"ebb and flow" I love the way that sounds - romantic and poetic. No doubt, we are shaped by the intimacy shared with a lover. Maybe it's more than a lover? Maybe it's our soul mate that has the power to shape us? Or do we give them the power?
Amazing photos!
Steven, I am impressed with your ability to have a powerful and moving post every day.
The ice and the stones together are a long history lesson. Front your ice on the pond and river to the last ice age. They go together like bees and honey.
Ice and stones, water and rocks, wonderful juxtapositions here, Steven and all of it close to your mother's house. There are subtle layers here whose depths I can only imagine.
So beautiful, Steven - words and pictures. I hear we have small ice floes on the nearby Loughor Estuary - pretty rare for 'mild' South Wales! Sadly it's just slush in our street - that 'in-between' phase ... but there is a beautiful 'gold metallic' light over the bay.
hello sixpence - i think that with a lover there's shaping, with a soul mate there's flow. thanks for your kind comment. i love creating these posts - i feel fortunate that they resonate with people who see them!!! have a peaceful day. steven
hello rachel - i'm not as confident in my writing ability as i am in finding the words of others infinitely more insightful and articulate to match the images but i want to try so thankyou for your support!!! have a peaceful day. steven
hey lorenzo - now there's a burning question! i don't know that beauty is bound by scale but it's the format here that determines just how much beauty can be shared! have a peaceful day. steven
elisabeth - there are many many layers to this post . . . many of them are tucked away but with a little gentle digging hmmmmm. have a lovely day. steven
hi barry - soft and gentle persistence. wrapping and pulling away repeatedly until the stone turns to sand and then . . . . . beautiful words barry. thanks. have a peaceful and warm day. steven
I love the sound the stones make as the water rustles over them. We're having exceptionally large surf today and I'm heading down for a face full of spray and ears full of waves pounding on the shore.
hi steven..once again fabulous pictures...i love the last one...the earthy colours of the pebbles against the frozen icy shard with the pebble shape repeated....wow!! xx
hi steven..once again fabulous pictures...i love the last one...the earthy colours of the pebbles against the frozen icy shard with the pebble shape repeated....wow!! xx
hi dan - i carry lovely gentle memories of that day although it was bitterly cold with an easterly wind carrying freezing rain that stung like sand on bare skin! the pebbles and ice side-by-side were more beautiful than my pictures show. have a peaceful evening. steven
hello golden west!! i've never heard surf on pebbles - only on sand. i will hear it one day if i visit oregon and washington as i would love to!!! i hope you enjoyed your trip to the sea! steven
kay thankyou very much. i love the colours of sea pebbles and then too to hold them in the palm of your hand and feel their unlikely soft smoothness - well that's magic! have a lovely evening. steven
alaine - i guess that's true for you!!! wow i never considered how far out of my aussie friend's experience so much of what i post is!! have a lovely warm evening. steven
Dearest best Steven in the universe! Thanks for the comment- you just SHINE ,shine ,shine! I do love these shots of ice and stone, like bright jewels on the shore. so beautiful I ...sigh...Thank you Steven! There SO should be more of you on this planet!Glad you had a son!
I love the colours in your images and the hard textures of ice and stone juxtaposed with soft sand and water, but most of all I was imagining the sound of the stones and ice drifts swishing and piling on the shoreline...
WOW! I have never seen photos like that! What an amazing combination!! WOW!
ReplyDelete"ebb and flow" I love the way that sounds - romantic and poetic. No doubt, we are shaped by the intimacy shared with a lover. Maybe it's more than a lover? Maybe it's our soul mate that has the power to shape us? Or do we give them the power?
ReplyDeleteAmazing photos!
Steven, I am impressed with your ability to have a powerful and moving post every day.
Love it! love it, love it, love it! The pics, the words, everything!
ReplyDeleteCiao Steven!
ReplyDeletethese photos are enchanting, I like them very much. And the thoughts too.
Sorry for my English, but I am not so good...
have a nice day
I know you usually like to quote someone but I much prefer your words, and with these images they are perfect. I find the last one really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat simple beauty you caught in these pictures, but how complex in its creation.
ReplyDeleteIs beauty always so spare and simple? It sometimes seems that way. Really beautiful, Steven.
ReplyDeleteThe ice and the stones together are a long history lesson. Front your ice on the pond and river to the last ice age. They go together like bees and honey.
ReplyDeleteLook at the polished stones. A lesson in shaping.
Beautifil post.
