Sunday 10 July 2011

A MIRROR MIDDLE OF A FOREST



22 pm, after a hot day. A crane singing in the woods. A small duck swimming middle of the high grass. The forest pond is like a mirror.

Summer greetings from a night swimmer.

27 comments:

  1. too wonderful. dressed in flowers. calm waters. a festival of trees.

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  2. I really need to visit suomi soon. I want to swim in a lake that late, too.
    Thank you for those beautiful pictures.

    Greetings!

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  3. looks so incredibly peaceful :-)

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  4. Stunning. Your life is like a picture book.

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  5. And this is one of the best things about summer, those long days that stretch until late and the calmness of the early evening. Beautiful photos.

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  6. this seems to be a wonderful place to swim. i love the mirror :)

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  7. beautiful. the photos and your words, as always, bring me such inner peace- one that is light and always filled with hope.

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  8. Wow wow, that tempts me !!

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  9. OMG! I cannot tell you how envious this makes me, it's so wonderful! We have a lake nearby but you seriously wouldn't want to take a dip in it lol! x

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  10. oh - i´d love to swim there, too... look´s like perfection on a summer day.

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  11. magic. i don't know if you know swedish, but i came to think of this song that i love, when i saw your post:

    Du lindar av olvon en midsommarkrans
    och hänger den om ditt hår.
    Du skrattar åt mångubbens benvita glans,
    som högt över tallen står.
    I natt skall du dansa vid Svartrama tjärn
    i långdans, i språngdans på glödande järn.
    I natt är du bjuden av dimman till dans,
    där Ull-Stina, Kull-Lina går.

    Nu tager du månen från Blåbergets kam
    att ge dig en glorias sken.
    Och ynglet som avlas i gölarnas slam
    blir fålar på flygande ben.
    Nu far du till Mosslinda, Mosslunda mor,
    där Ull-Stina, Kull-Lina, Gull-Fina bor.
    I natt skall du somna vid Svartrama damm
    där natten och mossan är len.

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  12. Oh, so lovely! The trees and the lake and the trees in the lake.

    I used to spend every summer by a lake, swimming constantly. I live beside the North Sea now, which is wonderful too, but quite different.

    Wishing you many happy nighttime swims. And lots of floating and looking up up up at the sky.

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  13. such a beautiful post. your evening swim sounds so magical.

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  14. a beautiful reminder of the wonderful things in life. I love your dress too.

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  15. I love this. I want a pond.

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  16. So happy to have you all here. Thank you deeply.

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  17. This is such a refreshing post about swimming at night in the land of midnight sun, thankyou! love your robe and the still water and the overwhelming stillness.

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  18. Wonderful, beautiful, poetic pictures.

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