October 13, 2008
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Weekly Photo Challenge, “Changes”
the subject from, SouthernLass is:
“Changes”
One of our favorite spots, close to home, is Lake Isabella. It’s close enough to grab some fast food for a quick outdoor lunch before John has to go to work. We don’t do the lunch often but we do manage a trip every week or so and John likes to go there, to do his walking. It’s a fairly small park but it has pleasant aspects, one of which is constant Change because of the days, hours, weather and time of year.
Some of My Photos
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#1 March, 2008, the direction in this image and in fact all of the views in my photos, are the same. I am looking East, towards the expressway (the white overpass in the distance), I 275 running North and South. At the far end is a parking area and the bank below it is popular for fishing. There are places for grilling out and on “fish all night evenings”, people put up their tents.
#2 March 21, 2008 and the lake is flooded with water higher than it had been seen for many a year. I can’t recall details but the water just missed going into the door of the building which had been built in a height away from the water, felt to be a safe zone. All electric had to be cut off as lightpoles were under water and fishermen wanted to fish. Fried fish not fried fishermen is the rule and as it turned out, the fisherment continued to fish in spite of the flood and they liked fishing from the parking lot on the other side of the building, standing in the water on the parking pavement. All of this is behind me as I stand, farther up the drive in a dry spot, taking this photo.
#3 April 20, 2008 and the picnic table sitting in the water of the lake is proof positive the flood waters are still high. Fishermen never stopped coming to the lake. The water level “change” appeared not to bother them at all.
#4 May 30, 2005 was a beautiful day with the water looking as blue as the sky. The lake reflects all weather changes from rain to snow to extreme heat and each “change” creates a different look in the water of the lake. I really like it when the skies are blue and there are a lot of white fluffies showing up.
#5 May of 2007 and there are days the water looks this blue. I don’t know what creates the “change” in the color but when the water looks like this, fishermen are eager to throw in their lines.
#6 October 2006 and Fall has fell but the ducks don’t mind at all. It is another really blue water day and the trees are “changing” from their Summer dress into the gown of Fall.
#7 August 30, 2008 and its early evening with a really pink sky in the West reflecting the “Change” of day into night in the lake. It was beautiful.
#8 October 12, 2008, 5:27 P.M. (yesterday) to be exact. The trees are turning but the time of day and the reflections turned out more gold than the trees actually looked to me. It was a fantastic site for ending this entry on “Changes” and appears to be heralding in Autumn in our part of the world.
Have a super week and keep on taking your photos,
Comments (11)
Lovely photos Becca that really fit the theme. Nice to see so many months in colour. Reminds me a bit of the lake in Trentham Park, near us. We got to Trentham Park to do our nordic walking, which usually means I come home exhausted, as we walk quickly for five miles.
Great photo essay!
Great pictures…I especially like those little football players in your header and background.
Beautiful pictures! It’s been awhile since I’ve visited our city park. I think I’ll be visiting it more often with my camera in tow.
@tim_beddard - Not a tremendous lot nearby to take photos of Tim and definitely nothing with the history you have around you so the seasons do come in handy for photographs and a good thing or I couldn’t have done this challenge.
@gandywhite - I had fun getting the photos of the kids practicing and playing football. They show a lot of interest and heart and I like seeing them doing something besides sitting at a video game on the computer. Much more photogenic for those of us who crave subject matter and who NEED things for the challenge. The images were last weeks challenge by the way. I thought I would keep them up a while for fall.
@scrappin_mom - Hi and yes, city parks come in handy for photos. If it weren’t for the parks, I would’nt have much to photograph.
Great photos for a great theme. I can really see the transformations.
Grear selection Becca, i really like that one with the ducks, i’m a little late for this one so maybe i’ll pass, i couldn’t think of anything that had changed untill this morning,
God changes in the look of the lake . I wonder why it is so blue sometimes .
Those pictures are living because we feel the lake is a part of your life .Perhapsthe color depends of the sky color or the orientation of the shot related to the sun .
Romantic pictures , Becca .
You taught me with Heidi . Thank you
Love
Michel
@Timages - I was late on this challenge, two reasons, 1- the chat party and 2- I had a terrible time thinking what to post for “changes”. It finally hit me and I was so glad because I enjoy doing the challenge and hate to miss any if I’m able to do them.
@fauquet - ah, Heidi, a wonderful story and your vacation photo is a definite reminder of it though the story takes place in Switzerland, if I remember correctly. You aren’t too old to read that story, its good for young and old and it is available in a movie. The version of the movie I remember best would be with Shirley Temple.
Hi Becca!
Beautiful pictures! And they sure show CHANGES!
Autumn is lovely!
I just updated Gi-Gi site and made a public Archive with your Masquerade-Chat Party entry.
Not to confuse visitors with the Archives, now each page of the site has one sole post.
I also asked if anyone would like to have another party
Let’s see what everyone has to say…
I’ve been too busy to update any of my sites. And I shall be even more busy at school and doing “homeworks” such as grading my students in the upcoming weeks…
Sorry for not visiting you often…
Have a SUPER weekend!
Isabel
Heres’s a Mini to you! (I had 144 and no one deserves it more than you!)
All great pics too Becca—I do like the ducks pic–
with the obvious sunsetting—wonderful colours