Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: WordPress Challenges
Silent Eloquence
Looking out over the expanse of neatly arranged chairs, that in a few hours will be teeming with concert-goers, the stark contrast is clear. This anticipatory lull is prelude to a great crescendo of excitement. It’s as if calm before the storm; the lows… Continue Reading “Silent Eloquence”
Zero to Hero: Day 1
Today, I embark on a 30-day journey to become a better blogger. Today’s assignment: write and publish a “who I am and why I’m here” post. I began blogging in June 2012, a few months after having retired from the corporate world. Because of my… Continue Reading “Zero to Hero: Day 1”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
Standing on the brink, Face turned heavenward, Momentary musings launch my spirit towards distant, mystical, mountain mists, leaving Fall’s ephemeral foreground behind. Suddenly, sensing a glimmer, A hint of hope piercing through the otherwise luster-less, limitless sky; Suddenly, clouds clearing, I understand Salvation
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
The Sea, stretching infinitely far below, as far as the eye can see; defining the horizon, where sky and sea merge as one.
Daily Prompt: Life Line: “The Hands of a Child”
Daily Prompt: Life Line…You’re on a long flight, and a palm reader sitting next to you insists she reads your palm. WHAT does she tell you.Photographers, artists, poets: show us HANDS. The following is my entry: ✒✒✒✒✒✒✒✒✒✒ Nothing is as expressive and tacitly satisfying… Continue Reading “Daily Prompt: Life Line: “The Hands of a Child””
Daily Prompt: Moved to Tears
Daily Prompt: Moved to Tears Describe the last time you were moved to tears by something beautiful. Photographers, artists, poets: show us BEAUTY. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/daily-prompt-beauty/ ✳✳✳✳✳ We’ve seen this boat show a hundred times. We’ve climbed our “Sunrise Hill” at dusk, first with our children… Continue Reading “Daily Prompt: Moved to Tears”
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
“One shot, two ways; as illustrated in these two photos, taken dockside at the Polynesian Village in Walt Disney World. The beautiful, nearly fully opened hibiscus blossom had fallen during a rain storm, landing atop a trash receptacle, in a rain puddle. Which proves… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways”
Photo Friday: First Light
Each morning, the sun rises over the distant trees lining the shores of Bay Lake, to cast its long shadows across the still waters of the Seven Seas Lagoon. Each morning, a unique display is strewn before us like pearls; ever-changing, spectacular and unpredictable.… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: First Light”
Photo Friday: Scenic Wonder
As we near the end of our annual family WDW vacation, staying at the Polynesian Village, I never tire of capturing ‘my’ sunrises through the camera lens. There have been many changes during the last 35 years, but one thing has remain unchanged; the… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: Scenic Wonder”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
Bandit (our Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) evidently finds his plush buddies to be extremely companionable. At first glance one may not realize that though all of the creatures in this photo are soft and furry, one will be waking up in a moment,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves: Marauding Munchkins
Curves are everywhere, including the newly-polished stainless steel refeigerator door; whose smooth, sleek, textured lines are often interrupted by evidence of marauding munchkins (aka Grandsons)!
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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