Come Sit A Spell ... by TwoPynts
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"Summer afternoon. Summer afternoon. ... the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~ Henry James
"How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" ~ Theodor Geisel
"What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk?" ~ Jack Handy
For anyone not familiar with Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, I highly recommend visiting the link and reading a few. Words of humor, words of wisdom. ;'] I hope everyone had a terrific hump day! ----- Thank you for your botanical comments on my last upload, Fan Palm.
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Comments (34)
Awesome shot!!! Love the colors! +++
beautifully calm - as it happens, thanks to the time diff, I am going to a place that can be even calmer than this one: my bed! So good night to you Kort and and all the best for tomorrow and the rest of the week :-))
love the lighting on this one
would be relaxing to sit there but some other place than Dallas.104 today I think and humidity
Now thats a bench to kick back and enjoy a few beers on. Beautiful light and perfect choice going sephia. That stonewall also looks gorgeous. Very classy capture buddy. Have a great day. #:O)
I really love the mood of this shot. I think that's conveyed in the lighting. Beautiful :D
Awwww good o'l summer shade ~~~~~~GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Shades of the Victorian era! How bucolic! Beautiful light and shade effects in this capture, my friend. With all due respect to Henry James, my favorite three words are "early Sunday morning," when I can get up early, go food shopping without a mass of customers in the markets, no kids wildly playing hide-and-go-seek in the aisles, plenty of fresh produce, and virtually no auto traffic to contend with.
Total beauty in word and image!! Why am I not at all surprised... truly, beauty in both... Di, Na night :-)
spell (v.1) "name the letters of," O.E. spellian "to tell, speak," infl. by O.Fr. espeller "declare, spell," from Frank. *spellon "to tell;" both O.E. and Frank. from P.Gmc. *spellan (cf. O.H.G. spellon "to tell," O.N. spjalla, Goth. spillon "to talk, tell"), from PIE *spel- "to say aloud, recite." Meaning "write or say the letters of a word" is c.1400, from notion of "read letter by letter, read with difficulty" (c.1300). Spell out "explain step-by-step" is first recorded 1940, Amer.Eng. Spelling bee is from 1878 (earlier simply spelling, 1860). spell (n.) "incantation, charm," O.E. spell "story, speech," from P.Gmc. *spellan (cf. O.N. spjall, O.H.G. spel, Goth. spill "report, discourse, tale;" Ger. Beispiel "example;" see spell (v.1)). Meaning "set of words with magical powers, incantation, charm" first recorded 1579. Spellbound is attested from 1799, from bound "fastened." "The term 'spell' is generally used for magical procedures which cause harm, or force people to do something against their will -- unlike charms for healing, protection, etc." ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore"] spell (v.2) "work in place of (another)," O.E. spelian "to take the place of," related to gespelia "substitute," of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to spilian "to play" (see spiel). The noun meaning "indefinite period of time" first recorded 1706. Online Etymolgical Dictionary [http://etymonline.com/?term=spell]
I have to agree,,fantastic SummerPhoto well taken,,I like simple imagery TOO !
What the professor said..... ; ) I love that you made this duotone(?) or is it monotone..anyway! It has a very timeless quality! And the shadows are amazing!!
wonderful light and mood now i want to go and sit for a"spell" too
I agree with out lovely Kimarie Tom :) Love the lighting and your colours my friend.. Sepia works good with the compo and post.. Have a nice day my friend JOE Btw: LOL! I think that thread turned out as a big deal now :(
wowwwwwwwwww, is fantastic!!! Excellent work !!! Bonne journ et bisous :D
First up I thought you found a witch or real life wizard...this will do fine ! a swinging bench as well, love the stonework, looks very similar to the sandstone which the convicts used to use for building here in OZ...Cheers
A bench to think.... Excellent. Aloha
AWESOME mate! and tomorrow is a huge day ha? gonna be a huge 700 :D yeah I try not to miss such things... ;P Well This is an awesome shot! Love everything about it... Excellent work mate! Thanks for sharing! ^_^
Niiiiiiiiice!!! I just visited Grandma when I saw that!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!! :o)b
Wonderful nook! Great collection of quotes! Bravo!
such a nice place to sit, love the tones
wonderful and moody scene! excellent capture of lights and shadows!
Brilliant BW shot with areal gorgeous light setting and atmosphere here! Excellent really!!!
Very good ambiance and light...
AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is very prett capture, love the mood ,settings, the "oldstyle" look.Just.............. magnefic!!!!
Sorry I missed this one yesterday.Like you,I've been feeling the need to slow down and savor it all before it all just blows by.You are right.The older you get,the faster time seems to fly.Remember when we were kids and a month felt like a year and heck,a year was like an eternity? Well,I figured out three things that make time slow down.Do you want to know what they are?Well,I'm going to tell you anyway,lol....One,is pain.The seconds craaaaaaawl when you are in pain.Okay.Not attractive.Let's move on....Two,boredom.If you want your life to slow down drastically,go stand on line at Motor Vehicles.Then you'll pray time picks up it's pace,lol.Okay.Also not attractive... Third...quiet time spent on your porch on a late summer afternoon...and I'm going to make sure I do just that this weekend. Beautiful upload,my friend.Sorry for rambling all over it.Hope you have a long,slow,(but painless and non-boring,lol) weekend.-M :^)
Beautiful play with shadows and light !
The mood, the tones, simply splendid! Astonishing work...so much emotion in this image !
This is such a nice secluded spot to have a sit, bust out the guitar and seranade the girl. This would be on of my favorite spots at this house...quite serenity, nicely done in BW, I like this one Kort...good eye! Aloha!
Wow, super shot!!! Excellent!!!