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Cheryl Andrews
… writer, poet, blogger and lover of books …
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12 October 2014 at 5:34 pm
Heart To Harp
Like your other commenters, this photo evokes lovely childhood memories. We would go feed the ducks after church. Getting to see the ducks afterwards was the only thing that ever made going to church worthwhile. (Guess I was a heathen even as a child.) I love the capture of light and sparkles on the water, and I can feel the sun warming the back of my neck as I look at the image. Great shot!
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14 October 2014 at 11:37 am
Cheryl
Thanks, Janet. I didn’t have to tweak the shot. PS: I never found anything that made going to church worthwhile … kindred ‘heathen’ spirits, we are.
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1 October 2014 at 8:28 pm
Allyson Latta
What a lovely scene, Cheryl, and one that brings back memories for me (and I’m sure other viewers). Love the sparkling water, the concentration of the boys, their colourful T-shirts against the green of the grass and blue of the water. Wonderful composition too. And we can sense the movement of those excited ducks.
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2 October 2014 at 7:59 am
Cheryl
I stood there taking shots for a long time, Allyson, watching and wondering that this simple activity, feeding the ducks, is something kids still do. As Gilly says, it had a timelessness to it and yes, filled with memories. The boy sitting in the long grass took me back to my earliest days, lying in the fallow fields with my sisters and finding shapes in the clouds. Days of innocence and a strong intuitive link to the natural world.
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1 October 2014 at 3:40 pm
Lucid Gypsy
Kids being kids, in the best and most timeless sense.
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2 October 2014 at 7:55 am
Cheryl
That’s exactly what caught my eye about the scene, Gilly.
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1 October 2014 at 10:13 am
Allison Howard
What a lovely evocative scene, Cheryl including the colour coordinated t-shirts with the bushes and water. That’s a scene that doesn’t play out as often as you’d like to see – wonderful seeing kids outdoors doing what kids do.
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1 October 2014 at 10:41 am
Cheryl
You’re so right, Allison. It truly was wonderful to watch these boys, brothers I think, doing something that didn’t involve electronics of any kind.
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1 October 2014 at 9:07 am
carin
Much to love here, not the least of which is that magical ‘duck light’; it’s as if they’ve brought it with them, like they’re some species of glowing water fowl.
Interesting, too, how one boy, in blue, blends in with the water, the other, in green, with the meadow. A sort of ‘colour’ metaphor for being one with nature…
A very happy picture. What is it about ducks? Do you remember me saying it’s what I’d come back as? This is why. No shortage of food and love. (;
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1 October 2014 at 9:20 am
Cheryl
I do remember, Carin … and I like to think of you coming back as the exotic and quirky Merganzer (aka tree duck) http://jpgmag.com/photos/3410107
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1 October 2014 at 1:37 pm
carin
Yes, yes, a tree duck…!! Best of both worlds!
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1 October 2014 at 9:03 am
Barbara Lambert
What a sweet scene. I can hear the ducky ruckus, feel the delight of the young boys, and feel the sun on that lovely summer day. Also very cool the way you’ve caught the “people” in that little triangle of green to the left and the watery world expanding out and upwards to the right. Lovely.
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1 October 2014 at 9:09 am
Cheryl
Thank you, Barabara. They were delightful, friendly boys, who offered to share their bread so I could join them feeding the ducks.
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