THE MIRRORED LAKE
As I gaze out over
The tranquil surface
Of the mirrored lake,
It’s so easy to put aside
The difficulties
Of everyday life.
The call of the loon
Echoes through the
Early morning stillness,
As the earth quietly
Awaits the new dawn.
Silently I skim across
The peaceful water
Through the misty
Morning air, waiting
For the rising sun.
The day started out cold, gray and rainy. Later in the afternoon, the skies cleared a bit and we had some sun, but it never really got very warm. In the evening, I took a walk in the woods and got some shots of skippers and later on, I took a ride down to the boat landing and watched the sunset over Lake Hilbert.
I shot this picture of the little red barn on my way home this afternoon. About an hour later, we had a thunderstorm pass through. Shortly after that, I took a ride to town and shot the other 3 pics along the way.
Well, it appears I posted this too soon in the day, because around 7 P.M., I went into the kitchen for something and looked out the window and saw this cool cloud with what looks like a hole in it, so I went out with the camera to get a pic or two.
Then, about 8:30, just before sunset, I looked out the window and saw this awesome-looking monster cloud to the east, so, once again, I set out with the camera to capture it.
Yes, today was just one of those great days for taking cloud pictures. I’m very thankful that I was able to capture them all on my camera.
I shot these 3 pictures Wednesday morning. I shot the first one at 4:50, the second one at 5:15 and the third one at 5:40. I like the way the sky changed so much during this time frame. I shot all 3 from my front doorstep. I consider myself very fortunate to have such a good view of the east. I only wish I had as good of a view to the west, then I wouldn’t have to jump in my truck and drive to a better location for sunset shots.
This is an outhouse that stands on the site of an old homestead on Old Smith School Lane in Armstrong Creek. The barn and house have caved in a log time ago, but the pumphouse and outhouse are still standing. The door is missing on the outhouse, though. The front of it is a turquoise color. I like shooting it from the back cuz the background is better from that perspective. I remember the old man that lived here. When I was a kid, he would walk into town every day (about 3 miles), pick up the priest’s mail and deliver it to him. Something about this old homestead draws me back from time to time. I just seem to have a fascination with old abandoned buildings.
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
There’s a lot to be said
For solitude;
Time spent alone with
Your thoughts,
Sequestered from the rest of
The world.
I consider it time
Well spent
And an absolute
Necessity.
Time to sort out your
Thoughts.
Time to work through your
Problems.
Time to let your imagination
Run free.
Time to be quiet, still and
At peace.
I know, I’m a day late, but I posted twice yesterday, so I decided to save this for today. I shot both of these right from my front door. This was the nicest part of the day, because it rained off and on the rest of the day and it wasn’t very warm either.
Skipper on Hop Clover.
MELODY
Daylight waning,
Shadows falling.
Moon is rising,
Night winds calling.
Time drifts by
On silken wings,
Far and low
A song it sings.
It sings of love
And letters sent,
It sings of loss
And years misspent.
It sings of birth
As life begins,
It mourns as death,
Our journey ends.
It sings the melody
Of our lives
And sometimes makes us
Wonder why
We didn’t, when we
Had the chance,
Change the notes,
The refrain perhaps.
The past is gone,
It can’t be changed;
Look forward now
With knowledge gained.
Listen close in the
Hushed, still night
To the song of time
On its endless flight.
The prompt this week at www.photofriday.com is “The Great Outdoors”, so I chose this shot taken at Big Bull Falls last summer. It’s one of my favorite places to go. It’s beautiful there and very few people know about it. Whenever I go I almost always have the place to myself. I haven’t been there in quite awhile, and now that I’m thinking about it, I think maybe I’ll take a ride out there this weekend.
