By The Light Of A Blue Moon
The full moon wasn’t visibly blue, but its light bathed the 176-year old Laurel Hill Cemetery in a glow for hours last night. Part outdoor sculptural garden and part horticultural oasis, Laurel Hill is the final resting place of some of Philadelphia’s most famous and wealthiest residents. Both peaceful and eerie, statuary at Laurel Hill [...]
Cellblock 14
Moody. Crumbling. Haunting. Once the crown jewel of the Pennsylvania Corrections system, Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) was abandoned in 1971 after continually housing inmates for 142 years. Known for its distinctive wagon-wheel design and its system of keeping inmates in isolation so that they could contemplate their sins and their penitence, ESP housed some of [...]
Splash Of Spring Color
On a somewhat gloomy May Sunday, I decided I was in need of a taste of spring. So, I made the drive out to Longwood Gardens to gaze at the spring flowers. While the tulip gardens were the main attraction, there were all sorts of beautiful blooms on which to feast the eyes. A few [...]
April Cherry Blossoms
Every year I say I’m going to make it down to see the DC Cherry Blossom Festival and then something comes up with work and I miss it. This year, I finally made it. Saturday was overcast and rainy, so my friend Mia and I went shopping at Tysons II and lusted over Prada, Dior [...]
Spring Blossoms
Mother nature gave us a beautiful first day of spring–sunny, blue skies, 72 degrees. The tree in my backyard has begun to flower and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Birds are flying about and the wind chimes are tinkling on the gentle breeze that floats in through my sliding door. Considering the wretched winter we had, I [...]
Snow Geraniums
We’re getting our first snow today and yet my geraniums are still in full bloom. It just seems wrong.
Rainforest In The Mountains
When up in the mountains of Pennsylvania, you don’t expect to stumble into a climate more commonly found in the rain forests of the Caribbean or Central America. But, as soon as we hit the hiking trails at Bushkill Falls, the pleasant 75 degree August day turned tropical, fed by the moisture from a series [...]
One More Watcher
One more Amur tiger kept a close eye on us at the zoo Monday. http://the35thillusion.blogspot.com
The Watcher Becomes The Watched
Monday, my sister Sara and I took a trip to the zoo on one of her last days before leaving for the Peace Corps. Despite being a fairly warm and humid day, the animals didn’t disappoint. While some slumbered away in the summer heat, others let their personalities out on display. At times you wondered [...]
Butterfly Sancturary
Sara and I went up to the Bear Mountain Sanctuary in the Poconos yesterday. http://the35thillusion.blogspot.com
Echoes of Furies Past
Most of us will never step onto a battlefield. We won’t know what it sounds like when artillery whines over head so close you can feel the wake ruffle your hair as it sails by. We’ll never know what it’s like peer across the confusion of a smoke enshrouded field to hunt for the enemy, [...]
Summer Lilies
Still working on my London and Paris pictures. But, in the mean time, some really pretty lilies started blooming in my garden today. http://the35thillusion.blogspot.com
Views From Underwater
Last weekend I took a trip down I-95 to for lunch with a friend and a trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. I hadn’t been in ages–not since the Sea Horse exhibition years ago. Despite being over run by ankle biters, it was still a lot of fun. Here are my favorite pictures from [...]
Falling into the Poconos
I drove back up into the Poconos this past weekend to the picturesque little town of Jim Thorpe for their Fall Festival and some leaf peeping. The little Leigh High Valley town, was originally two towns,Mauch Chunck (Indian for Bear Mountain) and Eastern Mauch Chunk. Both thrived and blossomed with the discovery of anthracite coal.* [...]
Fall Flowers
I drove out to Solebury Orchards today by New Hope, PA to pick up some Honey Crisp apples and fresh cider. As chilly as the weather was yesterday (it was in the 60s all day), it was blazing hot today and hard to believe the first day of fall is tomorrow. Due to the heat, [...]
Zootopia
I wrapped up my vacation last week with a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo–the oldest in the country, dating back to 1874. I strolled through the 42-acre Victorian Gardens in an 85 degree heat that assured anyone who had been in doubt, that summer had finally arrived to Philadelphia after a chilly and wet May. [...]
More INXS Photos
As promised, here are more photos from last weekend’s concert. It’s going to be slow trickle as I sort through the remaing ones. I took around 150 and a surprising number came out well. As usual click for the larger versions. Note, these are not size properly for RBL. You may want to resize before [...]
Running of the Bulls INXS Style
The late afternoon sun beat down on us while we stood in line at the Maryland State Fair waiting for the gates to open for the INXS concert. With 45 minutes to go, about 150 people were in the line ahead of us and the line behind us was growing longer by the minute. Sweat [...]
Kim Day is a freelance photographer and travel writer located in the Philadelphia suburbs.