Yesterday's Reflections...
The sun sinks early
in the winter afternoons
lighting the riverbank
across from my home
and casting wonderful shadows
into the sky reflected waters
my camera decided to change the tones
as an extra treat for me...
as an extra treat for me...
the large gum trees
in their reflected images
have turned to squiggly gums
and the daylight slips away
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And
one other day quite recently ...
one other day quite recently ...
After the stormy rains and wind
the earth stood quite still
took a deep breath
and watched...
the earth stood quite still
took a deep breath
and watched...
A fisherman sits
on a green mirrored river
hoping for dinner
on a green mirrored river
hoping for dinner
Beneath the green trees
the kayaks glide noiselessly
through grey trunk ripples
the kayaks glide noiselessly
through grey trunk ripples
Reflections...
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Absolutely beautiful, Delwyn. I am very partial to reflections on the water.So lovely.xx
ReplyDeleteHi Nat
ReplyDeletewe are having fun with our respective water shots aren't we?
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I have just discovered your blog - it's beautiful! Love the way you combine the words with the images. I'll be back!
ReplyDeleteYour photographs of reflections made me realise for the first time the obvious meaning of 'to reflect' - a reflection of something is an image repeated in a mirror, water etc - it is another image of the same thing. To sit and 'reflect' is for the mind to look at itself - its own thoughts and images. Never really thought about it like that before - but I am often immune to the bleeding obvious.
ReplyDeleteHello Denise -
ReplyDeletewelcome to the South Pacific and my little corner of it...
thank you for your kind comments and please return. I will visit you tomorrow after the farmers' markets - they are very early so I hope that you will be up!
for now sleep calls...
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Hi Mr Sailor,
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting thought because we often use the term to imply mulling over when it really means to look at it clearly and as it is ...mmmmmmm
I wonder if we can ever do that...or is it always a bit murky?
I'll have to reflect on that some more...
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GORGEOUS! I had a really hot and humid day at work...you have no idea how these photos have allowed me to cool down! Now, I must reflect too!
ReplyDeleteHello my little Kobe friend
ReplyDeletewell I will leave you to your reflecting and resting and away to bed - early market start tomorrow, and it has been so cold at 6am....BRRRRRR but will be worth it...and hot coffees are so great after all the produce has been purchased - maybe even a Japanese pancake too - yes we have a stall that makes bean or custard filled fish shaped pancakes and now for winter the Japanese lady and her chef husband are making okonomiyaki!! fancy that!!!
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How very, very beautiful...and so sublimely tranquil. How wonderful that you have this view from your home, Delwyn - what a sense of peace it must engender.
ReplyDeleteI've had a lovely time catching up on your recent posts - all of which are a complete delight. I feel quite refreshed now. Thank you, Delwyn!
Just on my way to bed Delwyn, glad I called by first ....reflections are so restful ...I love them. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI can never get too reflected :) Love the tranquil mirrored images that guive us double our fun of natures creations. Lovely images, especially love that last one.
ReplyDeletewow! absolutely gorgeous delwyn. stunning!!! i love pictures of reflections as they make me reconsider the actual image all over again. steven
ReplyDeleteI liked this whole reflection about reflection. And the pictures and the land, amazing as usual. Everything looks noiseless.
ReplyDeleteYou knew I couldn't resist a post with this title. . . and the content was gratifying. Well done!
ReplyDeleteDelwyn, like Meri, I am always entranced by the idea of Reflections. I am transported away by your pictures ~ it's a moment of bliss. Especially the contrast of colours in the last one. I always feel like I could be right there with you. Wish I was tonight.
ReplyDeleteBright Blessings.
Just beautiful...now I am going to reflect on what I have just seen here!...Thank you for the peaceful moments.
ReplyDeleteHello Tessa
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have your company again.
This view from my house is so serene. Our house is largely glass so from almost any point you can see the river and the grey trunks of the gums across the water - and it's always changing colour.
