Seasons at Westchester
Posted on | May 24, 2005 | 42 Comments
Westchester Lagoon, May 22, 2005
Seasons at Westchester Lagoon
Blue waters frame the pale mirth
of yet another season. Spring startles
the frost on the sidewalks in to a burst of green,
where we had walked in the winter
of yesterday, with much certainty,
ducks glide by, cruising on invisible currents.
we sit on the shore, feel Summer
lap around our soles and ponder
how flighty the seasons have been lately.
overhead, a gaggle of geese flies against
time, seasons and the tenets of trade winds,
stringing along a perpetual summer.
From the far end of the lagoon, a few
autumnal men start chasing the receding sun,
wave and pass us by, jogging towards the sunset.
© deepti2005
Behind the pic: Two days ago, we went for a walk with friends on the Coastal Trail. The picture above is of Westchester Lagoon, shot looking East. I had made several posts about Westchester Lagoon and thereabouts in this journal, the last one(refer below) being that of the skaters at Westchester about two months back.
Now all the ice has gone and it is time for migratory fowl to take over the pond. I was unable to get any photos ducks or geese this time because of low light conditions and most of the birds were too far out of my zoom range. For the time being I’ll repost a photo from my last summer’s post. The picture below is a gaggle of geese on a summer day at Westchester Lagoon sometime in 2004.
Seasons fascinate me, like the different faces of the same person, the four main stops on the earth’s cruise around the sun taking us to a new place every time without ever leaving home.
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May 24th, 2005 @ 6:42 PM
oh,but that is a stupendously beautiful picture..wow! i envy all you talented photographers!
May 24th, 2005 @ 6:42 PM
oh,but that is a stupendously beautiful picture..wow! i envy all you talented photographers!
May 24th, 2005 @ 6:45 PM
Beautiful photographs!
May 24th, 2005 @ 6:45 PM
Beautiful photographs!
May 25th, 2005 @ 12:37 AM
It is a gorgeous part of town. It’s my favorite stretch of road, past Romig, going into downtown.
May 25th, 2005 @ 12:37 AM
It is a gorgeous part of town. It’s my favorite stretch of road, past Romig, going into downtown.
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:50 AM
Nice photo! Nice post!
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:50 AM
Nice photo! Nice post!
May 25th, 2005 @ 6:10 AM
Quick! Sign this here paper, and we’ll sell cards :-p !!
Lovely pic, in other words. And interesting imagery in the verse.
May 25th, 2005 @ 6:10 AM
Quick! Sign this here paper, and we’ll sell cards :-p !!
Lovely pic, in other words. And interesting imagery in the verse.
May 25th, 2005 @ 6:19 AM
i am never gonna write poems… i had tried once but then the results were far from encouraging.who am i kidding… the results were crappy!! 🙂
great pic.
May 25th, 2005 @ 6:19 AM
i am never gonna write poems… i had tried once but then the results were far from encouraging.who am i kidding… the results were crappy!! 🙂
great pic.
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:16 PM
terrrrrrrrific pictures!!:D
awwwwwwwwesome poem!!:D
am J!!!:(
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:16 PM
terrrrrrrrific pictures!!:D
awwwwwwwwesome poem!!:D
am J!!!:(
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:47 PM
Hmm…Radhika, lot of the appeal is in the exoticness of places 🙂
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:47 PM
Hmm…Radhika, lot of the appeal is in the exoticness of places 🙂
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:48 PM
merits of being in *good* company ;-)(like yours)
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:48 PM
merits of being in *good* company ;-)(like yours)
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:52 PM
shukriya. you don’t sleep or wot? ;-P
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:52 PM
shukriya. you don’t sleep or wot? ;-P
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:56 PM
it is indeed. the drive is good, walking or biking down the coastal trail is better 😉
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:56 PM
it is indeed. the drive is good, walking or biking down the coastal trail is better 😉
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:57 PM
if it were you, you’d have painted a poem 🙂
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:57 PM
if it were you, you’d have painted a poem 🙂
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:58 PM
Too bad you don’t work for Hallmark,Rileen, otherwise this’d have been a swell job offer ;-P
Danke, it is an interesting place.
May 25th, 2005 @ 4:58 PM
Too bad you don’t work for Hallmark,Rileen, otherwise this’d have been a swell job offer ;-P
Danke, it is an interesting place.
May 25th, 2005 @ 5:02 PM
Try writing poems when you are sad/lonely/desperate 😉 not kidding you, it works.
I’ve always written verses, but then people don’t read them much so I turned to prose.
May 25th, 2005 @ 5:02 PM
Try writing poems when you are sad/lonely/desperate 😉 not kidding you, it works.
I’ve always written verses, but then people don’t read them much so I turned to prose.
May 25th, 2005 @ 6:07 PM
There is so much beauty around us! It is a shame that many people go through life not really taking notice of it. Sometimes – even on my darkest day – I can see something of nature and my spirits are lifted.
I look forward to getting back down to the Anchorage/Kenai area this summer and photographing the magnificence there. 🙂
May 25th, 2005 @ 6:07 PM
There is so much beauty around us! It is a shame that many people go through life not really taking notice of it. Sometimes – even on my darkest day – I can see something of nature and my spirits are lifted.
I look forward to getting back down to the Anchorage/Kenai area this summer and photographing the magnificence there. 🙂
May 25th, 2005 @ 10:05 PM
Very true. Especially, I cannot imagine people sleepwalking through the overwhelming natural presence in Alaska.
Anchorage sure seems sprucing up for the occasion ;-P
May 25th, 2005 @ 10:05 PM
Very true. Especially, I cannot imagine people sleepwalking through the overwhelming natural presence in Alaska.
Anchorage sure seems sprucing up for the occasion ;-P
May 26th, 2005 @ 12:29 AM
hehehe
sleep for 5-6 hours on weekdays. insufficient?
May 26th, 2005 @ 12:29 AM
hehehe
sleep for 5-6 hours on weekdays. insufficient?
May 30th, 2005 @ 2:33 PM
Beautiful, the words and the pictures!
You are such a talented photographer!
May 30th, 2005 @ 2:33 PM
Beautiful, the words and the pictures!
You are such a talented photographer!
May 31st, 2005 @ 8:21 AM
really nice poem 🙂
May 31st, 2005 @ 8:21 AM
really nice poem 🙂
June 24th, 2005 @ 4:20 AM
Wow! would suffice.
June 24th, 2005 @ 4:20 AM
Wow! would suffice.
June 24th, 2005 @ 8:12 PM
? . ?
June 24th, 2005 @ 8:12 PM
? . ?