No Fording Today ...

“What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take?”

 ~ Jack Kerouac

 ~ 1922-1969

With the waters running high after a recent rainfall, there is no fording today, so stop and soak in the beauty of summer, my most favorite of seasons, at the Ford of the Jordan Creek, which is closed to traffic on this early September evening at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, in this selective color image I shot in the waning summer.

 

For more than 50 years visitors have enjoyed driving through the Jordan Creek. Kids and kids at heart cite “Crossing the Water” as one of their fondest memories.

 

The ford at the preserve is one of my very favorite places to be and to photograph.

 

Pony Up The Patriotism ...

“I believe with all my heart that standing up for America means standing up for the God who has so blessed our land.”

                ~ Ronald Reagan

                  ~ 1911-2004

             ~40^th President of 

              the United States of America

                    ~ 1981-1989

The historic 1860 Walnut Street Pony Bridge “ponies up the patriotism” festooned with American flag bunting in time for Memorial Day in this painterly, HDR image I shot as the bunting reflects in the Saucon Creek in the light of May’s early evening sun.

The bridge, built in 1860, is the last remaining cast and wrought iron bridge in North America. It is located on the grounds of the historic Heller-Wagner Grist Mill, just off the Saucon Rail Trail in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

 

Steppin' It Up ...

“Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.”

     ~ Bazmark “Baz” Luhrmann

        ~ born 1962

    ~Australian director, writer & producer, who is director of “Elvis,” an upcoming biographical drama film about the great Elvis Presley from a screenplay written by Luhrmann & Craig Pearce

My favorite white-tailed deer button buck – Buttons, as I call him – steps it up and eyes his apple just before he goes for it and enjoys his snack on a mid-January evening in the park in this selective color shot.

I began photographing Buttons as a precious white-spotted fawn, then a sweet button buck and then a beautiful yearling until he migrated away in January 2020. Along the way I tossed him many apples, which he loved eating. It’s a true joy and blessing to me personally and as a photographer to have watched this white-tailed deer grow.