Showing posts with label wingspread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wingspread. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Wings Of Faith ...

 “The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”

              ~ J.M. Barrie

                  ~ 1860 ~ 1937

           ~  from “The Little White Bird”

                  ~ 1902

    ~ Barrie is the creator of Peter Pan, who first appeared in “The Little White Bird”

A female mallard duck takes flight over Monocacy Falls on a beautiful November afternoon at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


 

Monday, March 28, 2022

The Snow Goose Welcomes Spring ...

“Spring work goes on with joyful enthusiasm.”

                  ~ John Muir

                  ~ 1838 ~ 1914

A snow goose joyfully welcomes spring with open wings along the banks of the Jordan Creek on the first day of spring – March 20, 2022 – at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The Jordan Creek pours over Wehr’s Dam, built in 1904, then continues to flow beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841.


 

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Winging It ...


“Be inspired by your journeys traveled, and the ones yet to come.”
                  ~ Sam Clark
A Great Blue Heron prepares to take off on a beautiful summer evening in mid-August at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.