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.

This roadside stand is selling old shoes filled with hens and chicks.

This Amish couple head out after a nasty storm hit the area.I was actually shooting the farm and fence contrasted against the dark sky when they happened by.

Strange clouds roll across the sky in this cemetery image.

This was the sunset around my area on tuesday evening,and unfortunately this was one of the few spots I could find. It was a night were you could rotate 360 degrees and the sky was amazing wherever you looked. They had an explanation on the news about the strange clouds,and mentioned inversion but I forget.I actually overheated my truck from flying around a few roads trying to get something but I came up short on this one.

A young Amish mom pulls her son in a tiny trailer behind her scooter.

This Family unloads from the buggy as they arrive at the country store to do some grocery shopping.

I have driven down this road many times but never realized how nice the barns would be in the background of a photo. Shot this on a sunday morning as Amish buggies head to church.I used my tablet to fire the camera from inside my truck to stay a little unobtrusive and used a long lens to compress things. The surprising thing was the buggy coming toward me had music thumping on a stereo which made me do a double take.

Purple clematis is in full bloom on our arbor.I made the bird house on the post.

A very unique old truck sits on display at a car show.There is a roll of toilet paper,several stuffed squirrels,a rat and numerous other country related items located all over the truck.

A restored Chevy truck with flames painted on the hood and sides shimmers in infrared.

Storms rumbled through our area a day ago and this was the leading edge as it rolled in.I was hoping for lightning that amazingly never materialized considering how dark the sky was. I just finished making a camera mount that I can use to shoot from inside the truck and stay somewhat safer than putting a tripod outside and this was the first attempt using it. The only short coming of having the camera inside my vehicle is when it gets real windy,it can rock the truck a bit.