but in a moment of everything coming together, the buggy turned into the park right in front of the pretty train station, and Traffic was forced to stop for a flashing pedestrian crosswalk, so I had maybe 30 seconds to frame and capture this image before the crosswalk was clear and I was forced to proceed. Sometimes I experience these seemingly impossible circumstances that present themselves in the most amazing way. There is almost no other spot along this part of town I could have captured them where it would be nothing but cars, signs, businesses in the background etc etc, but I was blessed to have this opportunity presented to me. Oh and by the way There are exactly twelve children I could count in the buggy along with their father at the reigns. They were headed for a picnic in the shady park.

A Show Inside and Out

This is a shot I decided to capture this past weekend and it features the local Performing Arts Center. The darker flowers were more abundant toward the building but then from that vantage point I basically lost any decent view of the building! I had no idea when I headed out if they had a show or not this evening but thankfully they did and I was able to incorporate the warm interior and exterior lighting. When I first arrived the sunset was starting to get good but it was only lighting up the sky to the right outside my shot and this is the best it got,which was a bit disappointing. The other thing that threw a wrench in things was a street light to the left that caused minor issues. On the positive side the manager came out to talk to me to inquire what I was doing and approached me in a very courteous and friendly manner which made for a pleasant interaction.

Barns and Flower Garden

This little scene is right along the road which is barely visible on the right side. I happened past at just the right time because a few days later the weather had beat them up pretty good. This is two separate properties but I got the owners blessing and the rest is history.

Welcome Home

This photo is the result of not giving up when an opportunity seems lost. I was driving toward Intercourse, Pa which has a large Amish population in the surrounding area when I noticed these Amish kids walking this pony, but the trouble was they were way back off the road in their backyard. Scenes like this just make me yearn to capture them for the glimpse it offers into the Amish lifestyle. Directly beside the property was a local produce store so I proceeded to make a loop around to see if there was a spot to park with a view of the backyard? To my surprise there was one parking spot left which was in the shade and gave an unobstructed view of the interaction. I must say these Amish siblings were doting on this pony with such a caring and gentle way that it kind of surprised me! They walked him around the yard petting him and being very gentle with him. I feel like he is a new member of the family but that is just a guess.

Storm is Building

While this local Church is very pretty with the Parsonage located right beside and the flowering pink tree to the left, trust me when I say the hideous power lines that were in the original image which I painstakingly removed one by one made this lovely scene downright ugly.