A frost-mailed warrior striding a steady steed of snow.”
~ Edgar Fawcett
~ American novelist & poet
~ 1847 ~ 1904
A tranquil snowscape paints a January afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
I captured this scene a day after a fresh snowfall and that reflects the canvas of winter’s quiet beauty.
“The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall …”
~ “Autumn Leaves”
~written 1945, released 1946
~Popular song & jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma with original lyrics by Jacques Prevert in French, & later by Johnny Mercer in English. An instrumental version by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best seller in the U.S. Billboard charts of 1955. It was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1955 and many other artists throughout the years, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Tom Jones.
I captured this candid shot of a couple walking in step with one another along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania on a beautiful October afternoon.
Though autumn is the season of colorful fall foliage, I thought presenting the image in infrared was in tune with the melancholy mood of that beautiful song, “Autumn Leaves.”
“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life.”
~ L. Wolfe Gilbert
~ Russian-born American songwriter of
Tin Pan Alley
~ 1886-1970
A beautiful trumpeter swan gracefully glides along the pond as a mid-February afternoon segues into evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
