Rainbow

Yesterday a rather interesting. Early weather reports called for major thunderstorms to move in over the course of the afternoon, which would have rained out my normal Saturday pool hours 1. So I drug my son out of bed, picked up two of his friends, and decided to hit the pool as it opened. The…

Center City

Title: Painfully-Hopeful-2016 Author: Wes Allen Base Header Level: 1 Format: complete Several weeks ago we were driving home at night and I happened to look toward Center City Philadelphia1 just as we were crossing over the Cooper River. I said to my friend, “We need to get back here.” He agreed. Unfortunately, we’ve been caught…

Rainy Day

Monday evening our area was hit with the hardest rainfall I’ve ever seen1. It was as if the water vapor in the clouds decided all at once to gang up into water droplets and hold a mad race to the ground. Of course I had to take pictures. My favorite is below. The combination of…

Baseball Town

The official trademark of Reading 1, PA is “Baseball USA.” It’s home to the Philadelphia Phillies AA minor league team, and I’ve been wanting to visit it for quite a few years. So when a friend of mine invited me to a game I jumped at the opportunity. I’ve been to a few minor league…

Heatwave Sunset

We’re currently suffering a heat wave in the Philly area, which is keeping outdoor activities to a minimum. This morning I mowed the back yard and trimmed back the ivy which turns our backyard fence into a jungle, but by 9 o’clock I was more than ready to head back into cooler air.1 With the…

Out for a walk

This past week I decided to get some exercise and take a photo walk instead of eating lunch. I have been passing an interesting park up near ABCNJ’s offices for the last several years, and on Tuesday I decided to visit it at last. Sayen Gardens is a splendid little botanical preserve in Hamilton Square,…