the milky way

I went to Cherry Springs State Park in Pennsylvania for an event called the Black Forest Sky Party, which is a weekend of astronomers of all levels coming together to look at the sky. Cherry Springs is a dedicated dark sky area, meaning that there are no human lights around and none allowed on the Astronomy Field, a meadow at 2300 feet elevation in the midst of the Susquehanna State Forest in Potter County. Lovely place! The Cherry Springs Dark Sky Association is responsible for helping keep this place dark. Go to the links, go to the park, you haven't seen a night sky light this one if you live anywhere where people light their backyards and parking lots all night long.

This image is best viewed large and in the dark. Click on it and turn all other lights out, and then it will be as though you were with me in the field.

SockMunky on the road again

Matt at the Welcome Center welcomes the SockMunky with a map of Pennsylvania...not like the Munky is interested in navigation. Oh, no! He just wants to stare out the window and make wiseass comments.

York, Pennsylvania

Some People's Heaven

one other great lake

Presque Isle State Park off Erie, Pennsylvania, is a sand hook that, if not for these erosion barriers, would keep moving east, spoiling the place for human use. Hm.

leaving winter

Lake Erie is covered with ice. The grapevines on its shore are waiting for the sun's warmth and the rain's nourishment. I am heading south to meet spring as it moves its way slowly north.

travels in pennsylvania

Last week, I drove around the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, the area south of Pittsburgh known as the Laurel Highlands. This photo is of Cucumber Falls and will be used as inspiration for another fabric piece. The light is what makes the image work, isn't it?