Frosted Fire ...

“It is the life of the crystal,

the architect of the flake,

the soul of the sunbeam,

This crisp winter air is full of it.”

       ~ John Burroughs

         ~ 1837-1921

         ~ “Winter Sunshine”

            ~ 1875

The pink hues of a winter’s cotton candy sunset dance among the ice floes in the Jordan Creek on an early February day at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

I'll Fly Away ...

“… Just a few more days and then

I’ll fly away

To a land where joys will never end

I’ll fly away …”

           ~ “I’ll Fly Away”

          ~ written by Alfred E. Brumley

        in 1929, published in 1932

  ~ “I’ll Fly Away” has been called the most recorded Gospel song. One of the earliest recordings of the hymn was made by the Selah Jubilee Singers in 1941. It has been recorded by many artists, including George Jones, Johnny Cash and Alan Jackson.

It is a frequently used in worship services by Baptists, Pentecostals, Nazarenes, the Churches of Christ & many Methodists.

I captured this high contrast monochrome shot of milkweed seeds in the October breeze before they fly away on an autumn afternoon at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

Snow Covered ...

“What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks’ rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long?”

    ~ Anna Neagle

       ~ 1904-1986

Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox, DBE (Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) known professionally as Anna Neagle, was a popular English stage and film actress, singer and dancer.

The snow covered Geiger’s Covered Bridge paints a peaceful late winter scene on an early March day.

Geiger’s Covered Bridge is an historic wooden covered bridge in North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. It is a 112-foot-long Burr Truss bridge, constructed in 1860. It has vertical plank siding and an entry portal of stepped square planks. It crosses the Jordan Creek and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It can be accessed from The Covered Bridge Trail of the Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.