Watery Wednesday: Freezing River

Winter came early this year, with lasting cold weather. It’s hard on the birds:
Much of the river is already getting covered by ice.

 

 

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Early Winter

It looks like January. It feels like January. And we haven’t even entered December yet.

More Foggy River Reflections

 

 

Some more foggy pictures from my Tuesday morning walk this week.

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Fog On The River

  

 

 

The Old Bridge

  

 

     

 

 

This bridge is in the vicinity of the stone circle in the previous post.
It was built in 1829, is 43 m long and 6 m wide.
Traffic nowadays goes over a more modern bridge close by.

I’m entering this post for Watery Wednesday

I Could Have This On My Wall…

… except, of course, that it is a Corel Paint Shop Pro X + Picasa 3 job …

River Reflections

Our town has a lot of old factory buildings along the river. Many of them
are now being used for other purposes (like offices or schools or shops).

Pictures from 15 October.

Almost November

Back to mild and wet weather again, for as long as it lasts.
The birds who haven’t already left to go south were singing today, almost as if greeting spring. I wish!

High water level in the river.

Dramatic Skies

   

Interesting clouds and light on Monday afternoon got me out on a walk…

Not long after I got home, the lawns outside my window were powdered with white again.

Light And Shadow

 

These pictures were taken under a motorway bridge crossing the river. Really, one of the most boring sights in town! – until you start exploring it through the eye of the camera…

Mosaic Monday: Mallards

Mallard or Wild duck - Anas platyrhynchos

See more Monday Mosaics at Mary’s Little Red House

Skywatch Friday: Last Day of Summer

31 August, 2010

http://skyley.blogspot.com/2010/09/skywatch-friday-season-4-episode-9.html

Fountain in the River

River Mirror

Straight-from-the-camera shot of an old factory building across the river.

Lilies by the Waterfall

My lover has gone down to his garden,
       to the beds of spices,
       to browse in the gardens
       and to gather lilies.

~Song of Solomon 6:2~

See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was dressed like one of these.

~ Matthew 6:28-29 ~

Reflective Promenade

We have a promenade along the river. The facade of the building on the other side used to be rather boring, but in connection with the sculpture festival this year it has been made more interesting with another piece of art installation using mirrors organized in imitation of a barcode.

 

The photographer (i.e. me) facing one of the mirrors,
with the reflection of the park on the other side of the river in the background.

 

 

Photo taken from across the river. You can still see me in the mirror!

 

Military Music Parade walking down the Promenade.

 

More of the parade can be seen here (blog post from 31 May).

Riverside Reflections

To the Water

I heard Your voice
Whisper to the wild water
Step by Step
Slowly I turn

From the song ‘Whisper to the Wild Water’ by Máire (Moya) Brennan

 

Yaweh make me Your stream
Place me inside Your dream
Touch my mouth, softly call
Take me out to the water

From the song ‘To the Water’ by Máire (Moya) Brennan

(Both songs from the album ‘Whisper to the wild Water’)

Peace Like A River

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“Peace like a river ran through the city….”
~ Paul Simon (Album: Paul Simon) ~

(full lyrics can be read here at Paul’s official website)

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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

~ Ho­ra­tio G. Spaf­ford, 1873. ~

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Washing Rag Carpets

More pictures from Laundry Day in our town centre.

“In England nobody understands what rag-carpets are; but in every part of America they are more or less used. The wealthy use them for their kitchens, and sometimes dining rooms; the farmers, for their chambers; and often every room in the house will be covered with them ... Every conceivable kind of woollen cloth was cut into little shreds about half an inch wide, and an inch long. These were all joined together lengthwise, and then wound in balls. The children's employment was to help in sewing the shreds together, and thus to make hundreds and thousands of yards of woollen band. This was afterwards woven into a coarse kind of carpet, and produced a mottle of all colours, not at all unpleasing to the eye. Occasionally such carpets would be dyed all of one colour; sometimes they were woven into a regular pattern, stripe or plaid; but this...was to be a mottled one; and their young friends...were invited for a few days to help in this homely but curious work; during which, however, some amusing book was read, and thus the time passed pleasantly.”
Mary Botham Howitt, Our Cousins in Ohio, 1849

Without any research to prove it, I’d say the traditional Swedish rag-carpets are usually striped; as can also be seen in these pictures.

“Rugs made of cloth would generally stand up to being washed in a tub if they were small enough. Bigger ones could be rinsed through in a creek or stream. In Finland there is a tradition of washing rag rugs in summer in the nearest lake or river. Some Finnish women used to freshen their rugs at the end of winter by spreading them out on snow, sprinkling more on top, then hanging them to dry in sunshine and/or breeze.”

 

Quotes from: http://www.oldandinteresting.com/history-rag-rugs.aspx