Harmony – the weekly photo challenge.
I thought a report from Harmony, PA would make an interesting and different post.
Always seeking fresh blog content.
I was already out in my car and drove along the Ohio River without the the GPS. When I put Harmony PA into Maps App I was taken first to the street signs at the bottom of this post. Harmony, Pennsylvania is about 30+ miles north of the city, Pittsburgh.
Unfortunately the Harmony Museum was closed for the day by the time I got to town so will find a willing friend and return. (Preferably on a Spring day with some blue sky.)
I read they have a German Christmas Market, too. Views of Main Street and
We will have lunch at the Stohr Haus Bakery .
Have to plan to arrive at the right time, next time.
Open Wed-Fri 7-2 Saturday 8-2
Below -the Historical Marker for the Harmonist Cemetery.
“Graves were not marked”
Have you ever seen a cemetery without a single marker?
Link to information about the Harmony Society
Steve and I went to Harmony in March 2010 (blogpost at night) for a poetry reading at the Bottlebrush Gallery
Today I shopped in the gallery- bought tea towels and a baby quilt.
Because I took a circuitous route, avoiding the interstate and driving the secondary roads, my phone GPS took me to 3 Harmony signs near the town of Baden, PA. Unintentional but interesting to find three Harmony signs.
Received a great response from Harmony Museum Thanks Ruth!! A great time to visit us next would be June 11th. It is our Herb & Garden Fair (at our Harmonist Barn), Fiber Festival in town, and Springfest in town. Lots going on! Free shuttle between the barn and town. Food, entertainment, artists, demonstrations, so much to photograph that day! Starts at 9 am and runs until 3 pm, though the shops are open later than that!
A fascinating little community Ruth :-). Interesting architecture too.
Thanks Rainee. Your interpretation was a good one to illustrate Harmony, too.
What a beautiful place with such a lovely name… Loved all the shots. 🙂
Just right for the challenge. Thanks for stopping by
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Hardly a soul to be seen so it must be harmonious! I should have guessed that the US would have a town with that name 🙂
And so close by- I saw Freedom and Economy on the map as well.
Great interpretation of the challenge!
Thanks Andrew. I liked all your blue in your Morocco photographs
It is a very blue place. I have lots more!
I greatly enjoyed the harmony in this post, Ruth!
I knew you would, Ann. And I can say I was in Harmony for sure.
Great post! I love the colorful buildings.
Thank you
Thanks for the tour, Ruth. Looks like a good place to visit!!
Yes definitely worth a visit. Just time it when the museum is open . How about that cemetery with the unmarked graves?
Creative, colorful and very lovely photographs!
I hope I’m the friend who goes with you to Harmony. I’d like to tour the Harmony Museum and I like the looks of the shop you featured.
Let me know when you want to go!!
I love Harmony.
I think you should also be listening to The Archers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Archers#The_village, a long running radio soap set in the fictional town of Ambridge, in the equally fictional county of Borsetshire; and perhaps reading extracts from Samuel Pepys diary when he mentions his neighbour, Admiral Sir William Penn, whose son founded Pennsylvania.
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I have NEVER seen a cemetery with no markers in it. Strange, and very interesting!
I know where New Harmony, IN is! I didn’t realize it was related to PA… Small, small world.
Truly informative and lovely photographs of Harmony. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much. I’d never heard of the Harmony Society nor had I seen a cemetery with no markers. Appreciate your visit and good words.
Being it was closed, you probably took more notice of the exteriors. It’s still too bad that nothing was open when you got there. Just makes you want to go back even more. Not a bad marketing strategy. 🙂
Definitely returning. It’s a short window of opening so have to plan. Looking at New Harmony on the map…. Hmmmm.
Great photo gallery of this community, Ruth. I love the name. How nice to get a response to your photos. 🙂
Hopefully the invitation will spur some city dwellers to find Harmony for the Herb festival.
I’ll have to mention this to my mother. I looked up Harmony and saw it is north of Pittsburgh. My mom grew up south of Pittsburgh in a little town called McDonald. I also lived near Pittsburgh for a few years, south again, in a town called Clinton. I enjoyed seeing this town and had no idea of the custom of no marker in the ceremony. I’ll have to read up a bit more on this way of life. Thanks for posting.