Pennsylvania's state flower, the Mountain Laurel. The buds look like fancy ice-cream desserts.
Mountain Laurel grows wild on the mountain tops. It is Pennsylvania's state flower.
Peony
Iris
Mist rising from the mountain ranges of Fulton County, PA and beyond, at sunset after a storm.
Dogwood
An American Kestrel
Beautiful barn on Mountain Road near Mercersburg, with early spring green on the mountain in the background.
Wild strawberry blossom amid violets.
Flowering Dogwood
Female house sparrow looking in and a male looking out.
Hawk on nest
A hunter in the field.
Adult bald eagle watches the nest near Mercersburg, PA.
A bald eagle youth makes its first liftoff from the floor of the nest.
Bald eagle strengthening its wings while in the nest.
Two juvenile Bald Eagles in nest in Mercersburg PA.
Bald eagle adult sits in upper branches as its child practies wing flapping in the nest.
Bald Eagle
There are two youngsters in this Bald Eagle nest in Pennsylvania, now old enough to flap and strengthen their wings.
Keeping a watchful eye on the photographer.
Bleeding Heart
Pussy willow
Magnolia
Willow in spring
Bee on Crocus
Snow and Crocus near sea shells in flower bed.
Icicles that slid and refroze
White Tail doe during a freeze in Pennsylvania.
Icy branches by a stream
Icy Two Top Mountain
Landscape after ice storm
Holly Days on Ice
"The holly has a prickle as sharp as any thorn." One a day of freezing rain, the prickles are joined by icicles.
Frosted Tendrils
The delicate curls of a tree tip look like they are sprayed with ice, much like an 80s hairdo covered in AquaNet hairspray.
Icy morning
Ice drips from the branches and the roof on this early winter morning.
Two laundry pins hold fast to a clothes line covered in winter ice. I guess this line would be for freeze drying the wash.
Frozen Falling Water on Fallen Log
Freezing weather turns a fallen log teetering on the edge of a mill race into ceiling for icy stalactites.
Natural Ornaments
Nature's Christmas ornaments don snowy hats to decorate a tree along Orchard Road.
Winter River Bend
Snow-covered trees reflect in the icy waters sliding around a bend on the West Branch of the Conococheague Creek along Anderson Road.
Cold Gold
Snow machines create white mist at Whitetail Ski Resort as they add to the natural snowfall atop Two Top Mountain in this view from Mercersburg Road.
Winter Walkway
Steep snow-covered stairs make crossing the frozen lake on Warm Spring Road too risky to try. I will wait for the actual warm spring to venture across.
The Long Icy Tooth of Winter's Biting Cold
The sun shines on an icicle, but it does not melt on a frigid day in January.
Winter's Ring of Promise
A white ring around the moon tonight predicts a snowy day tomorrow. (This natural weather forecaster proved to be right. )
Sunset Ridge
A winter sun splashes some glowing gold into the sky as it dips behind a woodland ridge.
Morning Glow Through Snow
The sun makes a glow low on the horizon to say a morning hello before hiding under a blanket of snow clouds for the rest of the day.
Full Frost Moon
Silhouetted against the December Super Moon, an oak tree clings to a few remaining leaves .
