Sharon's Week 38: Time for Quiet Reflection

Reflections

I am so happy and relaxed and this was the perfect topic for this week.  I just got home from an awesome book club weekend at Wakomata Lake.  The company, the conversations, the funnier-than-you-can-believe game of Catchphrase, the food, the wine, the sangria (that I made for the first time and was a hit), the sitting on the dock having coffee for hours each morning...I could go on but I don't want everyone to get too jealous and I am sure that Pam will be telling you the same when she gets on-line later.

As for the photography this week, I was planning to find different things to find reflections in like shiny objects or other reflective surfaces but that didn't happen.  If I do this project again next year I will have to put in "reflections not in water" as a topic to challenge the creativity a bit more.  We were lucky enough to have some great sunny weather this week so opportunities for reflections were abundant.  

After staying home Wednesday with a crazy head cold, I woke up Thursday feeling just fine so I headed out on my regular Thursday trip to Elliot Lake.  I am so fortunate that I didn't miss that sunrise.  The colour began at about 6:30 while I was passing Echo Bay and the sky was beautiful all the way to Blind River over an hour later.  I wasn't really watching for moose or deer though because I kept staring at the sky and looking for opportunities to pull over and photograph it.  This first shot was taken just past Thessalon.  I decided that this qualified for "reflections" as the rays of the sunrise were reflected on the clouds.

The next one was taken a half hour later just before Blind River.  The reflections on the undersides of the little clouds are a bit more obvious in this one.

Also, as I drove beside the Blind River, I was watching for the reflected trees and rocks in the water as I have seen on many of my trips along the highway.  For some reason on Thursday and again when I drove out there on Friday, the reflections just weren't there.  This was the best I could get.  I don't think you can see it with the picture this size but there is a bald eagle flying through the frame...just above and to the right of middle, you may see a white speck.

Last Monday I headed to Whitfish Island looking for reflections but again, the sun was in the wrong place or the water was too ripply.  I did like this tree however I wish that the pond wasn't so icky.

And we know that I love our bridge.  Here it is with a bit of it reflected in the slightly less icky other pond.

Then I headed to City Hall which is made mostly of gold windows.  It was sunset and I wanted the sunset and bridge reflected.  I didn't know that the windows would be so filthy but I took my shots anyway.

It was beautiful Friday afternoon as I headed up to Mary's camp and I stopped a few times to take photographs.  Here is one.  I don't think the colours are going to be fantastic this year...they are fairly muted so far.

Saturday morning at the dock... (thanks, Pam for being an early bird with me).

A little later...(when the rest were up).

I have already done next week's assignment since Mary's camp was the perfect place to do it but you'll have to wait till next weekend to see it.  Have a great week.