Archive for June 2017

Poland Day Fourteen. Our Walk Through Warsaw Continues.

After leaving St Ann’s church we continued  our tour  of Warsaw, now walking along the Royal Route and the many beautiful buildings, churches and monuments that are found there.  We walked past this impressive statute of Adam Mickiewicz, a famous Polish poet,  There were many statues along the streets which were crowded with tourists taking…

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Moons And Junes And Even A Ferris Wheel.

I think I may have mentioned a few times  here, on my blog,  that June  is my favorite month. It was the month of my birth and celebrations of a birthday are always fun for a  child. It is also the month when  solstice occurs, , the longest day of the year, and the month…

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Some June Walks, And A Sunrise In Greenridge.

Spring is coming to an end here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In only a few day  the sun will be  at it’s farthest north and we have our longest day here in the Northern Hemisphere. We had some summer like weather at the beginning of this past week and I had the chance to take a…

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In Search Of Mountain Laurel On The Last Weekend Of Spring.

The Pennsylvania state flower, the mountain laurel, is now in full bloom here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I spent many June days walking on the ridges of Stoney  Mountain , near my home, , which was  transformed into a lovely, magical garden by these beautiful flowers.  Unfortunately these ridges are now  the location of  a residential…

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A Hike In The Poconos But Still No Mountain Laurel.

It was another overcast Sunday this past weekend  , with some showers still in the area in the morning. I had planned to hike the Broad Mountain, where I knew  from past hikes the widespread mountain laurel , our state flower, would be in bloom. The radar showed some lingering showers over the Broad Mountain…

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Summer, And The Insects, Return To The PPL Wetlands.

  It was Saturday, and, of course, it rained as usual  here in Northeastern Pennsylvania.   We were lucky this past  weekend, the first of this Summer.  The rains ended early,  by 9 a.m., soon the clouds departed, and the  sun was  shining. And  I was off to visit the PPL Wetlands.  The woods at…

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