“I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality.”
~ Ralph Gibson
~ American art photographer
~ born 1939
The golden hues of a winter sunset fuse with the ice flecking the Jordan Creek in this abstract image.
I shot this on a late January day along the Jordan Creek Greenway at Covered Bridge Park, Orefield, Pennsylvania.
“In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
~ Albert Camus
~1913-1960
A speedboat cruises on the Delaware River under the Free Bridge on a beautiful & mild mid-December afternoon facing the historic town of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, as seagulls take flight at right.
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portion of the historic Northampton Street Bridge, commonly called the Free
Bridge, can be seen from my vantage point across the river at Delaware Canal
State Park, Easton, Pennsylvania near the Forks of the Delaware Trailhead of
the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail). The iconic
Jimmy’s Doggie Stand can be seen to the right of the bridge. The American flag billows in the breeze to the left of Jimmy's.
The Free Bridge that spans the two states was completed in 1896 and survived massive
flooding from Hurricane Diane in 1955. It underwent a thorough restoration in 1990 and is one of my very favorite places to photograph.
Phillipsburg and Easton are both historic Delaware River Towns. Phillipsburg was established March 8, 1861 and was named for William Phillips, an early settler of the area. Easton was founded in 1752.
The Forks of the Delaware is the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers where Phillipsburg and Easton meet; it is where the Lehigh River merges into the Delaware River.
The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
“I can’t imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever known such prosperity.”
~ Bill Bryson
~ American-British author
~ born 1951
In the mood for a steak sandwich & fries, barbecue or maybe a burger, all topped off with ice cream? Then look no further than the iconic Ritz Barbecue, a tasty staple on the grounds of the Allentown Fairgrounds since 1928 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Dine inside or step right up to the window to order as 1950s era music wafts outside and enjoy a slice of nostalgia served up by the eatery.
The Ritz serves up a pop of color in the painterly HDR image I shot in a rainy mist on a drizzly late December afternoon as the tree to the left is still festooned with Christmas lights.
