Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Travel Photos
Hidden Surprise
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Casement canvas before me, a surprise! French garden gathered within marble, stony granite rock. Sunlight streaming in through aged vines, coaxing colorful coleus; and verdant vines reach skyward as if in prayer.
I Remember When
I remember when: telephones were on walls, desktops or in phone booths. ‘Super 8’ was the hi-tech way to capture home movies; and when mini-computers were 10 feet by three by five, and were moved with hand trucks. homes were heated by coal furnaces,… Continue Reading “I Remember When”
Buddies
This photo was taken one languorous, dewy morning at the Polynesian Village, WDW. DMan ( #2 grandson) considers this to be his own private beach…sitting lagoon side, watching morning birds and talking about everything and nothing, the teachable moments are plenteous and precious.
Haiku Friday: “Les Baux de Provence”
Swan lake gliders slide beyond our Provence picket fence: Bucolic “Les Baux.” This photo was taken while ‘en Provence’ last April. While staying at “La Cabro d’Or”, we would stroll from our garden terrace to the manor house, around this lovely lake, and the… Continue Reading “Haiku Friday: “Les Baux de Provence””
Photo Friday: Natural Light
This photo was taken, after having just been seated for breakfast at Ponte Vedra Lodge at the end of March. Our window table afforded us the spectacular view seen here. Shades drawn just enough to shield our eyes, the sun’s rays shone on us… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: Natural Light”
Sun ‘brellas
I’m drawn once more To wind blown, ebbing shores To feel the sand-grains ‘neath my soles Bear silent witness to the quest of gulls, And fill my head and heart with surf-salt breeze. I rush on past the shore-side ‘ brellas, Treading hard the… Continue Reading “Sun ‘brellas”
Lilies of the Valley
A sensation of relief wrapped him Like a comforting blanket, When he found remnants of the Lilies of the Valley, Still growing wild by the house. The man discovered the hidden, inner child. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I wrote this response to Trifextra Challenge. Upon reading the… Continue Reading “Lilies of the Valley”
Shared Secrets
“D-man, what’s your best, all-time favorite movie?” “Les Miserables…I know every song by heart!” “But you’ve never even seen that movie – it’s rated PG13! “So what! It’s still my favorite.” This was written in response to Trifextra Challenge Week 53, in which we… Continue Reading “Shared Secrets”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
Home Sweet Home
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