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Sunlight on Pine Creek.

#pennsylvania #landscape #stream #springtime #pine creek #may

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TRACK OF THE WEEK: "Train Tracks in the Snow" is about the train tracks that used to run along Pine Creek when I was a kid growing up in north central Pennsylvania. Being close to the Creek allowed me to catalogue the sounds of trains and waterways. These sounds comforted me and made me feel safe and “connected,” even when it was freezing and snowing. Trains are relentless against cold and ice, and they reminded me there was more to life out there than just my own little world. This spoken word piece recalls winter times along Pine Creek*, particularly around Ramsey Village and Cammal.

I recorded this in California with my talented friend, the late, great Jeff Lloyd. He made this free-wheeling synthesizer track, then I added parts (it was remixed by Scott Francis at Mind's Eye Studio in Williamsport PA):

*This Creek (which is more the size of a river) flows southward out of New York state into the Appalachian mountains of north central Pennsylvania—cutting through “The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.” In the late 80s, the train tracks were removed and replaced with a popular long-distance bike trail.

#train #trains #snow #traintrack #pinecreek #pennsylvania #appalachian #cold #ice #ramseyvillage #cammal #waterville #synthesizer #jefflloyd #spokenword #williamsport #ambient #electronica #casiokeyboard #keyboard #johnnyjblair #childhood

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#spirits of the trees #nature #dark appalachia #appalachain gothic #pine creek

[newtownpentacle]

We all float down here

Friday – photo by Mitch Waxman One is led to believe, by a bit of ‘scratch the surface’ research, that the Marshall Lake spillway dates back to December of 1933. A partnership between Allegheny County and the New Deal era’s Federal Civil Works Administration built this particularity satisfying bit of infrastructure along an ancestral waterway called Old Pine Creek, which used to terminate in a…

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#Lake #Marshall Lake #North Fork Pine Creek #North Hills #North Park #Pine Creek #Pittsburgh

[krnaturalphoto]

Joyful Exploration | Pine Creek Rail Trail | Pennsylvania

As I get to know this natural world around me….. It wasn’t too long ago that I didn’t know that the Pine Creek Rail Trail existed. One end of the trail, what I would call the beginning because it is closer to me than the other end, is only an hour away from where I live. And yet it was unknown to me for most of my life until recent years. So glad I learned about this trail. This trail and the…

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#do the work #Nature #OptOutside #Outside #Pennsylvania #photographer #Photography #Pine Creek #Pine Creek Rail Trail #Pine Creek trail #practice #shipping #sightseeing #Travel

[travelwithz]

Day 6 Backpacking with Sierra Club Royce Lake to Pine Creek Trailhead. A long hike (9.5 miles) and 4300 ft of elevation change to finish our last day.

#travelwithz #california #backpacking #sierra club #eastern sierra #pine creek #2022 #USA

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[geopsych]

This bridge is gone now but two years ago it was like this.

#geopsych video #pennsylvania #landscape #june #bird song #old bridge #2020 #stream #pine creek

[singeratlarge]

“There’s still time for summertime dreams…”

SONG OF THE WEEK: “Dancin’ by the River (Tex-Mex Garage Mix)”— The lyrics came from a dream: I saw a clear summer day with a water baptism happening at Pine Creek, a scenic waterway that flows from mid-state New York down into central Pennsylvania. There was a romantic undercurrent between a man and a woman, visibly in love and grateful to be getting baptized. Surrounding them was a group of happy people having a festival—kind of like a Grateful Dead concert (minus certain substances).

This spicy jangly-guitar pop track was inspired by early Beatles, vintage Chicano rock’n’roll, Mexican gangster films, Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman,” and The Everly Brothers’s cover of "Lucille." On a cosmic jukebox it would play next to Richie Valens, Neil Diamond, and The Monkees ("Little Bit Me Little Bit You")—in fact, Davy Jones said it should be “top of the pops.” This recording (mixed by Tim Breon) has gotten airplay around the world and features the drum work of Bill Matlack, Jr. + vocals & percussion by evinrude a.k.a. Kevin Spyker. The song has been in my live set for years, including with Paul Farnham and The Gypsy Lizards, and the band October (with Ron Davis and Chris Haggerty). Thanks for floating in!

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/dancin-by-the-river-tex-mex-garage-mix

#TexMex #garageband #Beatles #Chicanorocknroll #RoyOrbison #PrettyWoman #EverlyBrothers #Lucille #RichieValens #NeilDiamond #TheMonkees #DavyJones #PineCreek #Pennsylvania #GratefulDead #baptism #dreams #billmatlack #evinrude #KevinSpyker #rondavis

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[newtownpentacle]

Mirror mirror, on the floor

Thursday – photo by Mitch Waxman When Pittsburgh’s North Park was created, a waterway called Old Pine Creek fed into a marsh hereabouts. The Great Depression era engineers got busy, and created the largest manmade lake in the State of Pennsylvania with the help of hundreds of Work Projects Administration laborers. 75 acres in size, with trails around it, Marshall Lake (aka North Park Lake) is…

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#Lake #Marshall Lake #North Fork Pine Creek #North Hills #North Park #photowalk #Pine Creek #Pittsburgh