Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Reeling In The Spring ...


“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not the fish they are after.”
    ~ Henry David Thoreau
      ~1817-1862
A lone fisherman, partially obscured by trees at right, reels in the beauty of a spring evening in mid-May along the Jordan Creek at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania. I shot this from the Pedestrian Bridge, built in 1993.

The park is home to Wehr’s Covered Bridge, Wehr’s Dam and Manassas Guth Covered Bridge, also known as Guth’s Covered Bridge or Guth’s Bridge.

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

Guth’s Covered Bridge was constructed in 1858 and rebuilt in 1882.

Both bridges cross the Jordan Creek and were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.







































Sunday, May 31, 2020

His Eye Is on the Sparrow ...


“…I sing because I’m happy
I sing because I’m free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know he watches me …”
 ~ “His Eye Is on the Sparrow”
 ~ Gospel hymn
 ~1905
 ~ Civilla D. Martin, lyricist, Charles H. Gabriel, composer
~The hymn is most associated with actress-singer Ethel Waters who used the title for her autobiography
~ Mahalia Jackson’s recording of the song was honored with the
 Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2010

The theme of the song is inspired by the words of David in the Psalms and Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible: “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Psalm 32:8); “Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value then they?” (Matthew 6:26); and “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear yet not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.” (Matthew 10:29-31).

A sweet sparrow eyes the beauty of a late May sunset on a gorgeous spring evening at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.