Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pink. Show all posts

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Summer Vibes ...

“I’m pickin’ up good vibrations …”
     ~ “Good Vibrations”
  ~composed by Brian Wilson,
           lyrics by Mike Love
      ~ The Beach Boys
       ~ 1966
The light of a looming late summer sunset flirts with these fuchsia flip flops, seemingly left behind after a day of summer fun on the banks of the Jordan Creek at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania in early September.

On the color wheel fuchsia is located between pink and purple, which means it can be thought of as a meeting point between the two shades. However, in everyday use, fuchsia is commonly thought of as a bright shade of pink.

Monday, April 13, 2020

It's Cherry Blossom Time ...


“Came the spring with all its splendor,
All its birds and all its blossoms,
All its flowers and leaves and grasses.”
                 ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
                              ~ 1807-1882
An artistic view of delightful cherry blossoms that tops off an April afternoon with the spirit of spring at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

Monday, March 23, 2020

Beautiful Dreamer ...


“Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee,
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull’d by the moonlight have all passed away …”
  ~ “Beautiful Dreamer”
  ~parlor song by American songwriter
              Stephen Foster
                  ~ 1826-1864
 ~published posthumously in March 1864
  ~ one of Foster’s most memorable ballads & best loved works
  ~ recorded by Bing Crosby in 1940 & various other artists

 ~ Foster, known as “the father of American music,” was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor music. He wrote more than 200 songs, including “Oh! Susanna,” “Hard Times Come Again No More,” “Camptown Races,” “Old Folks At Home” (“Swanee River”), “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” and “Beautiful Dreamer.” Many of his compositions remain popular today. He has been identified as “the most famous songwriter of the nineteenth century” and may be the most recognizable American composer in other countries. His compositions are sometimes referred to as “childhood songs” because they have been included in the music curriculum of early education. Most of his handwritten music manuscripts are lost, but editions issued by publishers of his day can be found in various collections.
An April sunset beckons as a beautiful blossom waits for a nearby bud to wake and bloom on my favorite pink magnolia tree at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.