Monday, April 4, 2022

The Grasshopper ...

“My dear young fellow,’ the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, ‘there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.”

                   ~ Roald Dahl

                       ~ British author

                           ~ 1916 ~ 1990

              ~ from “James & the Giant Peach”

                        ~ published 1961

A grasshopper takes in the wonder of autumn’s beauty on an early October afternoon at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.


 

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Panning For Gold ...

“Taking pictures is like panning for gold. You do it again and again, and sometimes you find a nugget.”

     ~ Raghubir Singh

      ~Indian photographer

       ~ 1942-1999

The early evening sun is panning for gold as glints of the golden hour whirl through the waters of the Jordan Creek spilling over Wehr’s Dam in this painterly, HDR image I shot on the first day of spring, March 20, 2022.

The Jordan Creek continues to then flow beneath beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The dam, built in 1904, is next to Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841.

The boardwalk of the Jordan Creek Greenway can be seen behind the dam.


 

Monday, March 28, 2022

The Snow Goose Welcomes Spring ...

“Spring work goes on with joyful enthusiasm.”

                  ~ John Muir

                  ~ 1838 ~ 1914

A snow goose joyfully welcomes spring with open wings along the banks of the Jordan Creek on the first day of spring – March 20, 2022 – at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The Jordan Creek pours over Wehr’s Dam, built in 1904, then continues to flow beneath Wehr’s Covered Bridge, which dates back to 1841.