“…Let the sun run down right behind the hill,
I know how to stand there still till the moon rise up
right behind the pine, oh, Lord, October road …
Sweet call of the countryside …”
~ “October Road”
~ written & recorded by James Taylor
~ 2002
With the warmth of summer lingering in the air, the light of a looming early October sunset follows a Jeep through the rolling hillsides on Game Preserve Road on a beautiful autumn evening at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
“… I know that things are different than they were in Daddy’s days
But I still believe what makes a man really hasn’t changed
You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything
You’ve got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string
Never compromise what’s right and uphold your family name
You’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything …”
~ “You’ve Got to Stand for Something”
~ co-written & recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin, 1990
~ also recorded by Charley Pride, 1992
A groundhog stands tall and takes in the beauty of spring on a late May evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
~ 1817 ~ 1862
A beautiful white-tailed deer yearling ~ who has recently lost the velvet on his antlers ~ eyes the apple I tossed him, which he then enjoyed eating under the evening sun on a warm late September day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
