Winter in Yardley, Pennsylvania: Landscape Photographs

“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where 

we can go as we are and not be questioned.” 

Maya Angelou

Yardley, Pennsylvania is the place my family calls "home." What really makes it special are the many valuable connections that have formed over the years: friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, acquaintances, etc. What follows are a collection of my new landscape photographs, all taken during December, 2016 and January, 2017.  This is my way of saying a very big "thank you" to all of those in our local community who enrich our lives.

At a moment in history in which its easy to feel divided, I think of a verse from another Maya Angelou poem:

I note the obvious differences

between each sort and type

but we are more alike, my friends,

than we are unalike...

Winter sunrise at Patterson Farm, Yardley, Pennsylvania.

First Light on the West Trenton Railroad Bridge,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Lake Afton and the Old Library in Fresh Snow,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Winter Sunrise on the Delaware Canal and Towpath,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Shady Brook Farm Holiday Light Show
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Lake Afton and St. Andrew's Church, Yardley Pennsylvania.
(Late afternoon following a snow storm).

Delaware Canal and Towpath in Fresh Snow,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Winer Sunrise at the Calhoun Street Bridge,reflected in the
Delaware River, Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

Shady Brook Farm Holiday Light Show,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

Delaware Canal and Towpath winding through morning fog,
before sunrise. (Yardley, Pennsylvania).

The Continental Tavern at night, with Christmas Lights,
Yardley, Pennsylvania.

The Calhoun Street Bridge cutting through morning fog over
the Delaware River, Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

Ice, Snow and Fog: Black and White Photographs of an Odd Winter Morning in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

This past Saturday morning (January 11th, 2014), I was out of the house well before the sun came up.  It was an unusual morning, with drizzle and fog.  The temperature was in the 40's, which seemed balmy compared to four or five days earlier, when I my first dog walk of the day was in a bitter cold 5 degrees.  The extreme cold stretch had caused portions of the Delaware River (between New Jersey and Pennsylvania) to freeze.  As the weather had warmed for a few days, chunks of ice were drifting down the river.  I took all of the following photographs on Saturday morning, between about 7:15 am and 9:30 am.  The fog and drizzle combined with the remaining snow and ice to create a beautiful, almost surreal landscape. 

Train Bridge Over the Delaware River in Morning Fog
Yardley, Pennsylvania

The Calhoun Street Bridge with Ice and Fog
Morrisville, Pennsylvania

The Banks of the Delaware River with Ice and Fog
Morrisville, Pennsylania

Love Seat Swing in the Ice and Fog
Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Tree Along the the Delaware River in Ice, Snow and Fog
Morrisville, Pennsylvania

I took all of these images with my Canon EOS 7D digital SLR camera.  After minor edits in iPhoto or Photoshop, I converted them to black and white using OnOne Perfect Photo Suite.  To see more of my work or to purchase a print, visit my ETSY store HERE.