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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Misted In!






As happens in August, the cool night air is colder than the water temperature, resulting in a beautiful mist. I was drawn to the lake each morning and documented the gradual lifting of the mist.

These pictures I took were just begging for a poem.

See below.

morning mist
magical mysterious
dreamy elusive
swirling slowly
eerily enveloping our canoes
drifting in and out of view
radiant rays
gradually banishing the mist
as the sun
is silently slipping
up over the mountain
like an illusion
we're emerging
and then disappearing
behind the curtain
beholding this beauty
and becoming a part of it -
melded maids of the mist
Mother of Invention, thinking that getting up at 5:30 a.m. was definitely worth it!

11 Comments:

Blogger Old Lady said...

So apt a description and feeling.
That anomaly occurs down here most mornings throughout the year. It is one of the visions that I enjoy most.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 
Blogger Diana said...

Goodness gracious, genuinely gorgeous.

Sorry, got caught up in your alluring alliterations.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 
Blogger Diana said...

Goodness gracious, genuinely gorgeous.

Sorry, got caught up in your alluring alliterations.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 
Blogger Barbara said...

The pictures together with the poem are a powerful message. You can look back on this post and remember a beautiful moment in your recent trip.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 
Blogger Mother of Invention said...

Old Lady: Thanks. It's one of those things you just want to share with someone, even though really seeing it elicits an individual and unique response. Very often a scene in nature is a stimulus for my writing.

Diana: Thanks...yeah you got so caught up you printed it twice! HA! Ha! That dang post button!

Barbara: Yes, thanks...sometimes pictures are fine to be left without descriptors but other times they are just crying for some words. It is always a challenge for me to create the words in a way that will do justice to the pictures.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

 
Blogger Richard said...

Those are lovely dreamy pictures.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

 
Blogger carmilevy said...

I hope you wake up early more often: these images and the poetry are wonderful.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

 
Blogger Mother of Invention said...

Carmi: Thanks! I'd gladly wake up at that hour, except the place I want to be is 7 hours away!

Saturday, September 02, 2006

 
Blogger Mother of Invention said...

Richard: Yep! I can lost in those dreams!

Saturday, September 02, 2006

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mmmmmm, yummy dawn, and beautiful poetry topping... could eat it all up... at least drink it all in!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

 
Blogger Mother of Invention said...

Annelisa: Thanks for reading and getting lost in the mist!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

 

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