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For Weekend Reflection and For Shadow Shot Sunday (thank goodness for phone cams and spontaneous shots)

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections . The window of Shutterbox Photos in the Occidental Square area in old Seattle.

Weekend Reflections this one the skin of a Frank Gehry building EMP Experience Music Project in Seattle.

Reflection from three weeks ago before I was ambushed by the world-class crud and reduced to a feverish, coughing, simpering mess . Weekend Reflections.

Weekend Reflections strolling the narrow passageways engaged in conversation much more engrossing than the frocks showcased in windows of high-end shops

Weekend Reflection The pilings thrust upward toward the sky. The water of the canal mirrors their boldness   but softens it somehow, gives the impression that each upright timber extends downward to the center of the earth and fastens us all securely in place  on the ground, so we won't float untethered into the vast beyond. Walkway lights twinkle upside-down like fireworks displays. Soft amber light rolls across the arch in the center of the slumbering bridge. Small ripples tickle the water's edges. The sky's breath separates the clouds just enough so  the light can peek through. Morning comes softly, illuminating the dark corners of my thoughts. 

Mirror, Mirror at my feet, who's both beautiful and sweet? Weekend Reflections.

Weekend Reflection . Dawn encroaches on the turf so recently claimed by darkness, bringing soft blues, hints of spun-sugar pink, layers of blue-gray clouds that will meander through before allowing the sun full reign. Most of the city still sleeps. Street lamps are still lit and bounce their light off the placid waters of the canal. Grand old buildings admire their reflection another day. A few watercraft chug along, bringing supplies. The vaporettos chuff into the Rialto stops,  largely empty. The narrow passageways and piazzas belong to carriers of cameras and tripods for a few minutes more, before shopkeepers appear with buckets of water and brooms to make ready for business.      

Weekend Reflections . Curve © 2010 Meri Arnett-Kremian

Weekend Reflections. sometimes you don't see what's right in front of your eyes until it's too late  I stopped and admired the lace things in this window on my photo walk that began just as the sun was rising but I never noticed at the time how Venice just insisted on getting in the picture. That camera hog!

Weekend Reflections.  Gazing at me, gazing at the gazing ball, camera in hand.

Camera play close to home. . . "Repose" © 2010 Meri Arnett-Kremian my little piece of heaven. Weekend Reflections .

The self-portraits I like the best are usually reflections, especially ones where I can't see all my imagined (and real) imperfections too clearly. Weekend Reflections .

© 2010 Meri Arnett-Kremian bottles line the wall cobalt blue more intense than the sky fills my eyes Weekend Reflections .

I love reflections,  especially ones where reversed images  of things outside  bounce off windows,  obscuring the view of what's inside but showing us a picture of something else entirely. There's something intriguing about the idea that  transparency  can both reveal and conceal. We usually think of revealing, seeing through to the interior, being an open book, when we think of "transparent." We don't usually think of mirroring, hiding, playing tricks with light. So here are three examples of this phenomenon, all in different parts of the world.  So what's your pleasure? Cathedrals? Narrow Venetian passages? Hot shops and making glass? Your answer may reflect who you are inside. (For more Weekend Reflections, click on the icon on the menu bar to the right). 

I didn't think a balloon was a good surface for reflections to bounce off, but I was wrong. Maybe balloons in Guanajuato are special.

Images with reflections are near and dear to my heart. They just seem magical to me. This one was truly a lucky shot. Loved the way it looked. Printed it and entered it in the local art show. It was one of two pieces that sold. I called it "Virgo, Aries Rising." For more reflections on reflections, click HERE . 

waterproof jacket shoes with the speed of Nike boy faster than foam For more Weekend Reflections, mosey on over HERE .

Once upon a time there was an amusement park with roller coasters and other rides at Seattle Center between Experience Music Project (the rock n roll museum) and the Monorail. It made for some interesting reflections in the metal skin of the Frank Gehry-designed EMP. The rides have been dismantled and something more "dignified" will go in the place occupied by the Fun Forest. But I bet the reflections won't be as fun. For more WEEKEND REFLECTIONS, click HERE .