“In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence.”
~ Robert Wilson Lynd
~ 1879 ~ 1949
~ Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist & strong Irish nationalist
A common grackle soaks up the beauty of late spring perched in the waters of the Jordan Creek, which reflects the green trees of early June, on a beautiful evening at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. Grackles are members of the blackbird family.
“I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality.”
~ Ralph Gibson
~ American art photographer
~ born 1939
The golden hues of a winter sunset fuse with the ice flecking the Jordan Creek in this abstract image.
I shot this on a late January day along the Jordan Creek Greenway at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
~1896-1940
The afternoon sun pirouettes on the waters of the Jordan Creek as they spill over Wehr’s Dam in this painterly, HDR image I shot November 1, 2021.
The Jordan Creek continues to then flow 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.
“Knowledge is life with wings.”
~ William Blake
~ 1757 ~ 1827
Showing off its wingspan, a Great White Egret – also called a Great White Heron – reflects in the Jordan Creek as it dips its long, sharp bill under the water to spear its prey while hunting for supper on a warm and beautiful mid-August evening as sunset approaches at Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
