Water is a healing balm,
bringing those who contemplate calm.
Essence of life.
Absence of strife.
Water is wine,
for the soul.
“While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.” Thoreau
Cheers to you with water’s natural high~
Wonderful and inspiring colors. Thank you Cindy 🙂 and so… profound quote!
Thank you my friend. Thoreau had things figured out. He inspires me always. He found all he needed in nature~
These photos are glorious. The colors fill the senses.
Ahhhh, so glad. I keep returning to the ponds. There is life, peace and beauty there~
absolutely beautiful!
So kind and so appreciated~
these are so beautiful they are almost unreal!
Real as the glory of nature, which come to think is unreal in it’s beauty isn’t it? Thank you and peace to you~
Beautifully done Cindy 🙂
Mil grazi~
These are so ethereal. They can transport one to a place of serenity almost immediately. Thanks so much for sharing!
Nature has this amazing power. The more one is surrounded with it, the calmer one is. Thank you for recognizing this~
Very inspiring post, Cindy. We love the beautiful colours..and the birdie..hope he isn’t drunk..MOL 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Evening 🙂
He is!! Drunk on nature!! <3
Gorgeous Images with Breathtaking colour and detail. Thank you so much for sharing these smiles 🙂
Awww, thank you for this kind response~
That was peaceful!!!
Yep! Slows my heartrate. Cheers to you~
Thank you Cindy for sharing.
Thank you Ranu for your continuing kindness~
Great colors in the reflections. The one with the bird is great.
For me anything with a bird in water is nirvana! Mil grazi~
Beautiful image Cindy 🙂
Merci beaucoup~
Beautiful serie!
Very happy you enjoyed!
These pics are awesome. So soothing. 😀
cate
So glad you found them so! <3
Being close to water is a must for me, so I love this.
Yes, there is some innately calming quality to water that works preconsciously to level us out~
“Water is wine for the soul.” I love this. 🙂
Better than wine anyday as it’s not addicting except in the best ways!
🙂
Wow, you’ve captured the colors and beauty (as usual)! 😀
As do you Linda, thank you~
Words and images mixed well to produce an uplifting tonic. I enjoyed this post Cindy, thank you! Cheers, K.
Well that is my motivation to post so I am quite glad!! Thank you~
Words so true and photos so beautiful!!!!
One could use exactly the same words to describe your paintings, beautiful and true! So thank you~
Lovely, Cindy!
Merci beaucoup!
So tranquil and relaxing! I love the beautiful lotus flowers!
They close at sunset and open at dawn!
WONDERFUL!!!
Thank you! <3
very, very beautiful cindy –
Very, very kind of you!
Really beautiful and color rich photos. Wow 🙂
Happy you like them!! <3
I feel as if I’m looking at the inspiration for Monet’s paintings – beautiful captures! 🙂
Can you imagine getting together for a walk in Giverny or Walden with Thoreau and Monet????
Beautiful, Cindy. I’ve always liked lily ponds. But shouldn’t there be frogs sitting up on the pads and snatching flies out tot the air? 🙂 Curt
The flies (two of them) are on the pads. Where are the frogs?????
Maybe two isn’t enough to entice them off of the bank they are probably hiding on. 🙂 I am always amazed by the photographers who can catch the frog’s tongue as it shoots out and wraps around a bug. Can you capture one in action for me Cindy? 🙂 –Curt
They use time lapse, when I was young I helped this etymologist (bug prof) friend of my parents take photos of migrating key-hole limpets. He left me at the beach with a timer and a camera cord with instructions to click at the beeps……laughing! I actually did this for hours….sucker!!
This was so exotic looking, you make the ‘ordinary’ natural wonders ‘pop’ and become extraordinary, Cindy! Smiles, Robin
Awwww that is just a lovely thing to say and most appreciated!
when I logged on this afternoon, I needed some healing energy – this was it.
