Showing posts with label late day sunlight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label late day sunlight. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

I Hear Lake Water Lapping

As usual, I'm nowhere near my new place yet. 

Construction is going on without me. Fishing is happening without me. Autumn is evolving without me. And Frank is enjoying life up there without me. 

My city house has been on the market for less than a week. There's been a fair bit of interest and I'm hopeful that things will move along before too long. Please keep your fingers crossed for me. I very much want to go home.

The following photos were taken when I was up there in the summer. I hope you enjoy them.


I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. . . .
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
~ William Butler Yeats

Benny fetches
Benny is enjoying his life at the cottage. As long as we can present a good throwing arm, he'll provide the fetches.




water leaf
In the water, on one side of the dock, these weeds are growing tall.





purple weed flower
They produce a pretty purple flower called Pickerelweed.





humm
Other pretty garden flowers attract our beautiful hummingbirds. Of course they enjoy the feeders also.





friendly chipper
This little guy must have been fed regularly around here. I bent down to tie my shoe, one day, and he suddenly appeared between my feet and rested his two front feet on my hand. He looked me right in the eye as if to ask where the munchies are. I had to oblige him, eh?





crustaecion on glass
Of all strange creatures to rest upon the sliding door glass. This appears to be a miniature crustacean of some sort. He was clinging to the glass after a rainfall. It was about the width of a tomato seed and twice as long.






golden hour blueberry island2
This is a late-day glimpse of the island across the bay.





sunsetting2
And just a little bit later, the last reflective light of the sun paints the sky with a kiss goodnight.

More photos coming up soon.

Monday, July 29, 2013

Nice Night for an Evening & Posts of the Week


What a nice night for an evening.
~ Steven Wright

There's a peaceful feeling about a late summer afternoon, as it gently ushers us into the evening. The sunlight transforms from intense, to golden and from flirty to coy. All of the images below were taken at the dinner hour or beyond. Walk with me and enjoy them, will you?

wild roses
Wild roses bloomed at Frank's place for the first time that I've ever noticed. I think they were a pleasant surprise to him, also.





rose against ball
This is one of the usual roses we see in bloom, each summer. For some reason, I like how it looks so bright and extended in the foreground as if it's about to catch that ball in the background.





phlox in light2
Filtered sunlight illuminates the wild phlox in the field.





wild phlox
It's a shame that you can't smell them. Their scent is intoxicating early in the season.





setting sun behind leaves
As the sun begins its descent in the sky, the outlined leaves seem to absorb its warmth with back lit beauty.





kingbird evening sky
The birds bring the final meal of the day to their young.





moon
The moon climbs the sky to watch over the earth.





sunset behind tall grass
And all is well with the world.

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Happy Eventide.

It's pretty obvious that the Posts of the Week are no longer weekly at this point - nor do they appear on what used to be my Wednesday schedule. I do believe I will get back to that habit once I'm settled in my new place but that's going to take a while. I've not even put my old place on the market yet.

We take possession of our new home on Wednesday. Until I'm there for good, I'll be doing some back and forth traveling between each place. For now, Frank and I will be up there for a couple of weeks. My computer is staying back in the old place so my blog visits will be less than regular for a while. I will try to schedule some posts before I go. I'll probably have Frank's laptop to use occasionally - that's if our internet connection is set up there as planned.

So if you don't hear from me for a bit (aside from my scheduled posts), you'll know why.

And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a POTW.






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READERS' CHOICE

Recommended by: Joeh
The Story of Leviticus
by Gia
at Mayor Gia


Recommended by:
TexWisGirl
That Time of Year
by Rae
at Gram's Cracker Crumbs


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PHINE PHOTOGRAPHY

Wait for it
by Sandy
at Writing in Faith

Rain Hawk
by Andy
at Eye Candy

Letter B
by Sue
at Photowannabe

The Greatest of These
by Jackie
at Teacher's Pet



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A GOOD READ

Urban Diary
by A Cuban in London
at Un Cubano en Londres



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CREATIVE FUN

Where Clouds Come From
by Kerry
at Ed and Reub


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Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you