Waiting for Snow

I'm looking forward to getting some snow pictures of the tower, but for now here are some recent ones. Late in the year, the light is different.




Did I mention about Pearls and Brass and their album The Indian Tower ? Someone who's visiting this week bought a copy and is going to let me hear it because of my Towering obsession. The interview at the link for their name is a fun read for anyone interested in Nazareth.

Angles and Light

Here's an assortment of pictures. The first is from the west north west, I would say, taken from the High Street extension as I walked back down from Levis Road one evening.Here's another from earlier in the evening, the honeyed sunset light bathing the fields. This is almost straight from the west and you can see the cemetery memorial to the left of the tower, the cell phone tower and electric pylon farther off to the left.
Here's a view of the lovely sycamores that face west from the tower lawn as they face and catch the sunset light. Their grace adds to the aura of peace one often encounters at the tower.

And here's a shot from the south one afternoon recently. You can see the black metal steps and railings better than is usual in this one. The mound of the cemetery memorial is more visible than the memorial itself because it blends with the white clouds.
Every change in light reveals a different tower.

Late in the Day

There's something striking about the tower when it's silhouetted against the sky just before sunset.

The cemetery monument can look kind of phallic.

Even the steps are structurally interesting.

The view toward the south from inside the tower

The Indian Tower of Nazareth Pennsylvania

The Indian Tower, with its surrounding plot of grass and trees, is a facinating subject for photograpy. It has many moods. Its position at the top of the hill means it is caught in every whim of light and weather. The sycamores and sumacs around it have grown in graceful, almost celebratory forms that add to its striking look.


The picture above was taken from the fields to the south and a little east, late on an almost clear autumn day. Next to the tower is the memorial mound and monument bearing the names of people who were once buried here.
This picture was taken from the stones bordering the tower lawn, from roughly east. Along the horizon to the left is the ridge referred to as the Pennsylvania Highlands or South Mountain.
This picture was taken from the road below the tower. That clump of trees at the top forms the borders of the tower lawn.

More to come.