Monday, October 16, 2017

Plein Air L'Automne ...



“The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.”
               ~ George Sand 
~ pseudonym of  Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin 
            ~ French novelist & memoirist
                         ~ 1804-1876
Plein Air painter captures the nature of a warm autumn evening on canvas at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania in this candid capture I shot in early October.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Happy Trails ...



“Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smilin’ until then.
Who cares about the clouds when we’re together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Happy trails to you, ‘till we meet again.

Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It’s the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here’s a happy one for you.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smilin’ until then.
Who cares about the clouds when we’re together?
Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Happy trails to you, till me meet again.”
               “Happy Trails”
                     ~ by Dale Evans
  ~ theme song for the 1940s & 1950s
   radio program & the 1950s television show
        starring Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

It’s a tale – or perhaps tail – of the trail as this cute little dog enjoys autumn along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) riding on this man’s back as he pedals his bicycle through a beautiful October afternoon 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.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The Swan's Winter Evening ...



“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life.”
                      ~ L. Wolfe Gilbert
                ~Russian-born American songwriter 
                     of Tin Pan Alley
                      ~ 1886-1970
A beautiful mute swan serenely glides along the pond on an early February evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.