“Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803 ~ 1882
Basking in the evening sun, a Cooper’s Hawk peers from a high perch, gazing over the spring landscape in search of prey as sunset beckons in early April at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803 ~ 1882
The Cosmos Field at St. Luke’s Hospital, Anderson Campus, Easton, Pennsylvania brightens a late August afternoon when the sun often dipped behind the clouds.
Cosmos, with their colorful, daisy-like blooms, are related to sunflowers and daisies.
The cosmos flowering season lasts for several months, running from early summer until the first frosts arrive in the fall. The season usually lasts from June to October.
St. Luke’s also has a Sunflower Garden that is part of the cheery landscape of blooms.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803 ~ 1882
Regal Red-Tailed Hawk peers from a high perch, gazing over the winter landscape in search of prey against a brilliant blue sky in the sunshine of a mid-February morning at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
This bird of prey is the most common hawk in North America.
“Let us be silent that we may hear the whisper of God.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803-1882
Illuminated by the setting sun, flowering grasses reach up to almost touch heaven in the soft silence of a beautiful summer evening in late August during the golden hour at the rooftop observation area of Trexler Environmental Center.
Located in the Central Range of Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, the center is at one of the preserve’s highest elevations and one of the spots that offer spectacular views at the 1,100 acre preserve.
Solar panels provide a significant portion of the energy needs of the building.
When the late General Harry Clay Trexler (1854-1933) established the preserve in the early 1900s, he did it to save the American bison, elk and white-tailed deer from extinction and assure the species’ survival.
A conservationist along the lines of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, General Trexler understood the importance of nature and preserving wildlife in its natural habitat.
A successful businessman who amassed a fortune in the timber and cement industries and founded the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, General Trexler began purchasing small farms in the low hills of Lehigh County in 1906. By 1913, he had transported eight bison and 20 Virginia white-tailed deer to the preserve. The elk followed soon after.
When General Trexler died in 1933, he bequeathed the property to the residents of Lehigh County. Today, the Trexler Nature Preserve is open to the public for passive recreation and nature watching.
