I Got You Babe ...

“… I got flowers in the spring, I got you to wear my ring

And when I’m sad, you’re a clown

And if I get scared, you’re always around

So let them say your hair’s too long

Cause I don’t care with you I can’t go wrong

Then put your little hand in mine

There ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb

 

Babe

I got you babe, I got you babe

 

I got you to hold my hand

I got you to understand

I got you to walk with me

I got you to talk with me

I got you to kiss goodnight

I got you to hold me tight

I got you, I won’t let go

I got you to love me so

 

I got you babe”

 

~ “I Got You Babe”

     ~ Sonny & Cher

          ~ 1965

 

In the waning days of winter, these common merganser drake & hen ducks are perfectly paired and perched together, dreaming of spring’s arrival in the waters of the Jordan Creek along the Jordan Creek Greenway on a March afternoon at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.

The common merganser or goosander is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia & North America. The common merganser eats fish and nests in holes in trees.

 

Swan On Snowy Pond ...

“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 trumpeter swan gracefully glides along the pond as a mid-February afternoon segues into evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

 

Splish Splash ...

“Splish splash, I was taking a bath …

I was a rolling and a-strolling

Reeling with the feeling

Moving and a-grooving

Splishing and a-splashing, yeah …”

       ~ “Splish Splash”

     ~ 1958 novelty rock song performed & co-written by the wonderful Bobby Darin; it was Darin’s first hit and the song helped to give him a major boost in his career

A Muscovy Duck is reeling with the feeling, moving and a-grooving, splishing and a-splashing in the Monocacy Creek on a beautiful late May afternoon at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ~ a real splash of spring!