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"Flowing water is at once a picture and a music, which causes to flow at the same time from my brain, like a limpid and murmuring rivulet, sweet thoughts, charming reveries, and melancholy remembrances." ~ Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr ~ 1808-1890
The waters of the Monocacy Creek spill like memories between the morning sun and shadows dancing on the dam - commonly called Monocacy Falls - on a beautiful October day at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in this high contrast monochrome shot.
"Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it." ~ L.M. Montgomery ~ 1874-1942
Sometimes life whirls by so fast it's a bit of a blur, so it's good to remember the simple joys, like going to the fair on a sweet summer night. This high contrast monochrome shot captures the ferris wheel spinning on the September opening of the 163rd Great Allentown Fair, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Autumn is a beautiful season tinged with a sweet saddness, just as the song "Softly, As I Leave You" performed by the legendary Bobby Darin, which sets the mood showcased by my original photos. My greatest joy as a photographer is harmonizing my favorite original photos to music to create a lingering snapshot of the season. Enjoy!
Also on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=54&v=0OatqfUU4d0
"Moon river, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style some day Oh dream maker, you heart breaker Wherever you're going, I'm going your way
Two drifters, off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbow's end, waiting, round the bend My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me." ~ "Moon River" ~composed by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer ~ "Breakfast At Tiffany's" ~ 1961
In this artistic, stardust moment, the full moon of May 3, 2015 rises over "Breakfast At Tiffany's" on the marquee of The Nineteenth Street Theatre, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Nineteenth Street/Civic Theatre is an historic community center that hosts theatre, arts education and film. It is the oldest cinema in Allentown, opening September 17, 1928. In July 1957, the property was purchased by Allentown's Civic Little Theatre. It is located in the heart of the quaint West End Theatre District.
"We do not remember days, we remember moments." ~ Cesare Pavese ~ 1908-1950
Afternoon shadows of the early spring dance tranquilly in the April sunlight at Schlicher Covered Bridge, an historic wooden covered bridge in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. Schlicher's is a 108-foot-long, Burr Truss bridge that crosses the Jordan Creek and was constructed in 1882. It has vertical plank siding and a gable roof. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It recently reopened after needed renovations.
"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.
"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet." ~ Emily Dickinson ~1830-1886 Waxing nostalgic on a quiet winter's day by the pond at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I thought if I could touch this place or feel it This brokenness inside me might start healing Out here it's like I'm someone else I thought that maybe I could find myself ... Won't take nothing but a memory." ~ "The House That Built Me" ~ Allen Shamblin & Tom Douglas 2010 ~performed by Miranda Lambert
Wisps of memories seem to dance around the window inside Bogert's Covered Bridge on a September day, such as "Tess & Eric 4Ever" etched to the right of the window.
This beautiful, historic bridge has listened to their story and countless others over the course of centuries.
The bridge spans 145 feet over the Little Lehigh Creek in Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Built in 1841, it's history traces back to the mid-1700s when the Bogert family moved into a log cabin next to the future site of the bridge. It is the oldest covered bridge in Lehigh County and among the oldest in the country. It is open only to pedestrian and bicycle traffic, as well as the occasional rider on horseback.
Bogert's Bridge is a wooden Burr Truss bridge with vertical plank siding and a gable roof. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." ~ Mark Twain ~ 1835-1910
When I saw this man fishing on the Delaware River in Phillipsburg, New Jersey on an early September evening, I wondered from his expression what thoughts and memories were crossing his mind. The man was fishing near the historic Northampton Street Bridge, commonly called The Free Bridge, which spans the Delaware River between Phillipsburg, New Jersey and Easton, Pennsylvania. The Free Bridge was completed in 1896 and survived the damage from massive flooding from Hurricane Diane in 1955. It undersent a thorough restoration in 1990.
"Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind, Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine ... Laughing eyes and simple ways And quiet nights and gentle days with you. Memories, memories, sweet memories." ~ "Memories" ~ recorded by the great Elvis Presley, 1968
Geiger's Covered Bridge evokes sweet nostalgia on a summer morning in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. The bridge is a 112-foot-long Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1860. It has vertical plank siding and an entry portal of stepped square planks. It crosses the Jordan Creek and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The bridge can be accessed from The Covered Bridge Trail at the Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
"Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar..." ~ William Faulkner ~1897-1962 ~ Southern American author & Nobel Prize Laureate "The Sound and The Fury" ~ 1929 A high contrast monochrome and painterly view of the Lehigh Valley on a summer evening from one of the beautiful summits at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
"But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues ..." ~ "Summertime Blues" ~ 1958
The song says there ain't no cure for the summertime blues, and there ain't no cure for monochrome Great Blue! This Great Blue Heron sits for a portrait in high contrast monochrome on a summer evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I memorize moments that I'm fondest of ... And so in these moments with sunlight above My cup runneth over with love ...." ~ "My Cup Runneth Over" ~ "I Do! I Do!" ~1966 Summer streams over the crest of the creek at one of my favorite spots at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, bringing to mind the beautiful words of that song. This moment was captured in a long exposure, high contrast monochrome shot.
"What's it all about Alfie... when you walk let your heart lead the way and you'll find love any day ... "Alfie" ~Burt Bacharach & Hal David ~1966 The image of this man fishing alone at Wehr's Dam, Orefield, Pennsylvania on a June evening made me wonder if he could be thinking about his life as in "What's it all about Alfie ..."
"What is art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the real." ~ Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941
Roses may very well be the champagne of flowers. This beautiful Rainbow Sorbet Rose is captured in monochrome in June at the Malcolm W. Gross Memorial Rose Gardens, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"What makes you think love will end When you know that my whole life depends on you ... Never my love ..." "Never My Love," ~ The Association, 1967
The life of the rosebud is intertwined with that of the rose in full bloom, which colors it with life on a June day at the Malcolm W. Gross Memorial Rose Gardens, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Belle" is on the marquee of The Nineteenth Street Theatre/Civic Theatre on a June evening. The Nineteenth Street Theatre is an historic community center that hosts theatre, arts education and film. It is the oldest cinema in Allentown, Pennsylvania, opening Sept. 17, 1928. In July 1957, the property was purchased by Allentown's Civic Little Theatre. It is located in the heart of the quaint West End Theatre District.
"...You're waiting from the backroads by the rivers of my memories, ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind." ~ "Gentle On My Mind," ~ 1967 The words from that wonderful song seem to fill the air on a May afternoon at Manassas Guth Covered Bridge as it crosses the Jordan Creek.
The historic wooden covered bridge in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1858 and rebuilt in 1882. It is a 108 foot long Burr Truss bridge with vertical siding. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
