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Barry W. Hollritt, 2005

It was in the dead of winter that I returned on a special day to the bridge in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania that I had found the previous spring.  I had been planning to go to the bridge during the winter to see if I could complement my original image that is also very special .  On this particular day, a snow had finished falling and the scene was preserved from the identical spot where I had been half a year earlier.  This was a magical return.  It was actually a few days earlier that I began the journey, not sure if snow would actually be on the bridge.  I spent the weekend in Allentown at an art show and learned during the show that snow was planned for the area near the bridge late on Sunday night.  I began the journey to Lancaster County ecstatic that nature had rolled the dice in a way for me to follow my heart back to this very special place.  I followed my passion through the cold Pennsylvania winter night with snow blowing and hearts pounding in anticipation of the scene that might follow in the morning.  At the crack of dawn I was awake and looking out the hotel window to see if snow had fallen.  With passion brewing, I arrived at the bridge to find the scene awaiting my eyes and heart in the preservation of the winter version of “A Crossing in the Stream”  I also learned on this trip that the bridge was apparently circa 1867.  The water continues it’s lazy journey past the bridge, and on this morning, something warm kept me lingering at a place I find very perfect.

Barry W. Hollritt

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