The landscape pictured here is covered with a field of Virginia chain fern during the summer months, and, although some may think it’s depressing to see them covered with cold, white snow, I am sad to see that this area currently lacks snow.  The winter in Ohio is moving fast and we’re already experiencing the wild temperature fluctuations associated with spring.  Although we may receive a couple of major snow falls before summer arrives, they will likely melt quickly, leaving behind a depressing landscape of brown, salt-covered, mud.

It was a nice morning to visit the nearest park we could find to Bethany College.

Late autumn again at Cross Creek County Park, the noon-time sun sat low in the sky, and queued Allison and I to eat our bologna sandwiches.

Soon…

Adjacent to Cross Creek County Park on the western edge of Pennsylvania, there are several grain fields.  Last fall, I photographed one of the unharvested fields.

The ferry ride to West Sister Island, Lake Erie. It was a windy morning…

Near Gibbonsville in Lecthworth State Park, water rages down a bedrock cascade located at an old, torn down, bridge.

A sepia toned image of the Yasso barn on Dunkley Road in Leicester. It’s like the Old West…

This farm borders the Leicester Falls, and, as such, I occassionally crossed through the pasture to get to the falls as a teenager.  Several of these crossings led to trouble, since bulls often inhabited the pasture.  I recall running from bulls a couple of times, and, in one instance, running at full sprint through the pasture from an angry swarm of bees that ended up stinging me and a friend upwards of 10 times between the two of us.   I don’t think I have ever ran that fast since.