I cycled to the lake this evening and the water was very still. The pine trees, gilded by the late sun, mirrored themselves perfectly. Then a fish jumped and flopped and splashed and the ripples circled out, a perfect bulls eye, eventually hitting the bank and folding in on themselves. It reminded me of this [...]
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Lakes
Posted in Australia, art, creatures, lakes, norway, poetry on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A Sunday drive
Posted in ice, lakes, lovie, norway, seasons, snow on Sunday, February 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This afternoon we drove up along our regular summer cycling route, marveling at the icicles cascading over the rocks on the side of the road, and the little green islands in the middle of the frozen lakes. At the end of the route, we got out and had a stroll. I can’t believe I swam [...]
Colours
Posted in clouds, flowers, france, lakes, ocean, seasons, snow, trees on Saturday, November 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I wish I could pick them all up and put them in my pocket.
The white and the green.
The yellow and the red.
The patchwork and the orange.
The grey and the rainbow-blue.
Despite the earnest sentiments expressed in my last post, this week I’ve been wondering if I should hand in my Australian passport. It’s been HOT. And I haven’t been coping. Not sleeping well, feeling faint and floppy. But when I say hot, I mean 28 degrees. Nothing.
Nevertheless, we went cycling yesterday evening. The sun baked [...]
Here
Posted in halden, lakes on Monday, March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lakes, and clouds, and trees. Some days grey, some days golden light all over the fortress. The blossoms on the tree outside our window just thinking about opening. I nearly missed my flight on Thursday due to the English train system, but I made it. Easter eggs, and science fiction dvds late into the night. [...]
In the Lake District
Posted in England, hiking, image-poem, lakes on Monday, October 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The water rushes under stone,
The stone winds up the hill,
And the hills cradle secret lakes.
Our newest toy
Posted in flowers, goodtimes, lakes, norway on Saturday, June 16, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The very clever lovie has found these beauties. They pump up in five minutes, and then you’re away! They’re called dive-yaks, and are made so that you can paddle out to a spot and then go diving, something we won’t be trying. But they work just fine for paddling around.
This lake is a popular bathing [...]
Ice and Fire
Posted in fire, ice, lakes, light, magic, seasons on Monday, April 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is a memory. But it’s a pretty young memory, so I thought I’d write it down. Also, ever since it happened, I’ve been wanting to write about it, and have written about it, in fragments, in emails, but here is the space to tell it properly.
Three or four weeks ago I was out on [...]
Still smiling
Posted in bikes, lakes, lovie on Sunday, April 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We rode out to the lakes today (bikes are better than cars, anyway) and it’s just gorgeous. The ice has melted now, but today for the first time I noticed a shower of birdsong as we rode along. High, and sweet, and clear.
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