"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses,
which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~1803-1882
Sunset hues begin to steal across the summer sky over Easton, Pennsylvania as viewed from across the Delaware River in Phillipsburg, New Jersey next to the historic Northampton Street Bridge, commonly called The Free Bridge.
The bridge that spans the states was completed in 1896 and survived damage from massive flooding from Hurricane Diane in 1955. It underwent a thorough restoration in 1990.
"But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues ..."
~ "Summertime Blues"
~ 1958
The song says there ain't no cure for
the summertime blues, and there
ain't no cure for monochrome
Great Blue! This Great Blue Heron
sits for a portrait in high contrast
monochrome on a summer evening at
Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me they long to be
close to you."
"Close To You"
~ Burt Bacharach & Hal David
1963
Perhaps these mourning doves were thinking
of the song made popular by the Carpenters as they
shared a spot on the wire on a summer afternoon
in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Beautiful white-tailed deer yearling strikes a regal pose
in the park on a summer evening.
I've been blessed to photograph this young buck's
mama doe and her fawns for two years.
"All that glitters is gold."
All that glitters is gold in the night sky during the
2014 Fourth of July fireworks set off from
J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Ah, to have fireworks every day!
"Oh say can you see
by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed
at the twilight's last gleaming ..."
~ "The Star Spangled Banner"
~ Francis Scott Key
1814
The waning evening sunlight illuminates
The Star Spangled Banner this spring at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA!
"Here we come ... we're the young generation,
and we've got something to say ..."
~ "Theme from The Monkees"
~1966
A whimsical view of two adorable white-tailed deer
fawns as they ran out of the thicket to greet a June
sunset just off the Ironton Rail Trail, North Whitehall
Township, Pennsylvania.
Sweet and beautiful white-tailed deer fawn poses
in a field just off the Ironton Rail Trail, North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
at sunset in June.
"If I can put one touch of rosy sunset
into the life of any man or woman,
I shall feel that
I have worked with God."
~ G.K. Chesterton
~ 1874-1936
God gives a master class in
painting the sky with this
summer sunset in June
at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"I memorize moments that I'm fondest of ...
And so in these moments with sunlight above
My cup runneth over with love ...."
~ "My Cup Runneth Over"
~ "I Do! I Do!"
~1966
Summer streams over the crest of the creek
at one of my favorite spots at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, bringing to mind the
beautiful words of that song.
This moment was captured in a long exposure, high contrast monochrome shot.
"He's so fine, wish he were mine ..."
~ "He's So Fine"
~ The Chiffons,
1963
It seems this white domestic duck may have been
impressed with the other duck's splashing antics, thinking,
"He's so fine!" on a June evening at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Ah, summer love!
"We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, making our
dreams come true ..."
"Sweet Life"
~ Paul Davis
1978
Adorable mallard ducklings are
just beginning their sweet life in
June at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Softly drops the crimson sun:
Softly down from overhead,
Drop the bell-notes, one by one,
Melting in the melting red ..."
~"Angelus"
~ Susan Coolidge
1835-1905
A view of a crimson sunset ablaze on a hot
June evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"If everyone lit just one little candle,
What a bright world it would be!"
~ "One Little Candle"
~ George Mysels & Joseph Maloy Roach
~ 1952
A white butterfly illuminates in the evening summer
sun at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"In order to see the birds it is necessary to become
part of the silence."
~ Robert Lynd
1879-1949
Portrait of a beautiful North American Cardinal in June
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked,
in which you can walk with love and reverence."
~Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862
The trail takes on a moody beauty on a cloudy evening
in early June at Wehr's Covered Bridge Park,
Orefield, Pennsylvania.
"Let the morning time drop all it's petals on me,
Life I love you, all is groovy ..."
"The 59th Street Bridge Song" (Feelin' Groovy)
~Simon and Garfunkel, 1966
This coneflower takes on a groovy mood in June
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"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.
