No Skating ...

“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”

              ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                    ~ 1803-1882

A midwinter snowfall cascades around the “No Skating” sign at the pond on a February afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Red Steppin' ...

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

                    ~ Elliott Erwitt

                           ~ photographer

                                 ~born 1928

When I saw the bright pop of red on this fire escape on a late October afternoon in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, I knew I had to capture it in a photograph!

Winter Red ...

“I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.”

                         ~ e e cummings

                             ~ 1894-1962

Beautiful North American Male Cardinal brings a pop of red to a gray January evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.