Then this post was completely worthwhile to me~
Truly beautiful pictures Cindy. You are really good at capturing our miraculous nature! XO Sheri
<3 to you Sheri~
Great set of pictures – the first one I found intriguing
The surface tension of water is intriguing isn’t it!
Cindy, What a pleasure to see the photos and read the poetry! Super well done! Thank you! 🙂
The thanks go to you for encouraging me to post with kind comments like these~
🙂
This is an amazing, beautiful, peaceful, serene place. TY for sharing this.
Just very happy you found it so!
wonderful photos Cindy. I really like the first one, it has wonderful colors, composition and feel to it. You’rphotos are stirring the urge for me to get back into photography! Thanks. 🙂
Well, then, to the camera!!! 🙂 And thank you~
well OK then. 🙂
Awesome nature pics! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hugz back at you two~
So beautiful!
Yay! So glad~
The water looks so clear. The light and the color tone are fantastic. I like the bird picture!
Wild birds in streams and ponds are like children at the beach on a summer day~
Beautiful photos as always! Is this pond near your home? 🙂
These are actually different ponds all around The Holler~
Beautiful!
<3
Love the rich blues and greens of the lilies. You are so talented!
Awwww, you are so nice!
For the soul, indeed! Lillies, bird, pond, leaves… I’m almost in tears. Thank you so much , Cindy!
Everything we need for tranquility here in our beautiful natural world. Hugz to you Amy~
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh…..a long sigh as I delve in to loveliness.
You create this too my dear, with every post! Hugz to you~
beautiful as always!
Mil grazi Heather~
What a wonderful and good tasting tonic this is!
If you like it, then I am happy!
I think your unique perspective comes through the camera’s lens Cindy. Your photos are absolutely beautiful.
I am grateful that I met in cyberdom Dor! Thank you. This one is more in the serene mode too, although my son loved the mortal combat theme……laughing!!
a brilliant compilation, Cindy. The unaffected beauty of the unparalleled photos, coupled with the daubs of poetic thought–ahh. A big happy sigh of a post.
Awww, for you my dear, anything!! Everyone of your poems is a breath of fresh air~
Your blog is my visual crack… and I don’t mean that in a weird way. I simply LOVE your photos! ::sigh::
Visual crack is a good metaphor and I take it as a creative and kind compliment!!! Funny too` 😉
I love those poetic, dreamy colors….each picture a painting…..
Soothing aren’t they, these quiet ponds!!! Nature’s tranquilizing effect~
Brilliant photos as per usual… but that first one just has a catch to it that I can’t explain…
Absolutely lovely images, Cindy. Your photos are always a real tonic. 🙂
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Thank you Cindy! These are so vivid! Such lovely colours!
Gorgeous! Thank you.
Merci beaucoup!
I like what you did with the colors.
Wonderful! Thanks much & cheers~
🙂
Our minds seem to relate to other, more classical artists, when imagery comes to view, Cindy. These pics are so reminiscent of Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies”, and are just as beautiful viewed from the camera’s perspective as from that of the classical artist. You have “the touch”, Cuz.
Awww, so do you my talented cuz! Cheers~
Wonderful. I specially like the bird and the stone in the water (the last one).
Thank you! Birds in water seem so happy and I so enjoy reflections in water of things not seen directly in the photo. It confuses us about the complexity of our perceptions ie., is that “real” or a reflection? I love this~
It is (was) so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.
Arthur Baer
BTW: I also like the last and the one before last one.
