Monday, July 10, 2017

The Carousel ...

“There’s a time in each year
That we always hold dear,
Good old summer time;
With the birds and the trees-es,
And sweet scented breezes…
And life is a beautiful rhyme …
Those days full of pleasure
We now fondly treasure …
In the good old summer time
In the good old summer time …”

             ~ “In The Good Old Summer Time”
                    ~ American Tin Pan Alley song
     music by George Evans, lyrics by Ren Shields
                                ~ 1902

What better way to while away the hours in the good old summer time then taking a spin on the historic Weona Park Carousel, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania?

The Weona Park Carousel, also known as Dentzel Stationary Menagerie Carousel, and its pavilion were built in 1923. The carousel is housed in a wooden, one story, pavilion measuring 20 feet high at center and 80 feet in diameter, with 24 sections each 10 feet 6 inches wide.

The carousel has 44 animals and two sleighs standing three abreast. They were originally hand carved and painted in the 1890s, circa 1905 and circa 1917. The carousel has a Wurlitzer organ, opus 146. It was constructed by the Dentzel Carousel Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

And it’s just one dollar to ride!

The carousel was added to the National Register of Historic Places August 4, 1999.


Thursday, July 6, 2017

Country Line Dancing ...



“Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune …

Summer breeze, makes me feel fine,
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind …”
                                  “Summer Breeze”
                              ~ Seals & Croft
                                           ~ 1972

The sight of laundry dancing on the clothesline in the gentle summer breeze “dresses up” the countryside of Kempton, Pennsylvania on a beautiful June afternoon.

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Bravo, America ! ...




“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.”
          ~ from the inspiring Inaugural Address of
                President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
                                  ~ 1917-1963
                35th President of 
                    the United States of America
                              ~ 1960-1963
                              & U.S. Navy veteran

The celebration of freedom is colorfully etched in the night sky by Fourth of July fireworks set off at Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Happy Birthday, America! Bravo! 

How wonderful it would be to have fireworks – and the fire of patriotism – in our hearts every day!