When Autumn Leaves Start To Fall ...

“The falling leaves drift by the window

The autumn leaves of red and gold

I see your lips, the summer kisses

The sun-burned hands I used to hold

 

Since you went away the days grow long

And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song

But I miss you most of all my darling

When autumn leaves start to fall …

     ~ “Autumn Leaves”

    ~written 1945, released 1946

 ~Popular song & jazz standard composed by Joseph Kosma with original lyrics by Jacques Prevert in French, & later by Johnny Mercer in English. An instrumental version by pianist Roger Williams was a number one best seller in the U.S. Billboard charts of 1955. It was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1955 and many other artists throughout the years, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Tom Jones.

 

I captured this candid shot of a man walking alone along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania as sunset loomed on a beautiful mid-November afternoon.

 

Though autumn is the season of colorful fall foliage, I thought presenting the image in infrared was in tune with the melancholy mood of that beautiful song, “Autumn Leaves.”

 

The Gold In Autumn's Pocket ...

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”

                      ~ Jim Bishop

                      ~ 1907-1987

       ~American journalist, author

               & New Jersey native

 

Autumn’s gold is showcased in abundant beauty in the early afternoon of a late October day along the Delaware Canal, Easton, Pennsylvania.

I captured this shot after setting off from the Wy-Hit-Tuk Park Trailhead, Easton of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).

The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

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

Wy-Hit-Tuk means “river”" in the Native American language of the Lenape, the American Indians who lived throughout the Delaware River Basin at the time of European contact.

 

The Taste Tester ...

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

              ~ William Shakespeare

                     ~ 1564-1616

I spotted this sweet white-tailed deer fawn tasting a salt block left by the homeowners of a house along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania in the late afternoon in mid-November.

The fawn’s mama doe and other deer stood close by on this beautiful autumn day.