Splish
St. Mark's Churchyard, Oval, London, SE11
It started off with lovely little clumps of snow flurrying through the air, but it wasn’t long before each falling clump became wetter and wetter, and all too soon there was just a barrage of common raindrops. Sloppy streets and even sloppier patches of muddy earth rapidly evolved. There was a general vibe of sogginess in the air.
But as we know, every puddle is worth investigating; many a murky depth conceals some kind of hidden gem.
And so it was.
Three tiny grasses keeping their heads above water, whilst their sodden world ripples perfectly around them and the trees tower above.
A welcome distraction from the freezing dribbles sneaking into my sleeves and trickling down my neck.
Lovely, Anna, and thanks for your talent in drawing our attention to small scale living wonders.
I got this by email alert, and cross-posted to my Facebook timeline, where I said…
St Mark’s churchyard is one of the local green spaces I like to cycle through regularly, and a good source of black corvid primary flight feathers, since it’s also a favourite hangout for the Kennington crows. Thanks to the green observational genius of local photographer Anna Hillman, it’s also the site of this wee gem of urban greenness.
For more of Anna’s wonderful Sarf Lahndahn pix, please see…
» http://amazingness.com/blog/
Hey Tim, thanks for sharing it :) And thanks for the feather knowledge too.
Although not revealed in this photo, we’ve known since Antonie “the Father of Microbiology” van Leeuwenhoek first put a drop of pond water under the first microscope, that the reflective water in ‘SPLISH’ is teeming with microbial life.
» about – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek
So in that sense, this photo puts me in mind of that amazing 1955 lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher called…
• Three Worlds
» about – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Worlds_%28M._C._Escher%29
‘Three Worlds’ in it’s turn has inspired me to take similar photos that tap into the still-water-reflecting-trees-&-sky, and to upload the latest one:
• AquaMirror
— Cleaver Square, Kennington, SE11, 12:38 16 Dec 2012
» photo – http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200106922572409&set=a.1195413122065.2031328.1130574526
» location map – http://goo.gl/maps/yww1B
Here’s another of my recent still-water-reflecting-trees-&-sky photo:
• Lakeside Reflections 2 — at Ruislip Lido
» http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3873461471600&set=a.3873432390873.2167371.1130574526
Share and Enjoy, Peace-&-Love, Tim
And thanks for sharing your lovely puddle photos too. And the awesome Escher print. And the thought of all the little microbes swimming around.
This is so lovely, Anna!
Thanks Louise!
Hi Anna, I’m missing your posts..hope you’re OK?
Hi Kininvie,
Thank you for checking in :) And apologies for my long absence. I was out of action for a while – I got ill suddenly which took quite a bit of recovering from, and thereafter I needed an operation… but I’m pretty much fully recovered from all that now and Amazingness will be back soon!
Anna
Good news that you will be back soon!