Cut, Color And Roll ...

“ … Well I said shake, rattle and roll

I said shake, rattle and roll …”

                        “Shake, Rattle and Roll”

                      ~ written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (1901-1999) under his assumed songwriting name Charles E. Calhoun

          ~ recorded by the great Elvis Presley

                             ~1956

Strolling through Belvidere, New Jersey on a rare warm February afternoon, I came across this cool sign for Dee’s Doos Hair Salon. Elvis Presley sang about “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” but at Dee’s I believe the slogan would be “Cut, Color and Roll!”

Belvidere, one of my very favorite places, is a charming Victorian town located on the banks of the Pequest and Delaware Rivers.

A Splash Of Dixie ...

“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.”

                  ~ Eudora Welty

                       ~ 1909-2001

      ~ native of Jackson, Mississippi, 
      winner of The National Book Award 
                  & The Pulitzer Prize

   ~from “The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty”

                           ~ published 1982

It’s a beautiful splash of Dixie as autumn’s evening sun sparkles in a fountain in the Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Doe Of A Midsummer Night ...

“If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save what they love.”

                         ~ Steve Irwin

                               ~ 1962-2006

 My favorite white-tailed deer doe pauses from grazing as she watches me walk up the hill to give her an apple – or two! – on a beautiful July evening in the park.

I’ve been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it’s a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.