Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Sunshine On The Water ...




“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.
If I had a day that I could give you, I’d give to you the day just like today.
If I had a song that I could sing for you, I’d sing a song to make you feel this way …

If I had a tale that I could tell you, I’d tell a tale sure to make you smile.
If I had a wish that I could wish for you, I’d make a wish for sunshine all the while …

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.”

                 ~ “Sunshine On My Shoulders”
             ~ recorded & co-written by John Denver
                            ~ 1973


The summer was waning but its special beauty still shone through on an early September afternoon when I saw this sunflower bloom gently floating and reflecting in the creek at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Two other sunflower blooms were floating nearby, and John Denver's beautiful  “Sunshine On My Shoulders” immediately sprang to my thoughts, with its wonderful lyrics – isn’t this what we’d all want to give those we love?

Indeed, sunshine on the water looks so lovely.

                                                        
                                             








Monday, May 2, 2016

We'll Have Manhattan ...



"...I've a cozy little flat in 
What is known as old Manhattan,
We'll settle down
Right here in town.


... We'll have Manhattan,
the Bronx and Staten Island too ...

The great big city's a wondrous toy
Just made for a girl and boy -
We'll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy."
                          ~ "Manhattan"
               ~Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, 1925
~ A popular song and part of the 
Great American Songbook, often known as
"We'll Have Manhattan" 

An artistic view of beautiful tulips in full
bloom in Lower Manhattan on a gorgeous April day in New York City, settled down in town to turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.   
               

       

Monday, March 14, 2016

Hope Springs Eternal ...



"Hope springs eternal ..."
                          ~ Alexander Pope
                                ~ 1688-1744

Hope springs eternal, just as surely as
the daffodils bloom in the early spring.

I always fill with happiness like a child
when I see spring's first blooms.

This is the first daffodil bud I've seen this season, 
captured in mid-March a little more than 
a week before the official beginning of
spring, a time of hope, beauty and fresh possibilities.

Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus ... whatever 
name you choose, this bud says spring
is awakening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Hope, like spring, is ever near.     
                                    

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Feelin Groovy ...

"Let the morning time drop all it's petals on me,
Life I love you, all is groovy ..."
                       "The 59th Street Bridge Song" (Feelin' Groovy)
                               ~Simon and Garfunkel, 1966

This coneflower takes on a groovy mood in June
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Scent Of Light ...


"I will love the light for it shows me the way,
yet I will endure the darkness for it 
shows me the stars."
                    ~ Og Mandino
                             1923-1996

The summer sun filters through a beautiful
tiger lily, ablaze like a fiery jewel on a June
evening at Trexler Memorial Park, 
Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

Monday, June 9, 2014

Champagne On A Stem ...


"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. 

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Never My Love ...

"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. 

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Dreamer Of Dreams ...


"We are the music makers,
and we are the
dreamers of dreams ..."
             ~ Arthur O'Shaughnessy
                         (1844-1881)

A dream like view of a beautiful magnolia bud
on an April day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

You Fill Up My Senses ...


"You fill up my senses,
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime
like a walk in the rain ..."
          "Annie's Song"
                     ~ John Denver, 1974

A magnolia blossom fills the senses with beauty
on an April day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

Monday, April 14, 2014

Stirring ...


"Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms
without the aid of the seasons."
                                                               ~ Kahlil Gibran

I love magnolia trees, and this breaking bud shows spring was stirring 
this weekend at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

Monday, April 7, 2014

The Awakening ...


"When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere ..."
                                     ~John O'Donohue 
                                                       Irish poet & philosopher
                                                                    (1956-2008)

 Daffodil, Jonquil, Narcissus ... whatever name you choose,
this breaking bud says spring is awakening this weekend at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Sentimental Journey ...



" God  gave us memories so that we may have roses in December."
                                                              ~ James Barrie

Seeing this rose petal nestled in the leaves at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania recently reminded me of the beautiful, sentimental words of James Barrie.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Of Glory In The Flower ...


"Though nothing can bring back the hour 
of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; 
We will grieve not,
rather find strength in what remains behind ..."

 ~ William Wordsworth, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality
                                     from Recollections of Early Childhood"

When I saw these flowers planted near the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania in the waning days of summer last week, it reminded me of these lines from my favorite poem.


Saturday, September 21, 2013

When Sunny Gets Blue ...



When I saw this little wildflower basking in the sun a few days ago on the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania, it brought to mind that great Nat King Cole song,  
"When Sunny Gets Blue."

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Soul Of Summer Video



LeAnn Rimes' beautiful version of "I Believe" sets the backdrop for this celebration of the inspiration and splendor of summer. My greatest joy as a photographer is harmonizing my favorite original  photos to music to create a lingering snapshot of the season. Enjoy!...