" Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring."
~ Truman Capote, "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Kreidersville Covered Bridge in Allen Township, Pennsylvania was built in 1839. The bridge is loved for its great history and tranquil setting by the Hokendauqua Creek. It is the only covered bridge left in Northampton County. Today it seemed the highlight of an autumn postcard.
"There was a time when meadow, grove and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream."
~ William Wordsworth
"Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood"
The autumn sun paints the stream last weekend at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
" Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them."
~ John Ruskin
Sunset was like a painting in the sky yesterday at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Brigadoon, Brigadoon, blooming under sable skies. Brigadoon, Brigadoon,
There my heart forever lies. Let the world grow cold around us, let the heavens cry above! Brigadoon, Brigadoon, in thy valley, there'll be love!"
~ "Brigadoon," Lerner & Loewe, 1947
As the morning light dapples on the path this weekend at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, it seems as though it could be the road to Brigadoon!
"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."
~ Vincent van Gogh
I love finding the spots tucked away from the main path for photos. This is one of
my favorites just behind the springhouse at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania. On this November afternoon the scene looked like a painting to me.
"When the sun has set, no candle can replace it."
~ George R.R. Martin
The October sky shows its beauty at sunset tonight at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."
~ L.M. Montgomery, "Anne of Green Gables"
October's golden light touches Robin Hood Dell at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania just before sunset today.
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower ..."
~ Albert Camus
This is one of my favorite autumn spots in Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The title of this shot, which I took this weekend, was inspired by one of my favorite movies,
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn."
"But I miss you most of all my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall ..."
~ "Autumn Leaves," French lyrics by Jacques Prevert, English lyrics by Johnny Mercer,
Music by Joseph Kosma, 1946.
Raindrops that looked like tears lingered on this leaf after the sun appeared this weekend at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, reminding me of this line from the 1946 classic, "Autumn Leaves."
