The luxury of memory

[vaneramos]

Nymphaea odorata (fragrant white water lily)





Eriocaulon aquaticum (pipewort)


Danny gave me a 512 MB disc for my camera at the beginning of the summer. The past 10 days at the cottage I blissfully shot 250 photos without the slightest worry about running out of memory. I could only fit about 300 images on the three old discs; now I have room for about 1,100 altogether, which will allow 68 photos per day during the trip to the Maritimes. Luxury.

I already miss the peace and simplicity of Lake Fletcher, lucidly evoked by these two photos I took wading around the bay on Monday (more cottage photos to follow).

Tomorrow we're going to Toronto for a visit with Danny and CanStage's Dream in High Park; this season's production is Much Ado About Nothing.

Before Tuesday I also need to print directions off MapQuest, check the camping equipment, get the car serviced and buy groceries. Most of the plans have fallen into place. Gary emailed from Cape Breton to let us know they're expecting us on the farm, but I haven't yet been able to reserve a campsite for our last stop in Quebec City.

The next three weeks promise not only to be hectic, but also rich with memory.


Another photo is posted in texture.

Comments

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

I could contemplate that water lily for hours, enraptured. Somehow it means "summer" to me, as much as the cicadas.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I wish I could post the rich perfume, which reminds me of butter.

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

I'll stand out on my porch and imagine really hard. Thank you.

[missprune.livejournal.com]

The water lily is gorgeous, but the pipewort picture (I admit I had no idea what they were) is breathtaking...
Have you ever seen the movie Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray. Black and white images of rain drops on a pond etc, I was reminded of them by that photo.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I have never seen it. I'll ask Danny about Satyajit Ray; he is a connoisseur of offbeat films. I'll reveal a secret: if you look very closely just below the two stems nearest the centre of the photograph you'll find a faint circle made by a raindrop.

Aquatic plants aren't usually described in the standard field guides. I've been marvelling at the peculiar plant, hitherto nameless, for years. For Christmas I requested and received Wetland Plants of Ontario, and last week identified pipewort for the first time.

[fivecats.livejournal.com]

Really fine images, both of them. They each possess a delicateness matched by the strength of the colors and of their settings.

Nicely done.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the comments!

And btw, welcome to my journal.

[fivecats.livejournal.com]

I've been lurking for a while here and there. I respect your eye for photography and enjoy your images and writing.

My lj features images, but few as good as yours. I'm still working on it, though.

And thanks for the welcome.

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[jwg.livejournal.com]

I love the pipeworts. They look like nice-headed pins stuck into a reflective material.

I remain a big fan of your reflection pictures. I got a few of my own in Washington last week- I'll get around to posting them soon.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'm such a water lover, reflections are one of my favourite things to photograph.

[thewindrose.livejournal.com]

Welcome back!!

Both photos are gorgeous, but the pipewort one really speaks to me. I may have to come back to it and look at it often - I feel like I need the serenity. I wish I could put a copy of it on the wall across from my desk - so I could just glance up and remember to stay calm.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

If you would like to print it, I could email you a larger file formatted for printing.

[thewindrose.livejournal.com]

Would you?!? I would love that!!

Please send it to thewindrose@livejournal.com. Thank you so much!!

I thought of you again while I was up at the cottage - I went down to the water's edge and there was actually pipewort growing! I also was thrilled to get a number of heron sightings, including an adolescent, and I spotted my first bald eagle up there. Their wingspan is so impressive!