Spring Supper ...

“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”

               ~ Aesop

         ~ Born 620 B.C., died 564 B.C.

A Small Green Heron fishes its supper out of the pond on a beautiful spring evening in early June at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The Swan's Winter Evening ...

“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life.”

                      ~ L. Wolfe Gilbert

                ~Russian-born American songwriter 

                     of Tin Pan Alley

                      ~ 1886-1970

A beautiful mute swan serenely glides along the pond on an early February evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Gull On Winter's Pond ...

“Perfect speed … is being there.”

                 ~from “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”

                                                 ~ 1970

                                     ~ by Richard Bach

                                                       ~ born 1936

A Laughing Gull glides along the pond, soaking in winter’s beauty on a February evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.