Watercolor Bluebells ...

“Art is man’s nature; nature is God’s art.”

             ~ Philip James Bailey

                   ~ English poet

                               ~1816 ~ 1902

Beguiling bluebells bloom softly in early April as they dance in the afternoon sun near the banks of the Swabia Creek at Lock Ridge Park and Furnace Museum, Alburtis, Pennsylvania in this painterly image I captured on a beautiful spring day.

The blooming of the multitude of Lock Ridge bluebells – also called grape hyacinth – is a clarion call of spring in the Lehigh Valley, drawing many people to photograph and glimpse their beauty in the span of the few weeks they bloom.

 

Lock Ridge Park is a park built around an historic iron ore blast furnace just outside Alburtis, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. The park preserves portions of the former Lock Ridge Iron Works, which dates back to 1868. The 59-acre park was opened in August 1976.

 

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.

Springtime Rush