Cute As A Button ...

“A simple act of kindness and compassion towards a single animal may not mean anything to all creatures, but will mean everything to one.”

                            ~ Paul Oxton

                           ~ founder & director

                  of Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation

My favorite white-tailed deer button buck is cute as a button enjoying an apple during a January sunset in the park as his mama doe stood closeby.

It was 15 degrees with sub-zero windchills when I captured this sweet image, but it warmed my heart to see Buttons – as I call him – enjoy his apple!

The Gentle Autumn ...

“Change is a measure of time and, in the autumn, time seems speeded up. What was is not and never again will be; what is is change.”

     ~ Edwin Way Teale

         ~ 1899-1980

          ~ American naturalist,

                   photographer & writer

        ~Teale’s works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930 – 1980. He is perhaps best known for his series “The American Seasons,” four books documenting over 75,000 miles (121,000 km) of automobile travel across North America following the changing seasons.

The changing color of autumn leaves gently cascade over the Little Lehigh Creek on an early November day at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.