~*~ Home Sweet Home - Part 6 ~*~ by maggiemai
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Description
This picture was taken from the summit of Prospect Mountain which is 2,034 feet above sea level.
1895 - Prospect Mountain Incline Railway opened to the public. The new property owner, Mr. William Peck and the Horicon Improvement Company joined with the Otis Engineering Company to build the cog railway to the summit. The hotel continued to operate at the summit after Mr. Peck made many improvements to it.
1902 - The popularity of the Incline Railway diminished and Mr. Peck surrendered his holdings to the Otis Company which ran it for one more year as the "Otis Incline Railway".
If you would like to read more about the history of this mountain you can go here: Click Here to Read History
This is another interesting link. :-)
Thank you so much for all of your responses to my last post. I loved your cartoons and they really made me laugh!! :-) I hope you enjoy my new picture and any comments, advice on improvement are surely appreciated!! :-) Have a great week! :-)))
(((hugs)))
~*~maggie~*~
Comments (21)
What a magnificently lovely place to have a summer picnic! Quite beautiful!
Great compo here and beautiful view!
Maggie, this really beautiful place and a terrific place for a break from the hustle of city life
What a beautiful scene of nature.
You live is a beautiful place. Although it does remind me a lot of the Mts. Of WV. Very beautiful piece of scenery here and a great shot! Hugs...
gorgeous nature impression. looks wonderful in this light. its a real pleasure to look at. * bravo * Maggie #:O)
I can see this one as a painting. It's views such as this that my mom takes in scotland so I can paint them for her!!!! Mags this is stunning.... an absolutely serene and lovely spot!!!!
Maggie, wonderful photo and thanks for the bit of history!
wonderful capture!
Note to self...must look into real estate agencies in the area...looks like an amazing place to live. WOOOOOW! Wonderful compo with gorgeous play of light and shadows. Beautiful softness youve given it too...gotta love that stonewall!!!! Perfect capture and hope youll keep spoiling us with more shots from home. Have a wonderful day #:O)
What a great spot for a family barbecue....and very well photographed. Cheers. Alan
beautiful place and shot !
Indeed a beautiful place... wasn't it great for having a Rendo picnic there? LOL Enchanting shot!
Beautiful landscape, excellent, great photo, bravo Maggie !!!
Beautiful scenery and wonderful composition on this shot.
A beautiful looking place, must be quite interesting your sweet home! Great serie!!!
verylovely looking
It's a lovely photograph Maggie and you've composed it wonderfully.It looks so calm and inviting.The lighting is perfect for that and I love the stone wall.Bravo,cookie!-M :)
no room for improvement here! love this image. it reminds me of a place i used to go camping in Colorado! and THAT is home sweet home for me. :-) excellent hon...and thanks for the good memories too!!!
ooooh, this is GORGEOUS!!!! such beautiful greens and i love the lighting, Maggie! that area on the right where the picnic table is...is lovely! soft and my eyes go straight up that trail!!! I'm ready to go hiking chick!!! How 'bout you???? the only suggestion i can think of for this one is to maybe use a tiny bit of curves adjustment to see if you can bring out that first picnic table in the foreground. then again, it might spoil the neat lighting and shadows you have going on. dunno. hmmmm...maybe not such a great suggestion 'cause i sure do love the shadows! Anyway, i really enjoy this one!!! Now, how 'bout we throw some burger and hot dogs on the grill before we take that walk!!! :)
beautiful view ... love the shadows