"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
~ George Eliot
~ 1819-1880
Autumn's paintbrush strokes a delicious golden
hue on the trees beneath a cerulean blue sky on a gorgeous November afternoon at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
"I believe with all my heart that standing up for America means standing up for the God who has so blessed our land."
~ Ronald Reagan
~ 1911-2004
~ 40th President of the United States of America
~ 1981-1989
A gold rush of beauty gilds the night sky at the 2015 Fourth of July Fireworks set off from
J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown, Pennsylvania, illuminating the truth that freedom is golden.
How wonderful it would be to have fireworks - and the fire of patriotism - in our hearts every day!
"Life is no brief candle...
it is a sort of splendid torch ...
make it burn as brightly as possible ..."
~ George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950
A man on his personal watercraft
chases a summer sunset on the golden
waters of the Delaware River near the
historic Northampton Street Bridge
(commonly called The Free Bridge)
that spans Phillipsburg, New Jersey
and Easton, Pennsylvania.
"In nature, light creates the color.
In the picture, color creates the light."
~ Hans Hofmann
~ 1880-1966
A window in the historic Bogert's Covered Bridge, Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania frames a view of the Little Lehigh Creek flowing beneath the bridge today.
"Autumn ... the year's last, loveliest smile."
~ William Cullen Bryant
~1794-1878
Gilded autumn leaves create a canopy this morning at one of my favorite spots on the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania.
"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.