A Nuzzle For Mama ...

“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”

              ~ George Sand

        ~ pseudonym of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novelist & memoirist

                      ~ 1804 ~ 1876

My favorite white-tailed deer button buck ~ Buttons, as I call him ~ gives his mama doe a sweet nuzzle under the early evening sun on beautiful late April day 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.

 

Kindness Is Like Snow ...

“Kindness is like snow ~ it beautifies everything it covers.”

            ~ Kahlil Gibran

                ~ 1883 ~ 1931

The cold winter waters of the Monocacy Creek spill over Monocacy Falls in a cascading dance before the waters ramble past the snowy banks through Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on a beautiful February afternoon, three days after the region was blanketed with 27.3 inches of snow.

 

Bird's-Eye Morning ...

“The birds sing each morning as they know they have another day to live. Life and mornings are a gift. Learn to enjoy them as the birds do.”

         ~ Unknown

A male Belted Kingfisher ~ the first I’ve ever photographed ~ keeps an eye on the pond on a beautiful late November morning at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.