Dixieland Blues ...

“All good things are wild and free.”

                 ~ Henry David Thoreau

                              ~1817-1862

A Great Blue Heron soaks up the autumn sunshine on a late October afternoon in the beautiful Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Great Blue September ...

“Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard.”

                       ~ Luther Standing Bear

                                  ~ 1868-1939

 A Great Blue Heron seems to pose for a portrait while perched at Wehr’s Dam as it peers into the waters of the Jordan Creek on a late September afternoon.

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

Jet Blue Takeoff...

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

                             ~ Sam Clark

A Great Blue Heron prepares for a fast takeoff along the Little Lehigh Creek on an early July evening at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.