Spanning Sugar Creek, just west of Glenarm, IL is the Sugar Creek Covered Bridge. Also known as the Glenarm, or Hedley bridge, this 60 foot span is listed on the National register of historic places and is one of 5 remaining 19th century covered bridges in Illinois. Rehabilitated by IDOT in 1965 to keep it [...]
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The Covered Bridge at Sugar Creek
Posted: August 8, 2010 in Central Illinois, Covered Bridge, Ed Baumgarten, illinois, Illinois Bureau of Tourism, Tourism0
Waterdrops in the meadow….
Posted: July 15, 2010 in Baumgarten, illinois, natureTags: dew, Illinois, meadow, midwest, nature, rural, water
The ultra-high humidity in Central Illinois right now makes for some miserable weather……and some great morning water drop photography. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the morning meadows glisten with water the way they’ve been the last couple days. The deer, which have been laying down all day, have been up and around the last [...]
A late fall day found this guy grazing on what was left of the green grass. There’s just something about the primitiveness of prairie life, whether it be livestock, or the ruggedness of the items used in daily chores that intrigues me. There always seems to be an engaging subject around every corner.
Stopped by the courthouse square in Shelbyville Illinois the other nite. The snow was laying very nicely and I framed up this shot in with the D3s. High ISO is a wonderful thing!
….traffic jam. I’ll take bumper to tail over bumper to bumper anyday….
..in Illinois……