Laughing, since I usually am alone at ponds any pun would definitely drop. The birds just wouldn’t get it~ 😉
Hi there Cindy, I saw you read one of my short stories, hope you are well after reading it.Just wanted to drop by to thank you for reading. Now you know why they get constantly rejected. But still going to bother them until they run out of business 🙂
Love your writing. Keep at it. Other people do too~
I´m keeping at it that´s for sure. I love your photography, since I found this thing wordpress, poets, photographers and really a bunch of new interesting things out there for me to learn about, but photography along with poetry is one of the two things I´ve discovered and poetry I sort of try to make it similar to a real poem, but photography is a technique that it still escapes me. Love seeing it, but I can´t imagine taking those types of pictures. Not for now at least but you people(photographers) have got me interested in it now. Sort off after reading so many poems I decided to take a shot at it and now it´s addictive, same is happening with photography. So your fault for my addiction, actually is good, a healthy addiction 🙂
Yes blogging is fantastic because you get to interact and make friends with amazing, talented, supportive people from all over the world. Their encouragement helps your creativity florish and their frienship enhances your life. It is simply a wonderful, talented community to be a part of and I am glad you have joined in!!! Cheers to you and thank you~
Simply awesome Cindy~
Mil grazi & cheers to you~
I did miss my creek. Glad to be home. 🙂
Creeks rock!!! I rarely visit ours because I have to navigate through protective bulls and poison oak, but I do get the frog symphony every night!
I don’t have any bulls, but I’ve got some shy frogs, and poison ivy. We do have a stretch that we mow right to the creek. And this afternoon around three I saw a young buck cross… but that’s my daily for tomorrow 🙂
Mowing to the creek sounds wonderful! Gives you easy access~
pure beauty Cindy!
So glad you think so and Happy Friday!
Cindy,
Just what I needed to please my senses and lift my spirits, so gorgeous…
Awww, comments like this keep me blogging! Thank you Linda~
🙂
Oh my, Cindy! The colors you create! Magnificent!
If you like it Fae, then I am happy! <3
Oh Cindy, this is one of best i ever seen, love your pictures
You are very kind and your comment is most appreciated! Thank you & cheers to you!
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If you read the reblog on Human Arrogance, this post perfectly illustrates what we and future generations could be in danger of losing. Stunning photographs. Thank you Cindy.
Awwwww, so thoughtful and so appreciated! I will read Human Arrogance as I have a feeling I will agree with it~
This is just exquisite. A lovely image for a Sunday morning. Thanks. 🙂
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This is so beautiful I just had to reblog from cindyknoke.com
I am honored and very grateful for your thoughtfulness! Cheers to you and thank you too~
Ah, Lotus, the flower of equanimity.
When the water gets muddy, it stays pure.
Just like a candle that glows brighter when the hours get darker.
😀
Oh how beautiful Hari!! No matter how dirty the lotus stays pure, I love it! Thank you for sharing~
Definitely getting that ‘Monet’ feeling again, such lovely colours of art! 🙂
Any Monet feeling is a great feeling so this makes me feel good too! Thank you~
superb
So appreciated Bert thank you!
emozionante!
Muy amable! Gracias mi amiga <3
ESPLENDIDOS
Io preferisco questa. Una granda granda artista
http://gedanken-faden.blogspot.de/2014/05/c.html#comment-form
Son muy amable y estoy muy agradecido! Gracias a usted~
Gracias, moooochos Saludos desde Valencia a todas señoritas
My gosh, Monet would be jealous. The colours are sublime and dreamy
Just happy you enjoyed! I aim to please so I am pleased~ <3
This series is amazing. Your talents are endless.
You are very kind Sheri and I am most grateful to have met you here in blogdom~
And I you, Cindy. You are a special person.
<3 <3
“Le Gasp” Simply stunning, Cindy!
Laughing, you are such a sweetheart Resa. I had a dream the other night about one of your gowns, the champagne halter one with the full skirt, so gorgeous~
Cindy…
Wonderful photos… Your posts always stand out 😉
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
As do yours my friend and thank you!!!
My pleasure, dear cindy … <3
All the very best to you, Aquileana 😛
Beautiful Pics <3
Gracias mi amiga. Su fotos son muy linda tan bien~
Wünsche einen schönen Tag wünderschöne Bilder mit dem kleinen Vogel das ist süss.Wünsche eine gute neue Woche.Gruß Gislinde
Sie sind ein guter Freund Gislinde! Danke und das gluckliche Woche fur Sie! <3 <3
Oh, beautiful photos! Like a cool soft breeze.
