glow ripples
breakers by moonlight
time misbehaves
frog croaks
not a glistening back
fixing location
darkness falls
a bat diaspora
to dinner buzz
early dark fall
paired with a drizzle
a sad walk home
a tree twists
or so it seemed by night
breeze and shadow?
Taken in December of 2014 in Pécs, Hungary
Taken on September 30, 2017 in Ahmedabad from the Swami Vivekananda Bridge toward the Riverfront Flower Park
Taken from Swami Vivekananda Bridge toward the Riverfront Flower Park
Taken at Sabarmati Ashram (M. K. Gandhi’s Ashram)
Taken from Nehru Bridge as sundown approached
Taken in December of 2016 in Vienna
Taken on December 30, 2015 in Hanoi
The scaffolding was a stage erected for New Year’s Eve festivities. I assume the flowers and lights were part of that function as well, but my experience is limited; I only saw the Opera House before and after New Year’s Eve. (We were on a junk boat over the holiday itself.)
Taken on December 26, 2015 in Hanoi
Tháp Rùa is the Turtle Tower in the middle of Hoàn Kiếm Lake, which is the “Lake of the Returned Sword” or–more simply–“Sword Lake.” The lake is in the heart of modern-day Hanoi, and is sacred in Vietnamese folklore.
As the story goes, a Turtle god surfaced on this lake to ask a King named Lê Lợi to give up his sword. The sword was called “Heaven’s Will” (i.e. Thuận Thiên) and was said to have been given to the King by a local deity called the Dragon King (i.e. Long Vương.) Apparently, the Vietnamese King took a “the gods giveth, and the gods taketh away stance,” turning the sword over to the Turtle deity.
What it looks like in daylight
Taken in December of 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a. Saigon.)
