“Roll forth, my song, like the rushing river.”
~ James Clarence Mangan
~ Irish poet
~ 1803 ~ 1849
Winter’s song will soon give way to spring’s refrain as the cold, rushing waters swiftly flow on a March day at the ford of the Jordan Creek, one of my very favorite places to be and to photograph, at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
“Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
Oh, dream maker
You heartbreaker
Wherever you’re going I’m going your way
Two drifters off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting round the bend
My huckleberry friend
Moon river and me.”
~ “Moon River”
~ composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The moon meets the river on a beautiful morning in the surreal.
I created this image by blending my shot of the full Hunter’s Moon ~ when hunters used moonlight to hunt prey and prepare for winter ~ of October 20, 2021 as it shone its beauty at 8:22 p.m. over the West End of Allentown, Pennsylvania, with my capture of the early morning of May 31, 2022 at the Ford of the Jordan Creek, one of my very favorite places to be and to photograph, at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. I shot this after taking sunrise photos at the preserve. I spent several hours walking through the preserve’s beautiful spring scenery with the air soft and warm in the low 70s before temperatures soared into the 90s.For more than 50 years visitors have enjoyed driving through the Jordan Creek. Kids and kids at heart cite “Crossing the Water” as one of their fondest memories.
“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
~ 1817 ~ 1862
A vehicle crosses the spring waters at the Ford of the Jordan Creek, one of my very favorite places to be and to photograph, at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
I shot this in the early morning of May 31, 2022 after taking sunrise photos at the preserve. I spent several hours walking through the preserve’s beautiful spring scenery with the air soft and warm in the low 70s before temperatures soared into the 90s.
For more than 50 years visitors have enjoyed driving through the Jordan Creek. Kids and kids at heart cite “Crossing the Water” as one of their fondest memories.
