A Moon Full Of Blues ...

“…Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do

But there ain’t no cure for the

      summertime blues …”

                   ~ “Summertime Blues”

             ~co-written & recorded by American
                  rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran

    ~ written by Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capehart

                            ~ 1958

 What’s the cure for the summertime blues? The 10^th annual Blues, Brews & Barbecue in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania June 10, 2017 … a tad before summer but a great way to kick off the season with the sounds of the blues & the taste of brews and barbecue!

I blended a street scene photo I shot at the festival of blues guitarist Albert Castiglia and his band blaring some blazing blues tunes on the PPL (Pennsylvania Power and Light Company) Plaza stage during an evening performance with a full moon I captured  August 18, 2016 in Allentown to create this image.

The drums were continually changing colors during the concert between pink, purple and blue, how cool is that!

Are there blues on the moon? I hope so!

Texture by Jai Johnson added for artistic effect.

Savoring In Springtime ...

              “Carpe Diem !”

                  ~ Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated “seize the day,” taken from book one of the Roman poet Horace’s work “Odes” (23 BC)

It’s carpe diem for this squirrel as it seizes the day and savors a springtime evening in early June at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

As Long As I'm Singing ...

“As long as I’m singin’

Then the world’s all right

And everything’s swingin’

Long as I’m singin’ my song

Ummmm…makin’ music

Is more to me than a pleasure

'cause me and music

We go together like notes in a measure

Long as I’m singin’

Then the world’s all right

And everything’s swingin’

Long as I’m singin’ my…

Long as I’m singin’ my …

Long as I’m singin’ my song.”

                 ~ “As Long As I’m Singing”

        ~written & recorded by 

                the wonderful Bobby Darin

                                    ~ 1964

A red-winged black bird sings its song on an early June evening at the Lehigh Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania in the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain.

The Lehigh Gap is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).

The Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.