Christmas Cupcakes In Centre Square ...

 “Life is as sweet as a cupcake.”

         ~ author unknown

Patrons may sweeten their Christmas at Sweet Girlz Bakery’s wooden hut at the festive Winter Village in Centre Square November 28, 2020 in historic Easton, Pennsylvania, a Delaware River Town. The Easton Peace Candle, not seen in this shot, towers over Centre Square as wooden huts festooned for Christmas beckon shoppers to stop by.

The Winter Village welcomed everyone to shop at cozy wooden huts featuring city retailers and restaurants, stroll around the circle enjoying treats and take a spin around the ice skating rink. Filled with the Christmas spirit, people could shop at Easton’s more than 30 downtown retailers in search of treasurers to place under the Christmas tree. The event greeted visitors November 27 through December 31.

Just across the Delaware River from historic Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Easton was founded in 1752 and is located at the confluence of the Delaware River and Lehigh River.

The Easton Peace Candle is a tower-like structure erected every Christmas season in Easton. The approximately 106-foot tall structure, which resembles a giant candle, is assembled every year over the Soldier’s & Sailor’s Monument, a Civil War memorial in Centre Square. It is typically assembled in mid-November and lighted over Thanksgiving weekend and disassembled in early February each year.

The Peace Candle was first erected in 1951, and has been erected almost every year since then, having been replaced a few times due to damage or disrepair. It is dedicated to the Easton area men and women who have served or are serving in the United States armed forces.

It has been said to be the largest non-wax Christmas candle in the country. Although conceived with the hopes of restoring Easton’s pre-20^th century reputation for elaborate Christmas decorations, city officials also believed a candle would serve as a symbol of peace for all religions and denominations.

 

Trailing In The Leaves ...

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.”

                    ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

                         ~ 1804-1864

A sunlit late October afternoon reflects in the Delaware Canal as I was trailing in the leaves along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).

I captured this image after starting out from the Forks of the Delaware Trailhead at Delaware Canal State Park, Easton, Pennsylvania.

The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

 

A Sign Of Summer In October ...

“I can’t imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.”

         ~ Bill Bryson

         ~ American-British author

          ~ born 1951

A cool sign beckons travelers on South Delaware Drive – Route 611 – to The Canalside Cup, open seasonally in the spring and summer, in Williams Township, Easton, Pennsylvania, along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) on a late October afternoon.

Sadly, The Canalside Cup is now permanently closed, but it dished up tasty fare with a cup of retro on the side.

The Canalside Cup served up ice cream, funnel cake fries, burgers, hot dogs and the like with a retro vibe, as 1950s music played over speakers outside where shaded picnic tables invited patrons to soak up the scenic view while they noshed.

I captured this shot after setting off from the Wy-Hit-Tuk Park Trailhead, Easton of the D&L Trail.

The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

Wy-Hit-Tuk means “river” in the Native American language of the Lenape, the American Indians who lived throughout the Delaware River Basin at the time of European contact.