Afternoon On The May River ...

“These are the days that must happen to you.”

   ~ Walt Whitman

    ~ 1819-1892

People take in the quiet beauty of a late October afternoon in the Lowcountry along the May River at Bluffton Oyster Factory Park, Old Town Bluffton, South Carolina.

A sign on the pier cautions, “Slow You Are Responsible For Your Wake.” A wake is the term for the disturbed water left behind as a boat moves through the water.

Bluffton is situated on the north bluff of the May River, giving the Beaufort County town its name. The river winds through the Old Town area of Bluffton, which locals call “the last true coastal village of the South.”

 

Plein Air Springhouse ...

“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”

            ~ Theodore Dreiser

                 ~1871-1945

Plein Air painter captures the rustic beauty of the Springhouse on canvas on an autumn afternoon at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania in this candid capture I shot in early October.

The log cabin was part of Springhouse, the summer home of General Harry C. Trexler (1854-1933), an American industrialist who built a business empire in Allentown. The park is his namesake.

Red-Tailed And Prey ...

“Nature can seem cruel, but she balances her books.”

      ~ Alison Lurie

~Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist

        ~ born 1926 

I love nature, but it can be cruel, such as in seeing this red-tailed hawk and its prey – a squirrel – on an early September evening in the waning summer at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

I was lucky enough to capture several shots of the hawk as it had its supper – though I felt so sorry for the squirrel! This was the last photo I snapped, the only one where the hawk looked up and straight at me, as if to say don’t come near my prey!