A Drippy Pipe

A drippy pipe is never a good thing, but it makes for a fun middle of winter photo while out walking around town. This is a shot left over from early 2015 when it was still cold and wintery-like out side, not like this current spring-like December we have been having.

The Old Ball park

Spring is less than 35 days away and that means places like these need to thaw out and prepare for the rush of youth enjoying America's past time....little league baseball. For every over paid millionaire they all started on a field such as this one some where in the world. I played on this field when it was brand new way back in the mid 1970's, today, its only a wee bit fancier than when I played here, we didn't even have a fence to hit the ball over, we got all we could get on the long hits.

Old High School

Known as the old Peter Street High School in New Oxford, many of our older generation folks attended classes in this old gem of a building. Today it houses the New Oxford Borough decision makers as well as the library. I spent my summers here as a youth in summer camps, playing sports, and other events held my long time New Oxford High School teacher Mr. Ted Hise. 

Barns Delight

Every time I pass this old barn I always admire it, and almost every time I have a planned out door photo shoot with someone, I end up using this as a setting. I am not sure what it is about it, the peeling paint, the faded red paint, the overgrown vine attached, I juts love it. 

A Boy And His Olaf

Adam wanted a picture of himself and his Olaf. He just walked away from the family picture and stood....waiting!

Jingle Bell Ride

Spreading holiday cheer and riding ponies all wrapped up into one cold morning. Pony Up LLC of New Oxford set out to spread cheer in housing developments in New Oxford Saturday.Even Santa Claus saddled up for the ride.

Autumn Snow

The calendar says Autumn, but the view is a bit wintry looking. A small snowstorm hit the our area on Thanksgiving eve dropping about 5 inches of the dreaded white stuff covering up the remaining fall colors.

Santa Comes To New Oxford

Saturday evening, the New Oxford Chamber Of Commerce hosted the return of Santa Clause back to New Oxford's beautiful circle in the center of town.

Nearly a hundred people waited his arrival in a antique car driven by town resident Jim Blankenship. Santa flipped the switch to light the tree, then sat in a sleigh and greeted children and took down their wish lists, and then gave them a Christmas book as a early present.

For a small town, it's a quaint little tradition and as a resident, I am proud of my towns effort to bring us together.

Snack Time With JB

I recently was out and about in New Oxford for a memorial dedication event and my friend was there with her handsome little boy JB. He didn't want anything to do with me nor my camera. So, be just causal and patient, his mood lightened towards me and we captured a few just cute as the devil photos of him in front of the fountain on New Oxford's beautiful circle.

Yesteryears

Haircuts used to be cheap and affordable "back in the day" in New Oxford it seems. 

Jenettes's Olde Tyme Barber Shop sits in the first block of Lincoln Way East, aka Route 30 and The Lincoln Highway. 

This barber shop was started way back many years ago by a man by the name of Paul Rabine, Paul held shop for many years before taking ill and passing away. 

Today, haircuts are a wee bit pricier than a quarter like the "goold ole days"

Humback Bridge

This beautiful piece of architectural is located on Stone Bridge Road between Hanover and New Oxford in Adams County Pennsylvania. I know very little history on it other than its old and beautiful. I plan to continue researching some history on it and will update this post when I find new information. This image is posted pretty much "as is" it was captured with the camera. The camera settings were ISO 200, F3,5 and 1/160th. The only processing in Photoshop was a bit of color adjustment and slight sharpening.

Open

I love to shoot signs. I don't know why, but there are juts so many signs, telling us what to do, where to go, how to do it and more importantly what not to do. As a photo journalist, I like to just shoot photos of things that don't really matter, yet shooting them can hone your skills on how to "get to know your camera". This sign was shot on the New Oxford square in front of a new business in town called Rose Bud.

Boo-T-Ful Witchy Braya

This little darling four year old girl came walking past me dressed in her Halloween costume Thursday afternoon while I was enjoying an iced coffee at the New Oxford Coffee Company. Her beautiful smile was too much to not ask her and her aunt if I could take her picture for my blog page. Having permission, utilizing New Oxford's oldest home's  front porch fall decorations for a backdrop. My new little friend Braya just made my day with her modeling skills. Her aunt is also a photographer, In Bloom Photography, so go show her some love, visit her FaceBook page.