As I sit in my study writing now I am looking through the living room to the large gum in the centre of these shots and looking at the light playing on it - it is 8.45am and I am thinking I should do a series of that one tree over the course of a day to watch the shifting sun...
there are always fresh ideas...
thank you for your encouragement,
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I had to stop by again this morning to look at these pictures...
ReplyDeleteYou are probably already at the market having a ball now! Sounds like there is going to be lots of yummy stuff...I can't imagine eating okonomiyaki in Australia...that's great!
well, I'm off to work now!
Sarah
ReplyDeleteWhat a glorious Day!
I hope you had a good rest and are out in the morning sun..
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Good morning Gary
ReplyDeleteI think many of us are gazers and reflecters...my dictionary wants me to write reflectors and I guess we are that too sometimes...
I had not thought much about the double image until I looked closely at these and noticed that some points stood out more in the reflection than in the real - possibly because I know the scene so well, so standing it on its head allowed me to see if afresh.
And then I inverted the mirror image and looked at it that way - and that was interesting too, then I stood the image vertically and noticed how symmetrical the 2 images can be and what an interesting shape the double image can make - a little like one of those perception exercises with the faces and vase.
How much fun can one have with reflections???
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Steven
ReplyDeleteHi there,
Yes that's exactly what happened - see my comments in the box above...
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Hi Mof R
ReplyDeleteAs I just said to Tessa I am going to keep watching my favourite gum over the course of the day...so I went to take some photos of it now and it is extremely peaceful, with occasional outbursts from the crows and a group of rainbow lorikeets feeding on the wattle and tea tree swampy area behind the river bank border of gums and large trees. Luckily this land is a reserve and can never be built on.
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Hi Meri,
ReplyDeleteI find one kind of reflection leads to another in this environment...
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Hi Samantha
ReplyDeletethere is not a day goes by when I do not count my blessings for the opportunity to live right here on this river and be inside nature although be in town.
I like that last shot because you might have noticed there is a boat on the right hand side which has cut through the reflection and the wake has left a glassy smoothed over look to the far side of the river - the wake is rolling over towards me through the reflected image.
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Hello Wanda
ReplyDeleteHow are you?
I hope that you had a happy moment's reflection...
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Tulsa
ReplyDeleteYes home from the market by 7.45am today after lovely produce has been bought and superb coffee with yes - a Japanese custard pancake thingy - just perfect to keep warm - It wasn't as cold as expected - only 12* C- 56*F What is Japan in C or F?
Is Sat work usual for you?
I know Poppy often got roped in to do special Sat activities with the children - camps and outings and speech days.
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It seems you are always outdoors. I envy you. In this phase of my life, and for many reasons, I am most of the time indoors.
ReplyDeleteHi Man Of Roma
ReplyDeleteYes my time is mostly my own so I get out every day for a walk in the national park or along the river...
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Wow! You had a really busy and early morning...!
ReplyDeleteOh Delwyn...I have to work both Sat. and Sundays most often. I do get an occasional weekend day off but unless something "major" happens I don't get two days off in a row....
When I was a teacher, the exact thing happened to me just like Poppy! They rope you in pretty tight sometimes...lol
Japan's temp. is Celsius. The mornings are about 18c but in the afternoon it gets to be about 25.
Although Poppy is in a different city I think we are having similar weather right now. Which do you use in Australia? C or F?
Oh, and we use cm instead of inches..things like this were hard for me to adjust to at first!
Now I am off to see more of your brilliant pictures!
Tulsa
ReplyDeleteYou work so hard over there - long hours and tough schedules...you need some good Au unions to battle for your rights!
We are in C and metric measurements too. I can't believe the US is still in imperial...so archaic...
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The last photo in it's gold glory is gorgeous! Thank you for the tour.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love the reflections on water photos and your perfect words attached! Such beauty is soul-affirming. Thank you for sharing it. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi Lizzy
ReplyDeleteI think I have the camera or scanner to thank for the golden hue - see the 'you might like' box with the same photo used a while back and it appears a little greener...
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Hi Marion
ReplyDeleteare you back in action - everything running smoothly now?
Thank you Marion, I appreciate your comments.
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