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The Pennsylvania Canyon is a great place to take a vacation... Located in the northern part of Pennsylvania, Leonard Harrison State Park has magnificent views of the PA Grand Canyon and heated bathrooms!! There is a nice visitor center, with a gift shop, situated at the front entrance to the viewing vista with a parking lot right next door. Some of the trails lean toward the moderate to high range in difficulty, but the walk to the old forge is easy to take. And there is even

I was extremely fortunate to be able to have some of my artwork and photographs created into puzzles (number of pieces are either 252 or 60). They are for sale at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop and on their website at www.mysterybooksonline.com #gifts #puzzles #artwork #art #giftideas

Trying to think of what to get your mother for Mother’s Day can be tricky. Sometimes we get overwhelmed by all the commercializing around holidays and end up buying way too many things or nick-knacks that will be thrown away later on. I understand that we don’t have to give anyone anything, but a gift symbolizes that you care enough about them to want to give them something as a thank-you or as a reminder that you love that person. When it comes to Mother’s Day or Father’s Da

Looking for something different to display on your dinner table or to give as a gift to a friend this spring? Or maybe something for a...

When Easter comes around the corner, it means that Spring is not far off. The flowers and sunshine and birds make us want to head outside...

“Breathing dreams like air” - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby As our week in Arizona was ending, our last day of vacation was set to be in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 2018 International Balloon Fiesta was starting and we wanted to catch the first morning of the festival before we came back to Pennsylvania. Boy, was that an experience. Getting up and leaving at 5 am to get stuck in traffic as we made our way to the park where all the balloons were waiting to show off t

"Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity – and I don’t mean simple – it’ll be good, and the public will know it.”  – John Wayne Couldn't pass up such a great opportunity to photograph the great "wild west." Went on a family trip with my parents to meet up with my Great Aunt and Great Uncle out near Phoenix. Headed up to Bell Rock, Arizona and stayed there during Tropical Storm Rosa. I was a little disappointed that it was raining so much, but then I