shining water
This is where the sun rises at the fall equinox. I got up a little too late to catch the actual sunrise but I think the spot is still apparent.
I’ve never actually given a name to any place I have lived. But I am considering calling this place “Camp Shining Water” or maybe just “Shining Water.” Or does that sound too much like Hiawatha?
September 25th, 2006 @ 6:15 am
I like “Shining Water,” and I don’t think anyone reads Hiawatha anymore to get the reference.
September 25th, 2006 @ 8:14 pm
I like it. And the photo is lovely, too.
C’mon, Shining Water is much more elegant than my garden’s name: Hogglebog!
September 26th, 2006 @ 6:37 am
Oh, how beautiful. Between you and Phyllis, there’s a plethora of amazing water photos to enjoy.
September 26th, 2006 @ 8:52 am
I wonder if school kids still have to read Hiawatha? I only remember having to read a little of it myself and it turns out that “by the shore of Gitche Gumee” is not even the first line, as I always thought.
I kind of like Hogglebog as a name. It is certainly not a cliche.
September 26th, 2006 @ 11:33 am
Beautiful! Happy Autumn!
September 26th, 2006 @ 2:42 pm
I thought of Hiawatha first thing! LOL
September 29th, 2006 @ 12:27 pm
I know this is a sunset, but your Hiawatha reference begged this line:
And the evening sun descending
Set the clouds on fire with redness,
Burned the broad sky, like a prairie,
Left upon the level water
One long track and trail of splendor,
Down whose stream, as down a river,
Westward, westward Hiawatha
Sailed into the fiery sunset,
Sailed into the purple vapors,
Sailed into the dusk of evening:
September 29th, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
no, no. sunrise. but a good quote nevertheless.