Tongue In Cheek ...

“Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”

     ~ John Muir

       ~ 1838 ~1914

My favorite button buck ~ Buttons, as I call him ~ strikes a “tongue in cheek” pose after eating an apple on a beautiful spring evening just before a late April sunset at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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.

The Yearling Grows ...

“The wild animals seemed less predatory to him than people he had known.”

     ~ from “The Yearling”

    ~ published in March 1938 by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953)

   & adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name in 1946

My favorite yearling ~ Buttons, as I call him ~ strikes a cute pose on a spring evening just before a mid-May sunset at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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.

 

It's Always Summer Somewhere ...

“It’s always summer somewhere.”

     ~ Lilly Pulitzer

       ~1931 ~ 2013

It’s always summer somewhere ~ what a wonderful thought, as summer is my most favorite of seasons!

Kayakers in the distance drift through the beauty of a serene summer afternoon on a beautiful mid-July day on Leaser Lake, in shadow of the northern Blue Mountain Ridge, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania.

Leaser Lake’s namesake is Frederick Leaser, an American patriot who in September 1777 with his farm team hauled The Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown where it was concealed in Zion Reformed Church for protection during the Revolutionary War. His homestead is located one mile north of the lake.

Leaser Lake was built by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for water-oriented recreation and opened for public use in 1971. Lehigh County leases this area from the state and operates and maintains the park. The land north of the lake was purchased by the county in the early 1970s. It is entirely wooded and is used for nature study and as an addition to the State Game Lands No. 217.