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Civil War Day

July 24th, 2010 | Posted in Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor

Today was a day not fit for man or beast but we survived the 100+ degree temps at the Landis Valley’s Civil War Day. They horses were kept in the shade until they were needed and didn’t seem to be suffering. I felt so bad for the soldiers dressed in wool. Here are a few photos I was able to take. It’s a bit hard when you’re walking around with a 4 year old who’s hot and thirsty and completely uninterested in everything that’s going on around her.

“It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it.”- General Robert E. Lee

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Landis Valley in Winter

February 13th, 2010 | Posted in Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor

With the husband sick in bed and Zoe and I bored out of our minds, we decided to brave the cold weather and snow and head over to one of our favorite places, Landis Valley Museum. They are having their Winter Institute now so there are all sorts of things going on from learning to care for draft animals to blacksmithing. Zoe and I stopped and watched some of the students in the classes. But, we came for the animals and I got some great shots! I also got to cross off an item on my bucket list, scroll to the bottom to see!
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I got to go on a sleigh ride!!!!!! Yippeee!!!

©Copyright 2009 by Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit her website.

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Scenes from Landis Valley

November 4th, 2009 | Posted in Jennifer MacNeill-Traylor

Since my father so kindly bought us a family membership to Landis Valley Museum, I thought I would try to head over there more and not just on special events. Well, the place was a ghost town yesterday despite the gorgeous weather. Zoe and I had a great time chatting with all the animals, which outnumbered the visitors. The funniest thing of all was this female turkey. The friendliest fowl I’ve ever met. She seemed to enjoy being petted and followed us around! In fact I think all the animals enjoyed our attention.