Floating, Watery Worlds

Fall is definitely in the air-that bit of a chill in the early morning and at night. Much like that red flare shot up in the dark night sending a warning that more is on the way. Nevertheless, it is still my favorite time of year. The light during the day takes on a special quality-it is warm and golden, yet with a sharpness and clarity at the same time. Everything seems to be more in focus than usual. And I love how this golden light has a lingering quality about it.

Floating Leaf

I say to you-don't be in such a hurry all of the time. I noticed this leaf walking back to my car after finishing up my stop at Target. There was a pool of water against the curb and this leaf was floating there with some other debris. The water had enough oil floating on the surface from the asphalt, giving it a unique reflective property. I happened to like the weird shadow cast by the leaf floating in this murky stuff.

Stuff like this is easy to miss if you're always in a hurry to get from point "A" to point"B".

Pool Shadows

 I guess while I'm doing shadows in relation to water, I'll add this one to the mix too. It's the swimming pool at my brother's home. The shadow cast is from the roof line of the patio cover and the second story of the home. It really is an abstraction, isn't it?

I continue to celebrate the mundane!

"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see." (Martin Luther King)

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