“The
bluebell is the sweetest flower
That
waves in summer air
Its
blossoms have the mightiest power
To
soothe my spirits care.”
~ “The
Bluebell”
~ Emily Bronte
~ 1818-1848
~ published 1846
This
little girl walks among the beguiling bluebells blooming in early April near
the banks of the Swabia Creek at Lock Ridge Park and Furnace Museum, Alburtis,
Pennsylvania in this candid capture.
The
blooming of the multitude of Lock Ridge bluebells – also called grape hyacinth
– is a clarion call of spring in the Lehigh Valley, drawing many people to
photograph and glimpse their beauty in the span of the few weeks they bloom.
Lock
Ridge Park is a park built around an historic iron ore blast furnace just
outside Alburtis, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. The park preserves
portions of the former Lock Ridge Iron Works, which dates back to 1868. The 59-acre park was opened in August 1976.
