Yellow Days ...

“I do remember when the sunlight had a special kind of brightness

And laughter held a lover’s kind of lightness, yellow days, yellow days …”

     ~ song by Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington

                           ~ 1968

 

A colorful canopy of yellow and orange hues of sugar maples at the peak of their autumn color beckon for a sunlit walk on an early November afternoon near the River Drive Trailhead of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail), in Laurys Station, North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.

 

This portion of the trail is part of the Asher F. Boyer Eagle Trail section of the D&L.

 

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

                           

 

 

 

 

Stopping By October ...

“October is the opal month of the year. It is the month of glory, of ripeness. It is the picture-month.”
        ~ Henry Ward Beecher

              ~ 1813 ~ 1887

A stop sign marking the River Drive Trailhead of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail), in Laurys Station, North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, seemingly beckons you to stop and take in autumn’s beauty on a late October afternoon.

 

I captured this shot this after setting out from the Cementon Trailhead of the D&L Trail in Cementon, Pennsylvania. These sections of the trail are part of the Asher F. Boyer Eagle Trail section of the D&L.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

 

A Whisper Of Autumn In August ...

“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.”

           ~ Oscar Wilde

             ~ 1854 ~ 1900

Though summer, my most favorite of seasons, is still in full bloom on the sun dappled trail, the scattered leaves whisper of the autumn to come on a beautiful mid-August afternoon along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) in Laurys Station, North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.

 

I captured this shot after setting out from The Cove Road Trailhead, which is near a Lehigh River Water Trail access point at Treichler’s Bridge. The trail is part of the Asher F. Boyer Eagle Trail section of the D&L.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.