~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ 1803 ~ 1882
Regal Red-Tailed Hawk peers from a high perch, gazing over the winter landscape in search of prey against a brilliant blue sky in the sunshine of a mid-February morning at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
This bird of prey is the most common hawk in North America.
“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.
“Praise the bridge that carried you over.”
~ George Colman
~ English dramatist
~ 1762 ~1836
As an autumn morning begins to segue into afternoon, traffic crosses the Riverton-Belvidere Toll Supported Bridge on a beautiful mid-October day.
The bridge, which opened in 1904, links Belvidere, New Jersey and Riverton, Pennsylvania and spans the Delaware River, which straddles New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
I shot this from the Riverton side of the bridge as Belvidere lies ahead, with the bridge framed by fall foliage.
A Delaware River Town, Belvidere, one of my very favorite places, was established April 7, 1845 and is a charming Victorian town located on the banks of the Pequest and Delaware Rivers. The town’s name means “beautiful to see” in Italian.
Riverton is part of Pennsylvania’s Slate Belt.
~ Stonewall Jackson
~ 1824 ~ 1863
The last words of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson, who served as a Confederate general (1861-1863) during the Civil War, and became arguably the best-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. Jackson played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death, and had an important part in winning many significant battles.
The serenity of a beautiful mid-October morning reflects in the Delaware River, showcasing autumn’s splendor in this shot I captured overlooking the river that straddles New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
This
view was from the Riverton-Belvidere Toll Supported Bridge, my vantage point on this picture perfect morning.
The bridge, which opened in 1904, links Belvidere, New Jersey and Riverton, Pennsylvania.
A Delaware River Town, Belvidere, one of my very favorite places, was established April 7, 1845 and is a charming Victorian town located on the banks of the Pequest and Delaware Rivers. The town’s name means “beautiful to see” in Italian.
Riverton is part of Pennsylvania’s Slate Belt.
“Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher’s desk.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
~ 1817~1862
~ “Walden”
~ originally published August 9, 1854
To me, there’s nothing so beautiful in nature as a summer morning, and Thoreau’s words
seamlessly flow through this image of milkweed basking in the morning sun that I shot on a brilliant early July day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
If we all had more sunny hours and summer days, how much richer ~ and happier ~ we’d all be.
