Fall Colors are Blazing
Well it’s that
time of year when your eyes take trips on the psychedelic colors nature has to
offer up before seeing the skeletal remains of a summer now forgotten or on its
way there. Just last weekend I had the opportunity to visit a friend in Pennsylvania
just over the border from Ohio in the Shippingport area of Pennsylvania which
is just on the other side of the Ohio River from East Liverpool, Ohio.
It wasn’t quite
optimal viewing and that should come this weekend, so make sure that if you
have any intention of enjoying a walk in the woods inhaling the brisk aroma of
fallen leaves and crisp autumn air, then it may be this weekend that you would
want to take advantage of that opportunity. The cold nights and rainfall will
soon turn the colors of autumn into a congealed mass of colors on the forest
floor. Instead all that will be left soon is the sticks used to support them
before when they were alive in their green growing splendor giving life to the woodsy
mass supporting them.
Most of the pics
were taken in the area of the Ambridge reservoir around the little borough of Raccoon,
on what used to be Raccoon creek. The cemetery we were close to was the service
church cemetery and was final resting place of a revolutionary war soldier. The
church itself was built in 1800 and still features out houses for the
patronage. The reservoir is posted as a no fishing reservoir but still offers a
beautiful vista to enjoy late autumn colors and unspoiled beauty.
a rose found in the water beyond the zombie graveyard as if to reinforce a zombie apocalypse where in the daylight the zombie bride and her groom walk into the water waiting for night to return?
There is a rather
tainted history to the graveyard as it was the graveyard used in the movie, “Night
of the Living Dead” which tells the tale of zombies rising from the dead. The graveyard
scene was filmed right there in the graveyard. My friend pointed out the stop
sign with the one-way sign warning you to stay out of the graveyard in a rather
comical way as if there was a hidden second meaning behind those signs. Sure advice
most people listen to, at least the live ones do. Weddings and a weekly church
service are still offered there on the banks of the Ambridge reservoir as well
a final resting spot for quite a few folks from that area.
Most of the pics
are from this area in Pennsylvania. I also plan to visit the Cuyahoga Valley
National Park again this weekend with family and friends to view the fall
colors from the train again.
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