Whitetail Winterlude ...

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

              ~ Gary Snyder

              ~ born 1930

         ~ Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, 1975

My favorite white-tailed deer doe, at right, and her fawn – now almost a yearling – pose for a mother-daughter winter portrait on a February evening at home in the park.

I’ve been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it’s a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.

Just Dandy ...

“Butterflies … flowers that fly and all but sing.”

       ~ Robert Frost

            ~ 1874-1963

         ~ Four Time Pulitzer Prize Winner

A white butterfly alights on a dandelion on a beautiful – and dandy – April afternoon along the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) at Lehigh Gap.

In the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, the Lehigh Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the D&L Trail. 

The Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

Red-Tailed Winter ...

“Be inspired by your journeys traveled, and the ones yet to come.”

                ~ Sam Clark

A red-tailed hawk strikes a majestic pose against bright blue skies on a blustery December afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.