By Leaps And Bounds ...

“Born free, as free as the wind blows

As free as the grass grows

Born free to follow your heart …

Live free and beauty surrounds you ...

Stay free, where no walls divide you ...

Born free, and life is worth living

But only worth living

'Cause you're born free.”

 ~ “Born Free”

 ~ title song of the 1966 film

 ~music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black

In a winter shorn of snow, a beautiful and free white-tailed deer fawn, born free, is growing by leaps and bounds on her way to becoming a yearling as she seemingly sails through the park on a late January evening in the Leap Year of 2020.

Savoring The Moment ...

“If you are not filled with overflowing love, compassion and goodwill for all creatures living wild in nature, you will never know true happiness.”

                      ~ Paul Oxton

              ~ founder & director of 

              Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation

My favorite white-tailed deer doe savors an apple in the spring snow on an early April evening in the park in this selective color shot.

I’ve been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it’s a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.

Blues Singer ...

“The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.”

           ~ Eric Berne

             ~1910 – 1970

        ~American psychiatrist & writer, best known as the creator of Transactional analysis, and as the author of “Games People Play: the Psychology of Human Relations” published in 1964

A beautiful blue jay – sometimes called a jaybird – sings while perched on a tree branch on a gorgeous May afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.