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"Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you are near? Just like me they long to be close to you." "Close To You" ~ Burt Bacharach & Hal David 1963
Perhaps these mourning doves were thinking of the song made popular by the Carpenters as they shared a spot on the wire on a summer afternoon in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Beautiful white-tailed deer yearling strikes a regal pose in the park on a summer evening. I've been blessed to photograph this young buck's mama doe and her fawns for two years.
All that glitters is gold in the night sky during the 2014 Fourth of July fireworks set off from J. Birney Crum Stadium, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Ah, to have fireworks every day!
"Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ..." ~ "The Star Spangled Banner" ~ Francis Scott Key 1814 The waning evening sunlight illuminates The Star Spangled Banner this spring at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania. HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA!
"Here we come ... we're the young generation, and we've got something to say ..." ~ "Theme from The Monkees" ~1966
A whimsical view of two adorable white-tailed deer fawns as they ran out of the thicket to greet a June sunset just off the Ironton Rail Trail, North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.
"I memorize moments that I'm fondest of ... And so in these moments with sunlight above My cup runneth over with love ...." ~ "My Cup Runneth Over" ~ "I Do! I Do!" ~1966 Summer streams over the crest of the creek at one of my favorite spots at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, bringing to mind the beautiful words of that song. This moment was captured in a long exposure, high contrast monochrome shot.
"He's so fine, wish he were mine ..." ~ "He's So Fine" ~ The Chiffons, 1963
It seems this white domestic duck may have been impressed with the other duck's splashing antics, thinking, "He's so fine!" on a June evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Ah, summer love!
"Softly drops the crimson sun: Softly down from overhead, Drop the bell-notes, one by one, Melting in the melting red ..." ~"Angelus" ~ Susan Coolidge 1835-1905
A view of a crimson sunset ablaze on a hot June evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Let the morning time drop all it's petals on me, Life I love you, all is groovy ..." "The 59th Street Bridge Song" (Feelin' Groovy) ~Simon and Garfunkel, 1966 This coneflower takes on a groovy mood in June at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan." ~ Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965
I saw this rural scene on an early summer Sunday afternoon from the Ironton Rail Trail, which loops more than nine miles through Whitehall Township, the Borough of Coplay and North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. The corridor was originally home to the Ironton Railroad 1860-1984.
I'm not a fan of bats, in fact they scare me. But seeing this one on a rock this evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania, was such an unusual sight I had to capture it in a photo.
"Softly, as in an evenin' sunset the light that gave you glory will take it all away" ...
So sang the wonderful Bobby Darin in his version of "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise," from Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein's 1928 operetta, "The New Moon."
This sunset stole softly into the sky on a hot June evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"It sure is mellow grazin' in the grass ... The sun beaming down between the leaves ... Everything here is so clear you can see it, Everything here is so real you can feel it ..." ~ "Grazing In The Grass" ~ The Friends of Distinction, 1969
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe seems mellow indeed as she grazes on a June evening in the park. I've been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns for the past two years.
"Forget your troubles, come on get happy You better chase all your cares away Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy ..." ~ "Get Happy" ~ Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, 1930
My candid camera captured this girl jumping for joy that summer is near on a June evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
"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.
