Farm at Sunrise

Is it just me or is everybody running non-stop these days? I know I haven't had time to catch up with where I need to be. It seems I go from one thing right into the next. The tree is up, the lights are up, the stockings are hung by the basement stairs with care, now when do I get a break? HO HO HO

The farm is out Three Square Hollow Road north of Newburg, PA (it is probably located on a side road off of 3SH Rd) and the beautiful morning sun had everything lit with a pink tinge. And besides I know Barry likes pictures of barns.

Tree Quest

Today was the day we went to cut our Christmas tree. As usual we drove out to our regular favorite tree farm to pick one out. When I asked the lady where the Douglas firs were she told me, "Right across the road". No, I'm sorry, that would be too convenient and quick, "Don't you have some on the other side of the farm?" So we take a hay wagon ride to the other side of the farm to the far off Doug-patch. Three steps from the tractor the wife says, "That's the one!" No, I'm sorry that would be too convenient and quick, "Aren't there others far back in?" What? Is she afraid of a little snow shower? Besides 26 degrees is the perfect temperature to cut a Christmas tree in, "Let's look around some, the tractor guy won't be back for a while." Well, we found one, not her short and skinny, not my tall and fat, not a Charlie Brown. It's ours and we'll somehow make it work. There'll be so many ornament on it, it won't matter. Gotta love this time of year, fa la la la la.

Friday's Sunset

This was this evening's sunset. As I was driving home the sun was a big orange ball and until I got home and got my camera it had set and some of the colors had started to fade already.

Hiding in the Bushes

From my walk along Burd Run, Thanksgiving morning.

Mail Pouch through the Windshield (PG LXXXIV)

On our way back from Colorado I snapped three Mail Pouch barns from the truck... through the windshield. For some reason the Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission frown upon folks stopping on the shoulder of the Turnpike to take pictures of barns. When we drove through Wheeling, West Virginia I could see the Mail Pouch factory in the distance, I'll need to put that on my list of places to go. This barn sits on the north side of the Turnpike near milepost 132.

The Oak Forest

Another day just like the other day. I saw twice as many deer today as I did yesterday, now I just got to figure out what I'm going to do tomorrow. This is what I looked at all day. Oak.

Mr. Moon and Friends

My Colorado posts will continue next week, today was the first day of deer season here in PA and all I can say is that this hunting season is picking up where Colorado hunting left off. I spent about 7 hours in the woods today (I missed out on the thunder and lightning) and saw a total of ZERO deer. A special thanks to the idiots, I mean experts, at the Pennsylvania Game Commission for mismanaging the state deer herd all these years. It's time we hired someone who knows something about wildlife management and not just someone they're related to.

Enough on that subject. Did anybody look up in the sky right at sunset? Well if you didn't this is what you missed. The moon, Jupiter and Venus in this here triangle formation. Pretty cool.