Great Blue's Mad Orange Sunset ...

 

 “Meanwhile the sunsets are mad orange fools raging in the gloom....”

 ~ Jack Kerouac

  ~ 1922 ~ 1969

A Great Blue Heron is silhouetted against a blazing mad orange summer sunset in early July at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Rainspotting At Wehr's Dam ...

“Into each life some rain must fall.”

     ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

        ~ 1807-1882

I spotted this Great Blue Heron, looking amazingly small standing in the Jordan Creek at Wehr’s Dam, as an early evening rain falls on June 21, 2021 – the first full day of summer – at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The boardwalk of the Jordan Creek Greenway can be seen behind the dam.

The waters of the Jordan Creek spill over the dam to then flow beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge.

The dam, built in 1904, is next to Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841.

 

Winging It ...

“Be inspired by your journeys traveled, and the ones yet to come.”

                  ~ Sam Clark

A Great Blue Heron prepares to take off on a beautiful summer evening in mid-August at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Forget Me Never ...

“If I should go, forget me never

Please say that you’ll remember me

I pray the dreams we share together
Will shine on in your memory

Each time a star falls out of heaven

It leaves the sky a deeper blue

So if we part, forget me never

And don’t forget my love for you

And don’t forget my love for you.”

               ~ “Forget Me Never”

                ~ written by Fred Wise & Ben Weisman

               ~ recorded by the great Elvis Presley

                      November 7, 1960

A Great Blue Heron casts its gaze across the Jordan Creek, knowing it has continue its journey, but lingering awhile as the racing waters crescendo after a summer storm at the ford of the Jordan Creek, one of my very favorite places to be and to photograph at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.