"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."
~ Louisa May Alcott
(1832-1888)
Sweet and gentle mourning dove is perched on a wire
on a May afternoon at Wehr's Covered Bridge Park,
Orefield, Pennsylvania.
"... All you need is love, love
Love is all you need."
~ Lennon & McCartney
1967
You can just hear the Beatles singing their great song
when seeing the simple joys of childhood
and family love in focus in this candid shot
on Memorial Day at Wehr's Dam, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
"...You're waiting from the backroads
by the rivers of my memories,
ever smilin'
ever gentle on my mind."
~ "Gentle On My Mind,"
~ 1967
The words from that wonderful song seem to fill the air on a May afternoon at Manassas Guth Covered Bridge as it crosses the Jordan Creek.
The historic wooden covered bridge
in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania 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.
It's almost summer in the city on Memorial Day weekend
on Nineteenth Street in the quaint West End Theatre District,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer,
it sings because it has a song."
~ Lou Holtz
Male North American cardinal brings a pop of red
to the landscape on a May evening at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe looks blissful
grazing on a May evening in the park. I've been blessed to
photograph her and her fawns for two years, always wonderful
to see. It's an amazing feeling to me when she sees me,
recognizes me and walks over like an old friend!
You never know what you'll see on the trail!
This man's parrot waits for him to pay attention to him
instead of the phone in this candid shot taken recently
at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"You're the emblem of the land I love,
the home of the free and the brave ..."
~ "You're A Grand Old Flag," ~ George M. Cohan
Old Glory waves proudly in the wind in the May breeze
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
With honor and gratitude on Memorial Day to those members of
the armed forces who died serving our great country.
Wishes, hopes and dreams is what came to my mind
when I saw these adorable goslings posing recently
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I believe in pink ... I believe that tommorrow is another day,
and most importantly, I believe in miracles."
~ Audrey Hepburn
Nothing says spring like a flowering cherry tree on an
April day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The only snow goose I've seen this year at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania
poses on an April day.
This cute chimpmunk enjoys a sunny April day at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Do Be Do Be Do ..."
~ Frank Sinatra
This bee was so covered in pollen it was probably ready
to sing on an April day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Precious Canadian geese goslings nestle in the wings of their
mama on the day before Mother's Day 2014 at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"We are the music makers,
and we are the
dreamers of dreams ..."
~ Arthur O'Shaughnessy
(1844-1881)
A dream like view of a beautiful magnolia bud
on an April day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Ballet in the air ...
twin butterflies until, twice white
They meet, they mate."
~ Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694
Japanese Haiku
Mating white butterflies on an April morning at
Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Slow down it's Sunday ..."
~ "Sunday In New York"
Who needs a sundae with a Sunday view as sweet as these
Kwanzan Cherry Trees lining North Ott Street near
Cedar Creek Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania
in May.
There are 46 Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees in the
vicinity. The original trees date to the late 1950s
or early 1960s.
As Bobby Darin sang, "Slow down it's Sunday!"
"For in the dew of little things
the heart finds morning
and is refreshed."
~ Kahlil Gibran
A beautiful April morning at Robin Hood Dell, Lehigh Parkway,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of
Time like dew on the tip of a leaf."
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Spending time this March in the charming, Victorian town of
Belvidere, New Jersey, located on the banks of
the Pequest and Delaware Rivers.
Carpe Diem!
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe seems to seize the day
as she enthusiastically crunches on an apple
in the park on an April evening.
"...I always knew I would live life through
with a song in my heart for you."
~ "With A Song In My Heart"
from the Rodgers & Hart
1929 musical "Spring Is Here"
Sweet robin today at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"All you need is faith, trust and a little pixie dust."
~ Peter Pan
April seems to have sprinkled pixie dust on a magnolia tree flower
in Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania in this artistic view, bringing to mind the words of Peter Pan!
"In order to understand the world one must
turn away from it occassionally."
~ Albert Camus
A man walks alone in front of a flowering weeping willow tree
amid the spring beauty of Cedar Creek Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania
on an April day. At left is Muhlenberg College.
"Love is like a butterfly. It settles upon you when you least expect it."
~ Author Unknown
A pair of mating white butterflies on an April morning last week
at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"What the world needs now
is love, sweet love ..."
~ "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
~ Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 1965
The pose of this beautiful white-tailed deer doe and her fawn last
evening in the park reminded me of the wonderful song composed by
Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David in 1965.
"...With the first faint scent of spring, I remember life exists ..."
~ John Geddes, "A Familiar Rain"
Beautiful Mourning Cloak Butterfly enjoys an
April afternoon this week at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania. They are often one of the first butterflies seen in the spring.
"You fill up my senses,
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime
like a walk in the rain ..."
"Annie's Song"
~ John Denver, 1974
A magnolia blossom fills the senses with beauty
on an April day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms
without the aid of the seasons."
~ Kahlil Gibran
I love magnolia trees, and this breaking bud shows spring was stirring
this weekend at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Now think of the happiest things.
It's the same as having wings."
~ Peter Pan
When I saw this cute black-capped chickadee on an April afternoon in Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, it reminded me
of this sweet and happy quote of Peter Pan.
"I shine in tears like the sun in April."
~ Cyril Tourneur
(1575-1626)
A watercolor-like photographic image of an
April reflection in the creek at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
