Sunday 5 July 2015

Sun, Shadows & Reflections

We're having a bit of a heat wave this week - the first so far this summer to be worthy of the name (even by my standards). It's not likely to last much longer though (rain expected over night and a change to cooler weather following tomorrow). 

So I don't like to complain; I'm just stating a fact when I say that hot weather affects my blogging/ computer habits, as it gets too hot to spend much time in my study.

And then when I tried on Friday... It turned out Windows Live Writer had again stopped connecting to Blogger. So I gave up. 

WLW still not working today, so doing this post directly in Blogger. The photos are from Wednesday, which was the first day of the hot weather I think.

I went into town then in the afternoon, and before an errand or two I took a little walk along the river with the camera. And here are some of the things I saw.
 
A girl sitting by the river, reading a book.
Meeting myself in a complex window reflection.

The under-water-world in the river.



 And hello... What's that I spye with my little eye...

A damselfly. Then it really is summer!

Just courting his own shadow, though, it seems.
 


Linking to
Weekend Reflections
Shadow Shot Sunday

21 comments:

  1. You saw YOU and the Damsel saw the Damsel.. love both of those and i missed the girl in the photo until i read your words. i was caught up in the reflections...

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    1. Sandra, I can't help but wonder if a Damselfly recognises his own shadow or not?

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  2. Nice photos, I like how you caught your reflection.

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  3. Amazing collection of photos...I like the first one the best... this is really fabulous...

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  4. Excellent.
    I had no trouble with WLW today.

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    1. I'm still not able to post from WLW, Adrian. Just tried my other account too which is connected to a gmail address but it was the same there. Not wasting time just now on further investigation. I'll wait a while and see if it sorts itself out. Or I'll get used to using Blogger again.

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    2. Silly me. All my own fault. Fiddling around with my Blogger account settings for other reasons, I managed to remove the email address I've been trying to post to from WLW. Once I added it back, it works just fine again. Google just doing their job protecting "strangers" from posting on my blog :)

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  5. The perfect outfit to keep reasonably cool on a hot day looking chic enough for town at the same time. 41 Celsius today on my parents' balcony today... 37/38 when I stepped off the train tonight after my weekend at and on the lake.

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    1. Rather drastic weather change here today from over 30 yesterday back to around 16 - and rain, and strong wind!

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  6. Great photos! I particularly enjoyed the girl reading a book and the Damselfly!
    Have a Great Week!
    Peace :)

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  7. Did you meet yourself coming or going---or both? ;)

    Tangled in the Shade

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    1. Put like that, I'm not really sure, MMT! ;)

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  8. Loved these photos...I liked the underwater world photo the best.

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    1. The underwater world fascinated me, too, Virginia. In other places along the river one doesn't get close enough to see the plants below the surface like that!

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  9. what a surprising shadow capture! and it's good to see you even though it was in a complex reflection- love it!

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    1. Norma, I was surprised that I could see that little shadow even from quite a distance. (With the camera I zoomed on it, of course.)

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  10. Lovely shots. The heatwave is over for us here in Stockholm though.

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