“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
~ Vincent van Gogh
~1853 ~ 1890
It’s always the sweetest sight of summer to see a white-tailed fawn, and to see two together is twice the joy!
I captured this shot of twin white-spotted fawns with their mama doe as a summer twilight falls across Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania on a beautiful late July evening.
“Some believe that art is the imitation of nature; in fact, nature is so sublime that it cannot be imitated.”
~ Kahlil Gibran
~ 1883 ~ 1931
It’s a wisp of nature on a beautiful early July afternoon along the banks of the Monocacy Creek as a bee is nectaring on the summer sweetness of a purple coneflower, sharing the petals with a ladybug at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
“It’s always summer somewhere.”
~ Lilly Pulitzer
~1931 ~ 2013
It’s always summer somewhere ~ what a wonderful thought, as summer is my most favorite of seasons!
Kayakers in the distance drift through the beauty of a serene summer afternoon on a beautiful mid-July day on Leaser Lake, in shadow of the northern Blue Mountain Ridge, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania.
Leaser Lake’s namesake is Frederick Leaser, an American patriot who in September 1777 with his farm team hauled The Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown where it was concealed in Zion Reformed Church for protection during the Revolutionary War. His homestead is located one mile north of the lake.
Leaser Lake was built by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission for water-oriented recreation and opened for public use in 1971. Lehigh County leases this area from the state and operates and maintains the park. The land north of the lake was purchased by the county in the early 1970s. It is entirely wooded and is used for nature study and as an addition to the State Game Lands No. 217.
