"We try acting grown up but as a rule
We're all little children fresh from school ...
Keep them handy, flowers and candy
Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses."
~ "Lollipops and Roses"
~composed by Tony Velona
~ recorded by Jack Jones
~ 1962
Yellow roses in the Allentown Rose Gardens bloom under
a bright rainbow Whirlypop lollipop in Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania in an Alice In Wonderland type way
on a summer day in this whimsical abstract inspired by the song
"Lollipops and Roses." Because aren't we all kids at heart?
"Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes
and I knew the way I had to take."
~ Edvard Grieg
~ 1843-1907
The evening mist rises from the pond
as if to kiss the sunset sky on a steamy spring evening at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"First the tide rushes in
Plants a kiss on the shore ...
So I rush to your side
Like the incoming tide ..."
~ "Ebb Tide"
~ Carl Sigman, lyricist
~ Robert Maxwell, composer
~ 1953
The morning sun sweeps and swirls the colors of
October like a dream in a crest of the
Little Lehigh Creek, Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Life is art, paint your dreams."
~ Author Unknown
An artistic, starry eyed view of water trickling over rocks on a beautiful spring day at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803-1882
In the shadow of the northern Blue Mountain Ridge, a frosted, frozen
and snow covered Leaser Lake glistens with winter's artistry.
I really enjoyed being able to actually walk on the lake and take photos!
The lake in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania is named for Frederick Leaser, who in September 1777 with his farm team hauled The Liberty Bell from
Philadelphia to Allentown where it was concealed in Zion Reformed Church.
His homestead is located one mile north of the lake.
"When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season,
I'll know I'm growing old."
~ Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson
1912-2007
This brightly colored sled left behind by a child
shines like a beam of happiness after this season's
first significant snowfall on a November evening
at Trexler Memorial Park, Alletown, Pennsylvania,
a reminder to always see the season's first snowfall
with childlike wonder.
"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius ...
Let the sun shine in
Open up your heart and let it
shine on in ..."
~ "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
~ "Hair"
~ 1967
When I saw these almost magical sunflares
just before sunset at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, I thought of the song
"Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In." I shot this
just a little while before the Supermoon in August.
"Art enables us to find ourselves
and lose ourselves at the
same time."
~ Thomas Merton
1915-1968
Red traffic lights from across the street
reflect in the creek on a midsummer
evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"It is the life of the crystal,
the architect of the flake,
the fire of the frost,
the soul of the sunbeam,
This crisp winter air is full of it."
~ John Burroughs
~ 1837-1921
~ "Winter Sunshine"
~ 1875
An artistic view of leaves frozen in a chunk of ice in January at Wehr's Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania reminded me of the line penned by John Burroughs.
