Showing posts with label great blue heron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label great blue heron. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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.


 

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

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.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

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.