"Do not let Sunday be taken from you.
If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes
an orphan."
~ Albert Schweitzer
1875-1965
I saw this rural scene on an early summer Sunday
afternoon from the Ironton Rail Trail, which loops more than
nine miles through Whitehall Township, the Borough of Coplay and
North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.
The corridor was originally home to the
Ironton Railroad 1860-1984.
"I will love the light for it shows me the way,
yet I will endure the darkness for it
shows me the stars."
~ Og Mandino
1923-1996
The summer sun filters through a beautiful
tiger lily, ablaze like a fiery jewel on a June
evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I've been having a sweet dream,
I've been dreaming since I woke
up today ..."
"Daydream"
~ Lovin' Spoonful
1966
This sweet robin really seemed to be
lost in a daydream on a beautiful June
day at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
I'm not a fan of bats, in fact they scare me. But seeing this
one on a rock this evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, was such an unusual sight
I had to capture it in a photo.
"Softly, as in an evenin' sunset
the light that gave you glory
will take it all away" ...
So sang the wonderful Bobby Darin in his version of
"Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise," from
Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein's
1928 operetta, "The New Moon."
This sunset stole softly into the sky on a hot
June evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"It sure is mellow grazin' in the grass ...
The sun beaming down between the leaves ...
Everything here is so clear you can see it,
Everything here is so real you can feel it ..."
~ "Grazing In The Grass"
~ The Friends of Distinction, 1969
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe seems mellow indeed
as she grazes on a June evening in the park. I've been blessed to
photograph this doe and her fawns for the past two years.
"The magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt
and sits on it; but man will never on his heap of
mud keep still."
~ Joseph Conrad
1857-1924
This white butterfly finds a shady spot in the mud
to sip some moisture yesterday at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Forget your troubles, come on get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy ..."
~ "Get Happy"
~ Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, 1930
My candid camera captured this girl jumping for joy
that summer is near on a June evening at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"One day you'll look to see I've gone
For tommorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun ..."
"I'll Follow The Sun"
~ The Beatles
Lennon & McCartney, 1964
This rock dove (rock pigeon) is poised to follow
the evening sun in June atop the historic
Wehr's Covered Bridge, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
"Patriotism! There is magic in the word.
It is bliss to repeat it."
~ Archbishop John Ireland
1838-1918
The American flag waves proudly in the
evening sun in May at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"What's it all about Alfie...
when you walk let your heart lead the way
and you'll find love any day ...
"Alfie"
~Burt Bacharach & Hal David
~1966
The image of this man fishing alone at
Wehr's Dam, Orefield, Pennsylvania on a June evening made me wonder if he could be thinking about his life as in "What's it all about Alfie ..."
Shanty on 19th, a cool spot on a warm
May afternoon on Nineteenth Street in the
quaint West End Theatre District,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"What is art? It is the response of man's
creative soul to the call of the real."
~ Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941
Roses may very well be the champagne of flowers.
This beautiful Rainbow Sorbet Rose is captured
in monochrome in June at the Malcolm W. Gross
Memorial Rose Gardens, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"What makes you think love will end
When you know that my whole life
depends on you ...
Never my love ..."
"Never My Love,"
~ The Association, 1967
The life of the rosebud is intertwined
with that of the rose in full bloom, which colors it with life
on a June day at
the Malcolm W. Gross Memorial Rose Gardens,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Belle" is on the marquee of The Nineteenth Street Theatre/Civic Theatre
on a June evening. The Nineteenth Street Theatre is an historic community
center that hosts theatre, arts education and film. It is the oldest cinema in
Allentown, Pennsylvania, opening Sept. 17, 1928. In July 1957, the property
was purchased by Allentown's Civic Little Theatre. It is located in the heart
of the quaint West End Theatre District.
"...On the roof's the only place I know
where you just have to wish to make it so ..."
~ "Up On The Roof"
~ The Drifters, 1962
This robin may have been wishing while perched up on the roof of the
Heritage Fly Shop on the Little Lehigh
on a June day at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
A car flashes by Blink Optical Boutique and other merchants on a June evening
on Nineteenth Street in the West End Theatre District,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The driver likely was going to fast to appreciate the quaint beauty of the area.
"So the darkness shall be the light,
and the stillness the dancing."
~ T.S. Eliot
1888-1965
Blossoms of a flowering tree dance
in the evening breeze this spring at
Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I will remember you
will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories."
~ Sarah McLaughlin, 1995
This dandelion puff on a May evening
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania
brought to mind that wonderful song.
"Groovin' on a Sunday afternoon ...
We'll keep on spending
sunny days this way ..."
~ "Groovin'"
~ Young Rascals
1967
This man seems to enjoy strumming his guitar
and singing on a sunny day in May at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania in this candid capture.
"The eyes are the window to your soul..."
~ William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
Sweet and gentle white-tailed deer doe
shows off her beautiful eyes this evening in the park.
I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her
fawns for the past two years.
"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.
