“It was November – the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines.”
~ L.M. Montgomery
~ 1874 ~ 1942
The tumbling leaves of autumn frame Monocacy Falls on a moody, mid-November afternoon at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
“Our love is a dream, but in my reverie
I can see that this love was meant for me …
So love me as I love you in my reverie
Make my dream a reality …”
~ “My Reverie”
~ 1938 popular song with lyrics by Larry Clinton; its melody is based on the 1890 piano piece “Reverie” by French classical composer Claude Debussy, 1862 ~ 1918
~ Recorded by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby & Sarah Vaughn
When I saw this simple white bench perched with a view of trees reflecting in the Lehigh River on a beautiful early November afternoon, it made me think of Debussy’s “Reverie,” as I feel his compositions sound like art set to music. I presented the image in sepia to enhance that ethereal, dream-like mood that is reverie, and to mirror the beauty of autumn that is tinged with sadness.
I captured this shot this after setting out from the Cementon Trailhead of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Cementon, Pennsylvania, part of the Asher F. Boyer Eagle Trail section of the D&L.
Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
