Party

Spent the last couple of days since my wrist surgery planning Lisa's 60th birthday. Lots of milestones this year make you reminisce. 25 years of marital bliss on top of her birthday (October 27th).

In planning the party and making the guest list, I found lots of photos (memories) and remembered lots of friends from around the world.






We have invited friends from 5 continents and are broadcasting live to them on Ustream on December 5th! Sitting here racking my brain to see who I might surprise her with and just got a few brainstorms. Bye for now.

Sunrise

Sunrise has so many meanings. Its the start to each day and the first seconds to make the most of it. I have begun to make it a ritual to begin to find amazing spots to enjoy and photograph this most beautiful of events.

The beginning of day, like the beginning of a life is both magical and mystical.

My favorite easy spot is at nearby Peace Valley Park in New Britain, PA.

The first and second of these were taken five minutes apart.

The light and sunrise grows as the day gets older. A couple of different metering tricks can produce different color but waiting will as well.

The last one was taken when a cold front came through and the air temperature was about 20F cooler than the water.

I am blessed to have Lake Galena so close to me.

If you have another great Bucks County location, drop me a line

The Greenville Saga Continues

Just returned from a weekend in Greenville, confirming our love for the area. We stayed in the golf cottages at Cherokee Valley Golf Club. We spent most of the weekend trying to confirm our decision to build there. We visited the lot to see the 6,700 square foot McMansion going up next door.

Now I have nothing against large homes, but on a 0.3 acre lot!!

On top of this we find out that this (Cherokee Valley) semi-private course with intentions to go private sounds like it will be public ad infinitum. We found a house style that we thought we would like to build, a traditional Southern look like the second photo here. But could we make it work.


We set out the second day after taking a ton of photos of our lot to look for a golf club more like the one we have here. We fell in love with Greenville Country Club and then started to think that although the mountains are beautiful, its a bit too remote. I dont know if I can live without proper broadband and 3G wireless. I am spoiled?

Also the commute seemed better if we settled closer to the I-85 corridor since I would be commuting to Shelby, NC area a few days a week to work.

We'd certainly be sacrificing an amazing view to move closer to town, but would we be happier?

We had a great dinner at Saskatoon on Saturday night in town, recommended by new online friend, Trey Pennington. Very unique and good!

We met with a builder, Jason Bergeron of Bergeron Builders, on Sunday via a realtor. We realized that, although building has slowed dramatically, new home costs per square foot have not. So now, we're thinking possibly buying a used home.

Of course to do this, we would need to sell our lot next to the McMansion. Many folks might argue that a home of this value would increase the inherent value in our lot.. We'll see.

All in all, another great weekend Upstate, but one that gives us new information that answered some questions and raised others...stay tuned.

Freezing Sweet Corn

Our annual assembly line in progress!

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making final plans for LHH network gathering tomorrow at www.redstonegrill.com in Plymouth meeting! Ping me for info.

Reading "Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us" (Seth Godin) http://bit.ly/WQDOG great read on social media!!

Organizing Lee Hecht Harrison alumni gathering in Plymouth Meeting, PA on 18-Aug. http://bit.ly/8qeDt ping me if interested!

packing lightly for trip to Martha's Vineyard! http://bit.ly/rVHFM

Covered Bridges of Bucks County - Pine Valley

The Pine Valley Covered Bridge is located just in New Britain just west of Doylestown. It is on Iron Hill Road and crosses Pine Run Creek. If you want to see and photograph the bridge there is a small community park, the New Britain Civic Association Covered Bridge Park with ample parking just off the south end of the bridge. The bridge is heavily traveled which makes walking through it hazardous at best.


Pine Valley Covered Bridge carries Old Iron Hill road across Pine Run Creek in New Britain Township. It was built in 1842 and is 81 feet long. It is just outside Doylestown.




Below is Cabin Run just North of the bridge with a cool little waterfall.