fall in chester county

This.

This is what we need to preserve more of.

phoenixville houses

One of the really fun things about Phoenixville is the wide and varied architecture.

All different styles literally spanning centuries. These are just three random houses that caught my eye a few days ago.

Phoenixville is also another one of those great front porch towns. Front porches and gardens are what make a house a home and what make a neighborhood welcoming.

I still have photos to post from the beginning of September from West Chester that I need to get to because it’s another front porch town.

music on a fall afternoon

Was in Phoenixville a bit ago, and saw this guy sitting on a chair playing his guitar. This is another one of those life moments that makes you smile.

Hopefully no one is upset by this photo, right ?

capturing chester county photo contest: have you entered?

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My contest winning entry in 2014!

So you guys, have you entered County Lines Magazine Capturing Chester County photography contest yet?? You don’t have to be a professional (as in they only regular everyday folk who happened to capture the perfect shot!) , you just have to have a magical photo of our beautiful county to enter!

Yes, I indeed won the contest in 2014! I was so thrilled and it was so much fun and as a book worm, there is nothing better than a nice big gift certificate to a book store! This year the gift certificate is to Main Point Books, which if you have never been is nothing short of amazing! You can enter until October 7th.

Here are the details:

We’re holding our annual Capturing Chester County Photo Contest, and need more submissions! 
This year, we’re asking entrants to send us their one best photo of them in their favorite spot in Chester County.
(Shadows, photos with feet or hands work if you don’t want a full selfie.)
Semifinalists will be published in our November issue and posted on our Facebook page.
The winner of the contest will receive a $100 gift card to Main Point Books!
Our submission deadline is 11:59 pm on October 7.
Previous County Lines’ photo contest winners and professional photographers are not allowed.
Our rules and how to submit are our website: http://bit.ly/2lSLvm4

The short version?

  1. Like them on Facebook @CountyLinesMagazine.
  2. Upload & hashtag your 1 best photo #capturingchestercounty OR send it to info@valleydel.com.
  3. Tell them when and where it was taken. (i.e. “West Chester, August 2018”)

Oh come on!!!  It is so fun to be a part of it!  If I were allowed to, I would enter again!

capturing chester county

driving into a thunderstorm

Yes I was stopped. It was just a very cool photo opportunity.

Lincoln Highway, Exton.

But hey West Whiteland , you need to do something about the intersection of King and Ship. It’s awful.

way back time machine #3: loch aerie when the bulldozers came to build home depot

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way back time machine #2: linden hall

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Another old photo I was gifted.  Linden Hall as seen from 352 when they were building the new bridge at the base of 352 and Lincoln Highway. Date unknown.

way back time machine #1: frazer/immaculata 1970s

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Someone was kind enough to gift me old photos.  These are Immaculata views 1970s.

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coatesville

I rarely go through Coatesville. I know people in Wagontown, Modena, and other places around Coatesville, but not the City of Coatesville.

We were out in Wagontown and went through Coatesville to get gas on the way home and ended up on regular Route 30 so I snapped some photos.

There are some really cool houses in Coatesville. It is a kaleidoscope of architecture. And there are lots of churches too, which I never knew.

old school west chester is the best!