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"What's it all about Alfie... when you walk let your heart lead the way and you'll find love any day ... "Alfie" ~Burt Bacharach & Hal David ~1966 The image of this man fishing alone at Wehr's Dam, Orefield, Pennsylvania on a June evening made me wonder if he could be thinking about his life as in "What's it all about Alfie ..."
"What is art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the real." ~ Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941
Roses may very well be the champagne of flowers. This beautiful Rainbow Sorbet Rose is captured in monochrome in June at the Malcolm W. Gross Memorial Rose Gardens, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"What makes you think love will end When you know that my whole life depends on you ... Never my love ..." "Never My Love," ~ The Association, 1967
The life of the rosebud is intertwined with that of the rose in full bloom, which colors it with life on a June day at the Malcolm W. Gross Memorial Rose Gardens, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Belle" is on the marquee of The Nineteenth Street Theatre/Civic Theatre on a June evening. The Nineteenth Street Theatre is an historic community center that hosts theatre, arts education and film. It is the oldest cinema in Allentown, Pennsylvania, opening Sept. 17, 1928. In July 1957, the property was purchased by Allentown's Civic Little Theatre. It is located in the heart of the quaint West End Theatre District.
"...On the roof's the only place I know where you just have to wish to make it so ..." ~ "Up On The Roof" ~ The Drifters, 1962
This robin may have been wishing while perched up on the roof of the Heritage Fly Shop on the Little Lehigh on a June day at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
A car flashes by Blink Optical Boutique and other merchants on a June evening on Nineteenth Street in the West End Theatre District, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The driver likely was going to fast to appreciate the quaint beauty of the area.
"Groovin'on a Sunday afternoon ... We'll keep on spending sunny days this way ..." ~ "Groovin'" ~ Young Rascals 1967
This man seems to enjoy strumming his guitar and singing on a sunny day in May at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania in this candid capture.
"The eyes are the window to your soul..." ~ William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Sweet and gentle white-tailed deer doe shows off her beautiful eyes this evening in the park. I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns for the past two years.
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." ~ Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Sweet and gentle mourning dove is perched on a wire on a May afternoon at Wehr's Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
"... All you need is love, love Love is all you need." ~ Lennon & McCartney 1967
You can just hear the Beatles singing their great song when seeing the simple joys of childhood and family love in focus in this candid shot on Memorial Day at Wehr's Dam, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
"...You're waiting from the backroads by the rivers of my memories, ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind." ~ "Gentle On My Mind," ~ 1967 The words from that wonderful song seem to fill the air on a May afternoon at Manassas Guth Covered Bridge as it crosses the Jordan Creek.
The historic wooden covered bridge in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania was constructed in 1858 and rebuilt in 1882. It is a 108 foot long Burr Truss bridge with vertical siding. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe looks blissful grazing on a May evening in the park. I've been blessed to photograph her and her fawns for two years, always wonderful to see. It's an amazing feeling to me when she sees me, recognizes me and walks over like an old friend!
You never know what you'll see on the trail! This man's parrot waits for him to pay attention to him instead of the phone in this candid shot taken recently at Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Precious Canadian geese goslings nestle in the wings of their mama on the day before Mother's Day 2014 at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Slow down it's Sunday ..." ~ "Sunday In New York"
Who needs a sundae with a Sunday view as sweet as these Kwanzan Cherry Trees lining North Ott Street near Cedar Creek Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania in May.
There are 46 Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees in the vicinity. The original trees date to the late 1950s or early 1960s.
