Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Photography
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”
Driftwood
🌊🌊🌊 It lay that morning in gaping ghastliness, aside the strangling seaweed, clumped on my solitary stretch of sand. A beached shark, whose sharp tooth splinters protruded forward, in a last gasp of survival. 🌊🌊🌊 Having just returned from a Disney world vacation, I browsed… Continue Reading “Driftwood”
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”
Pirates’ Plunder
I knew that D-man would band them together – again – transforming the ragtag bunch of cousins into a well-tuned troop of plundering pirates, exuberantly mounting their quest. “Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate’s life for me! Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me!”… Continue Reading “Pirates’ Plunder”
On Miracles
🎵🎵🎵 The same old butterflies returned to her stomach and her pulse quickened with uncertainty, as she turned into the familiar road that led to her mountain retreat. Her friends and acquaintances from prior years had opted for other weeks, other programs, other Directors.… Continue Reading “On Miracles”
Three Little Words
Rock!  Paper!  Scissors! 🌾🌾🌾 Trifextra Challenge Week 86: This weekend we were asked to put forth three little words that describe the writing process.  Much goes into the creative process.  However, a stone cold, rocky place usually precedes the written word… Continue Reading “Three Little Words”
Photo Friday: ‘Structures’
As an engineer my first inclination was to select a marvelous, awe inspiring bridge or skyscraper, as a subject for this photo essay. Certainly there are many such subjects that scream to be noticed and many that have been beautifully and artistically captured on… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: ‘Structures’”
Haiku Friday: The Beach at Claypool
Ever shifting skies Like water-color brush strokes Tinting glist’ning shores.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
Peering through the chain link fence, drama unfolds, as in days of old, when ‘pick-up’ games were the neighborhood norm. Whether six or sixteen, boy or girl, all learned the value of play, teamwork and respect for each other – values still being taught… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic”
Emergence
Cloyingly clinging to a single shred of salvation    Resisting the impulse to relinquish my tenuous hold on reality      Undaunted, crude, I struggle – as a projectile – against the swirling maelstrom     … Continue Reading “Emergence”
To Each His Own
Shower Kinetic, tactile Steaming, streaming, cleansing Soapy, slippery, bubbly, sudsy Soothing, swirling, surrounding Static, smooth Bath This week, I am responding to the Studio30 Prompt by deploying the Diamante poetic form. It’s fascinating that this form is worked from the outsides in. Try it,… Continue Reading “To Each His Own”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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