More Pennsylvania Pictures -- Tamaqua

We were up in Tamaqua a few days ago and stopped for lunch at the Railway Station. It's a lovely old building, the interior of which has been converted into a restaurant and a couple of curio shops. My wife had eaten there before, with her "lunch bunch", but it was a new experience for me.


The main dining room was open but we chose to sit in the bar area. It seemed cozier.


The food was pretty good -- basic American cuisine. We plan to return soon. After eating I took my camera for a walk while my wife checked out the shops.



Then it was back home, where I found these shots awaiting me in our front yard.

More Pennsylvania Pictures -- Fungus

We've been clearing trees on our property the past few years. A lot more sunlight is getting through -- I'm not sure that is a good thing -- and on the stumps we are raising a nice crop of fungus.



We don't always stay home. Occasionally we drive around in Coal Country. Here's a bit of what we saw this week.



Molino



Mahanoy City



Tamaqua.

Here in the glorious commonwealth the beauty is everywhere, all you have to do is look.

Return of the Pennsylvania Pictures

We've been away for several weeks, which means that we missed a lot of this year's springtime on the mountain. Still, there was enough foliage remaining when we returned for a few shots. Here they are.


The State flower, the mountain laurel is in full bloom on Hawk Mountain. Pretty, ain't it? Entirely appropriate for the most gorgeous commonwealth in the nation.


Everyone sees crown vetch. It's that purple stuff that grows along the sides of roads. Right now it is in full bloom and if you look at it close up it is gorgeous.


We missed nearly all of the rhododendron blooms this year. When we got home this was the only bush still blooming.


I don't know what this is, but it is growing on Hawk Mountain.


And so is this, although I never knew that water lilies were native to Pennsylvania. I thought they were decorative plants brought in from elsewhere.