Tag: reflection on the water

The Landscape Dreams

Color Photography, Landscapes
Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Muddlety Creek In December 120220” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

Ice and snow continue to fall in my Appalachian Mountains. The deer are bedded down in some sheltered thicket well away from the windy plane of the mountain delta. The fish that are normally feeding near the water’s surface have dove deeply into the murky pools to escape the ice. No birds sing and no ducks swim. The marsh sleeps deeply in winter. If the landscape dreams then dreams of days when the sun falls warmly on fresh green leaves and dragon flies play in the sky above. On those days the reeds are full of bird’s songs bees swarm over sweetly scented blooms. This landscape dreams of the new light. And it’s true that the shadows will struggle to keep their place in the corners and valleys for a while and that Old Man Winter will resist being dethroned but the New Light always prevails. It’s subtle at first and you have to look for it to see it but in less than 24 hours the New Light will arrive to drive out tge shadows.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

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Where Worlds Meet

Color Photography
Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Where Worlds Meet 110420” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

Come and sit with me for a moment and we’ll go down by the water’s edge. Here in this place where worlds meet and all that exists is common to mankind. The sun brightens all visions and wind fills all with breath. Listen closely to the water’s song as she gently hums in concert with the stones she keeps. Small fish dance and splash playfully as they make their way downstream to the great river that they know only from the stories of their ancestors. They’ve spent their whole lives in these shoals. Some of them have been here for months! But the time of the great migration is at hand and they must find their destiny in the deep water.

Alder, elm, birch and yellow poplars along with their kith and kin peer down into shoals for a last glimpse of their own faces contrasted against the deep blue of sky before settling in for their own winter’s nap.

I’ve said many times that I believe a moment of peace is as important to health as diet and exercise. I hope that you have enjoyed this moment because that’s it for tonight. Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

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Aquatic Tranquility In November

Color Photography, Landscapes, wildlife
Hello Friends! Tonight’s Feature Image is titled “Aquatic Tranquility 110420a” and is available for purchase by clicking the thumbnail and reaching out to me on the contact page.

Ripples spread gently across the water’s surface and Softly lap at the muddy embankment of the pond. The fiery colors of the leaves no longer share their hue with the aquatic landscape but in their place the tall trees stretch out to anchor the shore between two skys. This is the realm of the waterfowl who are equally at home in air and sea. Gracefully they glide through on their daily routine. The make no sound but stay in perfect unison as they patrol their domain. As the ripples reach my position nestled behind the fence each splash of the water lapping over clay and stone ebbs away the excess emotion from my being. Life was always intended to be so simple as this tranquil moment.

Good night friends and be blessed throughout your days.

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Forage Friday #72 Water

Color Photography, Forage Friday
Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Living Waters 82520” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

Water, water, every where.

Nor any drop to drink.

– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

A warm breeze rustled the turning leaves as Little Elk Creek rippled it’s way towards the Gauley River. Over pebble and over stone it winds its way from the top of the mountain. A historical marker sign on the Nicholas County and Fayette County border says this is the path that Pocahontas traveled to reach John Rolfe in Virginia. In my imagination I see her treading softly along the creek bank in my yard on her way to meet her lover. In her bundle is a small birch bark container. She steps down into ditch near one of the deeper pools and dips her cup into the water to enjoy a moment of harmony in nature and have a drink. Hollywood has done a fantastic job of creating in our minds the image of a pristine forest where people have no fear of things like cryptosporidium and brain eating amoebas. Unfortunately it wasn’t always possible to find a clean source of water.

The Native Americans knew full well that a person could get sick from drinking wild water. The records indicate that they had a large number of botanical treatments to heal people who became sick from waterborne illnesses. We also have records of some of the ways that they would have purified water. When a fire was practical they boiled it. If they were at base camp then it’s likely that a clay pot would be used. But that would awkward to transport on the trail and so a pan made from birch bark would fit the bill. As long as the bark container is full of water it will not burn.

Most people today drink water that has been chemically treated and filtered. The use of sand to filter water goes back to ancient times and some people still use this method today. Adding a little charcoal to a couple of layers of the sand will also help to filter water.

Some trees like Sycamore are natural water filters. The method of collecting fresh water from a tree is the same for collecting sap for maple syrup. Simply tap the tree and as long as the sap is flowing you can fill a bucket. But not all trees would be suitable because the sap just isn’t pleasantly flavored. Tree of heaven for example is absolutely terrible smelling. Maple, Sycamore and birch would be my choices.

Drinking water from a vine is one that we see on T.V. and movies. But there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this too. I’m only comfortable with drinking from grape vines. To best of my knowledge all of the other woody vines in West Virginia are toxic. But don’t cut the root end of the. Find the roots and trace the vine up the tree until you find where it comes back down the tree. Cut off the tip and place a thumb on the end. Shake the vine a few times and when you take your thumb off of the end water will flow out.

Image Titled “Driving In The Rain 82220”.

Rain is a great resource for fresh water. I remember my grandfather Dempsey drinking rainwater that collected in a woiden barrel.

There’s also wells an cisterns and ice in winter.

I focused on the sources of wild water and really only touched on the purifying processes. Filtering and boiling is always a good idea and the simplest way to to make wild water potable.

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A Short Trip Into The World Of Reflection

Color Photography
Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Deep Reflections 61620a” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

The still water brings to life a mirror image of the surrounding forest. As I gaze into topsy turvy world below my imagination pulls out visions of being able to swim through the sky and dive into the tree tops. In my dreamworld water is as breathable as air. The realm of the fish fades away as if it had been the reflection and the reflection was reality. Here we can swim through clouds and shape them into the images we desire see. We look down to waters surface and the world we just left shimmers as a small bird skimmes the edge of our new reality. The ripples emanate throughout this realm of reflection and it tickles when the waves pass through our bodies. The bird that caused the ripples disappears over the edge of pond but the reflection soars into the void beyond our perception. It’s that moment that the decision to either follow the world if reflections into oblivion or return to the real world and become merely normal once more. Living in a dreamworld might sound appealing at first but the realization that a person can only hold back the truth for so long beckons one to return to the world of challenges. After all, it’s the challenges that become victories.

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