“Art is man’s nature; nature is God’s art.”
~ Philip James Bailey
~ English poet
~1816-1902
Tinged with winter’s chill, the waters of the Monocacy Creek ramble past its snowy banks through Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on a beautiful February afternoon in this painterly image, three days after the region was blanketed with 27.3 inches of snow.
~ Leonardo da Vinci
The cold winter waters of the Monocacy Creek meander through Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, winding by the creek’s snowy banks on a beautiful February afternoon, three days after the region was blanketed with 27.3 inches of snow.
“It is the life of the crystal,
the architect of the flake,
the fire of the frost,
the soul of the sunbeam,
This crisp winter air is full of it.”
~ John Burroughs
~ 1837-1921
~ “Winter Sunshine”
~ 1875
The fire of the frost and the soul of the sunbeam kiss at sunset as sun flares glide toward the snow, painting a fiery frozen beauty at one of the highest elevations at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
This is my abstract view of a snowy scene
I shot soon after the historic January Blizzard of 2016.
In a winter shorn of snow until the blizzard, the storm plonked 31 inches of
snow on nearby
Allentown in a 24 hour period.
“…So be like I, hold your head up high
Till you find a bluebird of happiness
You will find greater peace of mind
Knowing there’s a bluebird of happiness
And when he sings to you
Though you’re deep in blue
You will see a light creep through
And so remember this, life is no abyss
Somewhere there’s a bluebird of happiness
For life is sweet, tender and complete
When you find the bluebird of happiness
You will find perfect peace of mind
Knowing there’s a bluebird of happiness
Two hearts beat as one
Beneath a new found sun
We are in a world that’s just begun
And you must sing his song, as you go along
When you find the bluebird of happiness …”
~ “Bluebird of Happiness”
~ composed in 1934 by Sandor Harmati,
with words by Edward Heyman
& additional lyrics by Harry-Parr-Davies
~ recorded by American operatic tenor
Jan Peerce & other artists
A sweet and beautiful male Eastern Bluebird seemingly poses while perched above the snow on a winter afternoon in early February at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
