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Showing posts with label inspiring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiring. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Fording A Spring Morn ...
"Joy comes in the morning."
~ Psalm 30:5
God's creation renders a soft spring morning
at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania as an adorable dog splashes at the ford of the Jordan Creek.
This serene image paints why this is one of my
very favorite places to be and to photograph,
and radiates the words of Psalm 30:5, "Joy comes in the morning."
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever ...
"On a clear day
Rise and look around you
And you see who you are
On a clear day
How it will astound you
That the glow of your being
Outshines every star
You'll feel part of
Every mountain, sea and shore
You can hear from far and near
A world you've never, never heard before
And on a clear day
On that clear day
You can see forever, and ever, and ever
And ever more."
~ "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever"
~ from the 1965 musical
"On A Clear Day You Can See Forever"
~Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner,
Music by Burton Lane
Basking in the April sun, this seagull perched in New York Harbor seems as if it could see forever while gazing over the Hudson River on a beautiful and clear spring day in Manhattan.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Shades of Alleluia ...
"A Christian should be
an Alleluia from head to foot."
~ St. Augustine
~ 354-430 A.D.
It's a touchstone of faith in the city as banners
joyfully wave a colorful chorus of Alleluias outside Trinity Church at the corner of Broadway
and Wall Street in New York City in April.
The Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan
was a refuge for relief workers after the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001. A sculpture
in front of the church was made out of a giant
sycamore tree destroyed on 9/11.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Shine On Freedom ...
"I know that for America
there will always be a bright dawn ahead."
~ Ronald Reagan
~ 1911-2004
~ 40th President of
the United States of America
One World Trade Center - The Freedom Tower -
gleams as April sunshine wraps itself around
Lower Manhattan on a gorgeous spring day
in New York City.
One World Trade Center is the main building
of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex.
With 104 floors, it is the tallest skyscraper
in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth
tallest in the world. It opened November 3, 2014.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
January On The Jordan ...
"I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty
page and I could do anything I wanted."
~ Jack Kerouac
~ 1922-1969
The light of approaching sunset dances and glows on the icy waters of the Jordan Creek at
Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville,
Pennsylvania on a gorgeous winter day.
This view of the flowing creek speaks to
me of following your dreams, possibilities,
and the inspiriting words of Jack Kerouac.
I captured this scene soon after the historic
January Blizzard of 2016. In a winter shorn
of snow until the blizzard, the storm plonked
31 inches of snow on nearby Allentown
in a 24 hour period.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Irish Blessings ...
"An Irish Prayer"
May God give you ...
For every storm, a rainbow
For every tear, a smile
For every care, a promise
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share
For every sigh a sweet song
And an answer for each prayer.
The autumn sunshine of a gorgeous Indian Summer day
smiles on St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Belvidere, New Jersey.
The shamrock windows give a touch of an Irish blessing, with a
beautiful statue of Jesus Christ with his arms outstretched above them.
The cornerstone of this quaint, picturesque church at
327 Greenwich Street was laid in 1891.
Belvidere, one of my very favorite places,
is a charming Victorian town on
the banks of the Pequest and Delaware Rivers.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Follow That Dream ...
"I've got to follow that dream wherever that dream may lead
I've got to follow that dream to find the love I need ...
But when a dream is calling you,
There's just one thing that you can do
Well, you gotta follow that dream wherever that dream may lead
You gotta follow that dream to find the love you need
Keep a-movin, move along, keep a moving ..."
~ "Follow That Dream"
~ from the 1962 musical film
"Follow That Dream"
~recorded by the great Elvis Presley
This Slinky follows it's dream to spring toward the rolling hills of Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
on a beautiful summer day, a great reminder to always follow that dream!
Slinky is a toy, a precompressed helical spring invented and developed by naval engineer Richard T. James in 1943.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
A Child's Dream of Winter ...
"When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season,
I'll know I'm growing old."
~ Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson
1912-2007
This brightly colored sled left behind by a child
shines like a beam of happiness after this season's
first significant snowfall on a November evening
at Trexler Memorial Park, Alletown, Pennsylvania,
a reminder to always see the season's first snowfall
with childlike wonder.
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Monday, November 17, 2014
What A Wonderful World ...
"Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world."
~ "What A Wonderful World"
~Bob Thiele & George David Weiss
~performed by Louis Armstrong
~ 1967
Seeing this sweet female white-tailed deer fawn
grazing on wild red berries on an October day on
the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania
made me stop and think, "what a wonderful world!"
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
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