Spring Bridges The Delaware ...

“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.”

                 ~ Steve McCurry

                 ~ born 1950

          ~ American photographer, freelancer & photojournalist. His photo “Afghan Girl” of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of National Geographic several times

The historic town of Phillipsburg, New Jersey can be seen behind the historic Northampton Street Bridge, commonly called the Free Bridge, which spans the Delaware River as sunset looms on a beautiful mid-May evening in this painterly, HDR image.

The iconic Jimmy’s Doggie Stand can be seen to the left of the bridge.

The Free Bridge that spans the two states was completed in 1896 and survived massive flooding from Hurricane Diane in 1955. It underwent a thorough restoration in 1990 and is one of my very favorite places to photograph.

Phillipsburg was established March 8, 1861 and was named for William Phillips, an early settler of the area.

The Free Bridge can also be seen from across the river from Delaware Canal State Park, Easton, Pennsylvania near the Forks of the Delaware Trailhead of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

 

All Things Seem Possible In May ...

“The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.”

 ~ 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 beauty of a mid-May afternoon, peppered with wild yellow mustard and perfumed with the scent of honeysuckle, soars at one of the highest elevations of Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.

It Is All A Great Strange Dream ...

 “Happiness consists in knowing it is all a great strange dream.”

                       ~ Jack Kerouac

                            ~1922-1969

A man walks his dog (hidden by grass) on a path that traipses through a field of infrared on a beautiful mid-June evening along the Jordan Creek Greenway at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania, as spring prepares to segue to summer in this abstract image.

Steakin' Out The South Side ...

“I love the nostalgic myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past.”

      ~ Walt Disney

       ~ 1901-1966

“Family Owned Since 1940” is declared on the distinctive flatiron-shaped building that is home to Zandy’s Steak Shop, a staple on the South Side of Allentown, Pennsylvania that has been serving up tasty steak sandwiches, cheesesteaks, sausage sandwiches, french fries, pierogies and so much more for 81 years.

I captured this HDR shot of this mainstay at 813 St. John Street on an early May afternoon and presented the image in sepia to enhance the nostalgic mood. Prior to housing Zandy’s, the building used to be a movie theatre.