Showing posts with label Covered Bridge Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covered Bridge Park. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Sunset Of A Winter Solstice ...

“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.”

    ~ Claude Monet

     ~ 1840 ~ 1926

Golden hues sweep and swirl across the winter sky as flocks of Canadian Geese glide toward the point of sunset on the Winter Solstice of December 21, 2022 in this abstract image I captured from the Jordan Creek Greenway at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.


The Winter Solstice ~ the first day of winter ~ astronomically marks the beginning of lengthening days and shortening nights.

 The word solstice comes from the Latin words for “sun” and “to stand still.” In the Northern Hemisphere, it always occurs around December 21 or 22.


 

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Panning For Gold ...

“Taking pictures is like panning for gold. You do it again and again, and sometimes you find a nugget.”

     ~ Raghubir Singh

      ~Indian photographer

       ~ 1942-1999

The early evening sun is panning for gold as glints of the golden hour whirl through the waters of the Jordan Creek spilling over Wehr’s Dam in this painterly, HDR image I shot on the first day of spring, March 20, 2022.

The Jordan Creek continues to then flow beneath beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The dam, built in 1904, is next to Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841.

The boardwalk of the Jordan Creek Greenway can be seen behind the dam.


 

Monday, March 28, 2022

The Snow Goose Welcomes Spring ...

“Spring work goes on with joyful enthusiasm.”

                  ~ John Muir

                  ~ 1838 ~ 1914

A snow goose joyfully welcomes spring with open wings along the banks of the Jordan Creek on the first day of spring – March 20, 2022 – at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The Jordan Creek pours over Wehr’s Dam, built in 1904, then continues to flow beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841.