Deer Of The Green Vale ...

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”

                              ~ Gary Snyder

                                          ~ born 1930

         ~ Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry, 1975

My favorite white-tailed deer doe and her fawn pose for a sweet September portrait at home in the park as sunset knocks on the door of a beautiful, waning summer evening.

I’ve been blessed to photograph this doe and her fawns since 2012, and it’s a true joy to me personally and as a photographer.

Candy Kisses ...

“Candy kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than any of mine

Candy kisses wrapped in paper you’d rather have them any old time

You don’t mean it when you whisper those sweet love words in my ear

Candy kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than mine do dear…”

                       ~ “Candy Kisses”

         

        ~written & recorded by American

 country crooner George Morgan

                               ~ 1949

                 ~ recorded by Tony Bennett

                                ~ 1961

Where else in the world would street lamps be topped with candy kisses than “the sweetest place on Earth” – Hershey, Pennsylvania!

Chocolate Avenue, which runs past the original Hershey’s Chocolate Factory and is considered to be the main street of the town, is known for its street lamps that are shaped like Hershey Kisses. These unique lamps were first erected in 1963. Some of the kisses are shown as being wrapped, and some as unwrapped, alternating between these two designs. These lamps can also be found on Park Avenue.

Chocolate Avenue was one of the first two streets built in the town of Hershey by Milton Hershey (1857-1945) when he built up the town for his chocolate empire; the other was Cocoa Avenue. The name of the street was picked by Milton Hershey himself. He picked names for many streets in the town that related to chocolate.

I shot this on a recent autumn jaunt to Hershey from the passenger seat of a moving car, as there was no parking on the street. If you’re going to hang out of a car window taking pictures, what better place to do so than the sweetest place on Earth!

Coloring The Kittatinny ...

   "I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it."

                     ~ Lee Maynard

                                 ~ born 1936              

Autumn paints a portion of the Kittatiny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, and foliage along the winding Lehigh River at a beautiful vista just off the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D & L Trail), Weissport, Pennsylvania on an early November afternoon.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

Surrey Into Fall ...

“Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.”

                        ~ Truman Capote

                                   ~ 1924-1984

                              ~“Breakfast At Tiffany’s"

                                             ~1958

What better way to soak in autumn’s beauty in full bloom along the Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Corridor Trail (D&L Trail), Weissport, Pennsylvania than to ride in a surrey (multiple-person bike) on a gorgeous November day.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

Surreys may be rented from Chantilly Goods and Weissport Washboard in historic Weissport. Chantilly Goods is an old fashion ice cream parlor, vintage soda fountain and candy shoppe. Walking into this old time soda shoppe is like stepping back in time into a 1920s and 1930s soda fountain.