"Summertime, and the livin' is easy ..."
~ "Summertime"
~ composed by George Gershwin in 1934
for the 1935 opera "Porgy & Bess"
~ performed by such jazz greats as
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong,
Sarah Vaughan & Billie Holiday
It's summertime, and the livin' is easy for my favorite white-tailed deer doe as she grazes in the park on a warm, lazy and lush July evening ... quintessential summer.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it's a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"One touch of nature makes
the whole world kin."
~ William Shakespeare
~ 1564-1616
My favorite white-tailed deer doe and her
sweet fawn are seen in a tender moment
that is nature's version of a mother-daughter
portrait on a summer evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe
and her fawns since 2012, and it's a
true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"Take a look at what surrounds you.
You'll find natural wonders
at every turn."
~ Author Unknown
My favorite white-tailed deer doe
and her sweet fawn seemingly pose
for mother-daughter portrait
on a summer evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe
and her fawns since 2012, and it's a true
joy to me personally and
as a photographer.
"It is the sweet, simple things of
life which are the real ones after all."
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
~ 1867-1957
My favorite white-tailed deer doe
spots me on the bank and crosses the
snowy creek to say hello as sunset draws near
on a winter's day in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe
and her fawns since 2012, and it's a
true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous."
~ Aristotle
~ 385-322 B.C.
My favorite white-tailed deer doe enjoys an apple
in the early spring, painting a sweet sight as
sunset draws near in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns
since 2012, and it's a true joy to me personally and
as a photographer.
"Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart ...
Live free and beauty surrounds you ...
Stay free, where no walls divide you ...
Born free, and life is worth living
But only worth living
'Cause you're born free."
~ "Born Free"
~title song of the 1966 film
~Music by John Barry, Lyrics by Don Black
Beautiful and free white-tailed deer doe
steps spritely through the spring snow in the park
as the grass peeks through what remains of winter
during a March sunset.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it's a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"Scatter joy ..."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803-1882
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe enjoys a shiny red apple
on a waning summer evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns
for more than three years, and it's a true joy to me
personally and as a photographer.
"As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God."
~ Psalm 42, Verse 1
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe takes a drink in the creek on a waning
summer evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and and her fawns for more than three
years, and it's a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"If you want to go quickly,
go alone,
If you want to go far,
go together."
~African Proverb
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe receives a spoonful of love in a sweet nudge from her white spotted fawn during a precious moment captured on a summer evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns for more than three years, and it's a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"A mother's heart is a patchwork of love."
~ Author Unknown
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe and her button buck
share a sweet moment in the park a few days after
Christmas.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns
for three years, and it's a true joy to me personally and
as a photographer.
Snow seems like sugar dusted on the nose of this sweet white-tailed deer doe as she eats an apple on a winter's day in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns for the past three years and it's a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.
"We can judge the heart of a man
by his treatment of animals."
~ Immanuel Kant
1724-1804
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe anticipates
eating the rest of her apple in the park
just after this season's first significant snowfall
during a Pennsylvania autumn.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe
and her fawns for more than two and a half years,
and it's a real joy to me personally and as
a photographer.
Sweet white-tailed deer doe nurses her fawn, now a button buck, on an October evening in the park. Of all the deer photos I've snapped, this is the first time I've witnessed nursing.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns for two and a half years, and it's a joy to me personally and as a photographer !
"Bless the beasts and the children ...
give them love, let it shine
all around them."
~ "Bless The Beasts and The Children"
~ 1971
I feel so blessed personally and as a photographer
to have witnessed this tender, precious moment as
this beautiful white-tailed deer doe nuzzles her sweet fawn on an October afternoon on the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania.
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe shares a tender moment
with her button buck on an October evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns
for two and a half years, and it's truly a joy to me
personally and as a photographer!
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe casts a watchful, loving
eye on her fawn. Someday this sweet fawn will be
a proud buck, but on this late summer evening in
the park he was happy grazing with his mother.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and
her fawns for more than two years, and it's a
real joy!
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe wears a happy face
after eating apples in the park on a spring evening.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns
for the past two years.
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe pauses while grazing
on a summer evening just off the Ironton Rail Trail,
North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.
"It sure is mellow grazin' in the grass ...
The sun beaming down between the leaves ...
Everything here is so clear you can see it,
Everything here is so real you can feel it ..."
~ "Grazing In The Grass"
~ The Friends of Distinction, 1969
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe seems mellow indeed
as she grazes on a June evening in the park. I've been blessed to
photograph this doe and her fawns for the past two years.
"The eyes are the window to your soul..."
~ William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
Sweet and gentle white-tailed deer doe
shows off her beautiful eyes this evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her
fawns for the past two years.