The Art Of The Swan ...

“Until you spread your wings, you will have no idea how far you can fly.”

              ~ Napolean Bonaparte

                     ~ 1769-1821 
A beautiful mute swan artfully flashes its wingspan on Lake Muhlenberg in this high contrast monochrome shot I captured on a late August evening at Cedar Creek Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

A Little Night Music ...

“Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair ... ?”

         ~ “Send In The Clowns”

    ~ written by Stephen Sondheim for
   the 1973 musical “A Little Night Music”

A beautiful mute swan glances at a white feather floating by in the pond on a winter’s evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Background texture by Jai Johnson added for artistic effect.

The Swan's Winter Evening ...

“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life.”

                      ~ L. Wolfe Gilbert

                ~Russian-born American songwriter 

                     of Tin Pan Alley

                      ~ 1886-1970

A beautiful mute swan serenely glides along the pond on an early February evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.