
All eyes on the pond for a look at the forecast:: hmm, cloudy. Though if you shift a little and look past the mirror there’s a whole world underneath that’s elusive and slippery, like the fish spawning so deceptively still in their love making huddle . .. . until you try catching one and then, ah then, there in lies the rub. Sometimes it takes attention to nuance and inflection to see past the shallows, where the threads of algae drift about. Pond pond, what hold you there, are those fingers or are they your hair? Tis glass.
<br />images take shape dancing below the water above illusion wanes

how now! it’s warm yet the pond seems frozen
the ice must be layers deep
the snow has melted, gone on its way
why then is the ice still asleep?
the ice must be layers deep
lo! it cracks at the touch of a stick
why then is the ice still asleep?
what lies at the heart of the matter?
lo! it cracks at the touch of a stick
there’s something clotted and cold here stuck
what lies at the heart of the matter?
let’s dig through the leaves, the mud, and muck
there’s something clotted and cold here stuck
two frogs in the pipe have made their house
let’s dig through the leaves, the mud, and muck
the water flows freely once more
two frogs in the pipe have made their house
the snow has melted, gone on its way
the water flows freely once more
how now! it’s warm yet the pond seems frozen

Woodland Gnome invited me to join this photo challenge, her 2nd day can be enjoyed here. Be sure to take a look around her site when you visit, it holds treasures in unexpected ways and places.
I am inviting Narami of de monte y mar to join the black and white photo challenge today. She is in Puerto Rico and I sometimes participate in her Tuesdays of Texture, which is fun. I hope she will join the challenge!
The rules are simple:
- On 5 consecutive days, create a post using either a past or recent photo in black and white.
- Each day invite another blogging friend to join in the fun.
Hey! Thanks for inviting me for the b&w challenge! Is there a theme to the photos or can they be about anything?
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you’re welcome! as far as i know they can be about anything as long as they’re black and white 🙂
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Perfect! Ill begin soon!
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Wow! Absolutely gorgeous! I love your description of the pond in early spring. A nuanced eye may see the wonders within 😉 ❤
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….fall back….
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noOOO, spring! spring forward 😉
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The verses and the picture were both amazing. I just loved the one of the reflection of the trees, oh my goodness. Stunning. Beauty of an unimaginable kind in the seeming “death” that is akin to “sleep” of the trees, which then rebirth themselves, coming alive, growing young, then old, older, till they sall back into the “death, sleep” to wake up again, and again each spring, to eternal time.
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