In The Cold Spring Rain ...

“…I’ll go walking through

With the rain in my shoes

Searchin’ for you 

In the cold Kentucky rain …”

                    ~ “Kentucky Rain”

              ~ written by Eddie Rabbitt & Dick Heard

     ~ recorded by the great Elvis Presley

                                                ~ 1970

With a cold spring rain falling lightly on a chilly April afternoon, a man soaks in the quiet beauty as he walks in Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania in this artistic interpretation.

In The Pink Of Spring ...

“In the spring, at the end of the day,

you should smell like dirt.”

                           ~ Margaret Atwood

                                        ~ born 1939

I spotted this pink bicycle left near a tree at the Springhouse of Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania as sunset knocked on the door of a picturesque April day. No doubt the bike’s owner was off exploring the beauty of the outdoors … in the pink of spring.

The log cabin close to the bicycle was part of Springhouse, the summer home of General Harry C. Trexler (1854-1933), an American industrialist who built a business empire in Allentown. The park is his namesake.

Turkey Vultures And The Big Blue Sky ...

“Better have as king a vulture advised by swans

Than a swan advised by vultures.”

                                   ~ Panchatantra

A pair of turkey vultures in their treetop perch are seen against the bright blue spring sky as an April sunset approaches along the Ironton Rail Trail.

 I often see many groups of perched turkey vultures in the same group of trees along the trail near sundown.

The trail loops more than nine miles through Whitehall Township, the Borough of Coplay and North Whitehall Township in Pennsylvania.