Archive for April 2021

Enjoying Spring In Northeastern Pennsylvania.

For me, there is no place like Spring in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I don’t like the Winters here anymore but Spring brings a magic to  this area where I was born and lived all of my life.  I have passed retirement age now, but still  work at my law practice. However,  after  37 years,  I am…

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Fog, Flora And Fauna At The Susquehanna Wetlands.

A thick fog settled in on  the mountain where I live in Hazle Township,  Luzerne County on Saturday morning. I wasn’t sure at first, but I decided to drive to the Susquehanna Wetlands in Salem Township with my camera despite the fog. I wasn’t  expecting to photograph much wildlife because of the fog but I…

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Roaming In The Mine Reclamation Lands Near My Home

As some of you who follow my blog may know,  there  is a large mine reclamation area of land near my home in the Green Ridge section of  Hazle Township in Luzerne County .  For almost a century before I was born there was extensive deep coal mining on these lands.  Then, beginning around 1900…

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Back In Berks County: Another Lake Ontelaunee Hike

On Saturday I returned to Berks County and made my third visit to  Lake Ontelaunee.  This 1,000 acre lake was formed by the damming of Maiden Creek in 1926 to provide a water supply for the City of Reading. (these are links to blog posts of  my two prior visits. https://wp.me/p5GeDV-J2m      https://wp.me/p5GeDV-s3K).  After a 41…

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Enjoying The April Sun In The Susquehanna Wetlands

It was a cool 39 degrees when I awoke Saturday morning.  However, the skies were clear and I knew the April sun would sun warm it up. And what better place to enjoy the April sun than in the Susquehanna Wetlands and Riverlands in Salem Township, Luzerne County.  Nature always has something on display out…

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Not Many Signs of Spring On The Local Rails- To -Trails

It was raining here in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Sunday morning.  And I was still feeling some side effects from my second Covid-19 vaccine shot.  So I decided not to travel far  and hike on my local Rails -to -Trails which is located a couple of miles from my home in Hazle Township, Luzerne County.  Ground…

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