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you~
Cindy, these pictures are stunning. Thank you! Hugs! Veraiconica
Hugz and gratitude back to you my friend~
{{{{{{{Cindy}}}}}}} those are gorgeous!
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The beauty of Cindy’s camera.
Awww your kindness touches my heart! <3 Thank you~
<3
utterly beautiful. Have you ever seen a blue lotus?
I am not sure! Are they rare?
Stunning colors, both calming and vividly awakening!
Interesting. I hadn’t thought of that dialectic~
Lovely and tranquil photos, Cindy.
Thank you Jet!
Stunning color and photos. 🙂
Very pleased you find them so!! Cheers to you~
I feel better already! 🙂
Yay!!! Then so do I! Cheers to you Bette~
I so would love to be hanging out there…BEAUTIFUL!
Awwww hope you find your peaceful pond my friend~
Nature’s tonic indeed!
There for all creatures relaxation!!! How cool is that~
If I just spent a little more time and effort, could I produce shots like these, Cindy? I’m pretty darn sure I couldn’t. They’re fabulous! 🙂
You take stunning shots that I love looking at!
Lovely and peaceful. A nice way to start my morning, thanks.
Makes me glad I posted! Cheers to you~
Brilliant photos!
Merci beaucoup!
Look at this beautiful post and the faults are such lovely contributions to the terrain, Cindy! You have talent and show different views of scenery, leaving me breathless! I am proud that you have managed to get over 300 likes! Wow! You go, girl! Happy 4th of July to you and yours! Smiles, Robin
Oops! I was scrolling and didn’t look where I ‘landed’ and this comment was meant to go with your California faults post! Sorry, Cindy! This post is serene, lovely and enchanting! Smiles, Robin
Happy 4th Robin and I love your comments wherever they land!! <3 <3
Monet would love your photography!
Oscar
My feeling is mutual about Monet, x 1000!
Utterly marvelous serie of images!!
Very kind comment and most appreciated! Cheers to you~
Lovelynotos all, but the single droplet of water on the bird’s side is especially apt.
I liked that too! Cool birdie~ 😉
A of serenity in those images-beautiful ones all!
So glad and thank you too! <3
Gorgeous photos and inspiring words!
Awww makes posting worthwhile~
I’m glad to hear that!! 🙂 I love your blog!
<3 <3
Beautiful colors. Are they shot in Vivid mode, post-processed, or au natural? Nice job regardless.
They are shot normally, and I dither with sharpness, contrast and saturation using Sony’s Play Memories Home. Strictly amateur stuff~
Nice. I toyed with Vivid in this post: http://fairplay740.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/summit-county-indian-summer/ . I like the one with the eagle.
I like all of them!
Very beautiful shots Cindy!
Awww, very kind and appreciated!
A calming effect to one’s busy mind. 🙂
Wonderful, achieved it’s purpose then, thank you~
Gorgeous! Great pictures
So kind and appreciated!
You are welcome
Stunning photography as always Cindy.
Awww, thank you Pauline and cheers too!
Stunning, Cindy! Your photography is phenomenal – thanks for sharing with us!
Such thoughtful words and so appreciated too~
Beautiful 🙂
Mil grazi!
These are gorgeous photos, Cindy!
So kind and so appreciated!
wunderschöne Naturtöne zeigst Du uns, vielen herzlichen Dank…
Ernst
beautiful natural tones you show us, thank you very much …
Ernest
Sie sind sehr freundlich Ernest! Ich danke Ihnen sehr!
Had a second look at theses lovely photos
And I was just now looking at your stunning Chichester Cathedral!
Beautiful photos!!
Merci beaucoup & cheers too!
color images are beautiful!
So kind and so appreciated!
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LIFE!
I am honored and most appreciative! Thank you for your thoughtfulness & cheers to you too!
My pleasure. A GREAT blog. Cheers.