At Guth's Bridge In June ...

“A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.”

         ~ Eugene Delacroix

          ~ 1798-1863

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.
Manassas Guth Covered Bridge is the star of this painterly and serene scene that I captured on the first day of summer, June 20, 2020.

Manassas Guth Covered Bridge crosses the Jordan Creek in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. The historic wooden bridge was constructed in 1858 and rebuilt in 1882. It is a 108-foot long Burr Truss Bridge with vertical siding. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and is part of Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The bridge is also known as Guth’s Covered Bridge and Guth’s Bridge.

Fawn In The Evening Shade ...

“A simple act of kindness and compassion towards a single animal may not mean anything to all creatures, but will mean everything to one.”

     ~ Paul Oxton

         ~ founder & director of

           Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation

It’s always the sweetest sight of summer to see a white-tailed deer fawn, and here my favorite one – Buttons, as I call him – strikes a pose in the evening shade in early July as his mama doe and twin sister stood close by in the park.

I began photographing Buttons as a precious white-spotted fawn, then a sweet button buck and yearling before he migrated away in January 2020. It’s a true joy and blessing to me personally and as a photographer to have watched this white-tailed deer grow.