Pequest and Delaware Rivers.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Sidewalk Stop ...
Pequest and Delaware Rivers.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Twist On A Midsummer Night ...
"Art enables us to find ourselves
and lose ourselves at the
same time."
~ Thomas Merton
1915-1968
Red traffic lights from across the street
reflect in the creek on a midsummer
evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Monday, July 28, 2014
Flare For Life ...
"...A million tommorrows
shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joy
that is mine today."
~ "Today"
~ Randy Sparks
New Christy Minstrels
1964
A man paddles through a magical like
sunflare during a summer golden hour
at Leaser Lake, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania.
The lake's namesake is Frederick Leaser,
who in September 1777 with his farm team
hauled The Liberty Bell from Philadelphia
to Allentown where it was concealed
in Zion Reformed Church. His homestead is located
one mile to the north of the lake.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Deep Purple Dreams ...
"When the deep purple falls ...
through the mist of a memory
you wander back to me ...
here in my deep purple dreams."
~ "Deep Purple"
~ composed by Peter DeRose, 1933
~ lyrics by Mitchell Parish, 1938
Twilight sweeps across the summer sky
like deep purple dreams at
Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Heron Speaks ...
A Great Blue Heron seems to have something to say
in the trees of Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, on a summer evening.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
At The Ready ...
A Great Blue Heron
is keenly aware of
his surroundings
from the trees
on a summer evening
at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Monday, July 21, 2014
Portrait Of A Summer Doe ...
Beautiful white-tailed deer doe pauses while grazing
on a summer evening just off the Ironton Rail Trail,
North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
They Call Me Tangerine ...
"Yes, she has them all on the run,
but her heart belongs to just one
Her heart belongs to Tangerine ..."
~ "Tangerine"
~ Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
1941
With beautiful tangerine colored wings, an Eastern Comma Butterfly
rests on a summer day on a bench in Garett D. Wall Park,
Belvidere, New Jersey, a charming and historic town on the
banks of the Pequest and Delaware Rivers.
Friday, July 18, 2014
The Country Church...
"I like the silent church before the service begins,
better than any preaching."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882
I always love photographing country churches such as
Frieden's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which dates
back to 1793. The Sunday afternoon sunlight
streams on the church nestled in rural
Center Valley, Pennsylvania on a summer's day.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Chasing Sunset ...
it is a sort of splendid torch ...
make it burn as brightly as possible ..."
~ George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950
A man on his personal watercraft
chases a summer sunset on the golden
waters of the Delaware River near the
historic Northampton Street Bridge
(commonly called The Free Bridge)
that spans Phillipsburg, New Jersey
and Easton, Pennsylvania.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Splendor In The Spring Video ...
Ella Fitzgerald's "My One And Only Love" sets the jazzy backdrop
for the this celebration of the splendor that is spring showcased in
my original nature photos. My greatest joy as a photographer is
harmonizing my favorite original photos to music to create
a lingering snapshot of the season.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Bridging Sunset ...
"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses,
which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~1803-1882
Sunset hues begin to steal across the summer sky over Easton, Pennsylvania as viewed from across the Delaware River in Phillipsburg, New Jersey next to the historic Northampton Street Bridge, commonly called The Free Bridge.
The bridge that spans the states was completed in 1896 and survived damage from massive flooding from Hurricane Diane in 1955. It underwent a thorough restoration in 1990.
Friday, July 11, 2014
The Monochrome Blues ...
"But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues ..."
~ "Summertime Blues"
~ 1958
The song says there ain't no cure for
the summertime blues, and there
ain't no cure for monochrome
Great Blue! This Great Blue Heron
sits for a portrait in high contrast
monochrome on a summer evening at
Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Close To You ...
"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.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Summer Yearling ...
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.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Glittering ...
"All that glitters is gold."
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!
Thursday, July 3, 2014
At The Twilight's Last Gleaming ...
"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!
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Here We Come ...
"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.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Age Of Innocence ...
Sweet and beautiful white-tailed deer fawn poses
in a field just off the Ironton Rail Trail, North Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
at sunset in June.
By The Master's Brush ...
"If I can put one touch of rosy sunset
into the life of any man or woman,
I shall feel that
I have worked with God."
~ G.K. Chesterton
~ 1874-1936
God gives a master class in
painting the sky with this
summer sunset in June
at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Runneth Over ...
"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.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
He's So Fine ...
"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!
Sweet Life ...
"We're living such a sweet life
Oh what a neat life, making our
dreams come true ..."
"Sweet Life"
~ Paul Davis
1978
Adorable mallard ducklings are
just beginning their sweet life in
June at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Crimson Sunset ...
"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.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Candle On Wings ...
"If everyone lit just one little candle,
What a bright world it would be!"
~ "One Little Candle"
~ George Mysels & Joseph Maloy Roach
~ 1952
A white butterfly illuminates in the evening summer
sun at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Regal In Red ...
"In order to see the birds it is necessary to become
part of the silence."
~ Robert Lynd
1879-1949
Portrait of a beautiful North American Cardinal in June
at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Into The Woods ...
"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked,
in which you can walk with love and reverence."
~Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862
The trail takes on a moody beauty on a cloudy evening
in early June at Wehr's Covered Bridge Park,
Orefield, Pennsylvania.
Feelin Groovy ...
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.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Sunday In The Country ...
"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.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Scent Of Light ...
"I will love the light for it shows me the way,
yet I will endure the darkness for it
shows me the stars."
~ Og Mandino
1923-1996
The summer sun filters through a beautiful
tiger lily, ablaze like a fiery jewel on a June
evening at Trexler Memorial Park,
Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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