Ice and stones, water and rocks, wonderful juxtapositions here, Steven and all of it close to your mother's house. There are subtle layers here whose depths I can only imagine.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, Steven - words and pictures. I hear we have small ice floes on the nearby Loughor Estuary - pretty rare for 'mild' South Wales! Sadly it's just slush in our street - that 'in-between' phase ... but there is a beautiful 'gold metallic' light over the bay.
ReplyDeleteImages of great clarity and beauty Steven. Over time, the stone doesn't stand a chance.
ReplyDeletehello jenny stevning - thankyou! nature took care of most of the hard work for me! have a lovely day. steven
ReplyDeletehello sixpence - i think that with a lover there's shaping, with a soul mate there's flow. thanks for your kind comment. i love creating these posts - i feel fortunate that they resonate with people who see them!!! have a peaceful day. steven
ReplyDeletemoira - i'm so glad!!! have a lovely day. steven
ReplyDeleteciao angelo! grazie. il vostro inglese è benissimo a proposito!! abbia un giorno pacifico. steven
ReplyDeletehello rachel - i'm not as confident in my writing ability as i am in finding the words of others infinitely more insightful and articulate to match the images but i want to try so thankyou for your support!!! have a peaceful day. steven
ReplyDeletehello jinksy - water and stones - so simple, so elemental and so fine in their creation. have a lovely day. steven
ReplyDeletehey lorenzo - now there's a burning question! i don't know that beauty is bound by scale but it's the format here that determines just how much beauty can be shared! have a peaceful day. steven
ReplyDeletehey abe - i love stones and i love that as barry mentions further down - the water will always win!! have a great day. steven
ReplyDeleteelisabeth - there are many many layers to this post . . . many of them are tucked away but with a little gentle digging hmmmmm. have a lovely day. steven
ReplyDeletecoastcard - the views from your little bit of the world are stunning. ice floes!!! that's hard to imagine but there it is! have a warm day. steven
ReplyDeletehi barry - soft and gentle persistence. wrapping and pulling away repeatedly until the stone turns to sand and then . . . . . beautiful words barry. thanks. have a peaceful and warm day. steven
ReplyDeletepensive and romantic steven. thank you.
ReplyDeleteSo ~Beautiful~ both words and pictures <3
ReplyDeleteLovely words, images, and musings to carry with me today, or to put on: like a comfortable sweater, gently worn.
ReplyDeleteamazing pictures as per usual.
ReplyDeleteI love the sound the stones make as the water rustles over them. We're having exceptionally large surf today and I'm heading down for a face full of spray and ears full of waves pounding on the shore.
ReplyDeletehi steven..once again fabulous pictures...i love the last one...the earthy colours of the pebbles against the frozen icy shard with the pebble shape repeated....wow!! xx
ReplyDeletehi steven..once again fabulous pictures...i love the last one...the earthy colours of the pebbles against the frozen icy shard with the pebble shape repeated....wow!! xx
ReplyDeleteMagic, Steven. I love a seashore; have never seen one dressed with ice before.
ReplyDeletebonnie - those are two of my favourite states!!! steven
ReplyDeletethanks nolly - i'm enjoying them myself!!! have a lovely evening. steven
ReplyDeletehi dan - i carry lovely gentle memories of that day although it was bitterly cold with an easterly wind carrying freezing rain that stung like sand on bare skin! the pebbles and ice side-by-side were more beautiful than my pictures show. have a peaceful evening. steven
ReplyDeleteellen thanks!! steven
ReplyDeletehello golden west!! i've never heard surf on pebbles - only on sand. i will hear it one day if i visit oregon and washington as i would love to!!! i hope you enjoyed your trip to the sea! steven
ReplyDeletekay thankyou very much. i love the colours of sea pebbles and then too to hold them in the palm of your hand and feel their unlikely soft smoothness - well that's magic! have a lovely evening. steven
ReplyDeletealaine - i guess that's true for you!!! wow i never considered how far out of my aussie friend's experience so much of what i post is!! have a lovely warm evening. steven
ReplyDeleteDearest best Steven in the universe! Thanks for the comment- you just SHINE ,shine ,shine! I do love these shots of ice and stone, like bright jewels on the shore. so beautiful I ...sigh...Thank you Steven! There SO should be more of you on this planet!Glad you had a son!
ReplyDeleteHi Steven
ReplyDeleteI love the colours in your images and the hard textures of ice and stone juxtaposed with soft sand and water, but most of all I was imagining the sound of the stones and ice drifts swishing and piling on the shoreline...
outstanding!
ReplyDeleteevery bit of it!
words and photos just amaze me
i do love coming here, even when i have a headache
have a wonderful weekend