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I have more of this fascinating swimming pool to add from our visit to Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. It is the most striking outdoor pool I have ever seen. Easy to imagine movie stars such as Clark Gable and Marion Davies here.
Bena and I being silly in the pool. We had a blast in the pool for like three hours, I think the sun was getting to us.....lol
A hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park. The distinct color of the pool is due to bacteria which inhabit the water. On a few occasions, Morning Glory Pool has erupted as a geyser, usually following an earthquake or other nearby seismic activity. Several entryways have been clogged due to objects being thrown in by tourists, reducing the hot water supply, and in turn altering the overall appearance of the pool. Several attempts by park officials to artificially induce eruptions to clear the pool of debris and clear blocked entryways have been met with mixed results. Due to the damage caused by ignorance and vandalism, it has been suggested that Morning Glory is becoming a "Faded Glory".
This was our first trip with digital cameras, almost 10 years ago. I am slowly adding photos to this album as time allows.
The swimming pool at Villa Soledad Beach Resort
Escape the summer heat and soak at the blue waters
You can also visit the Hundred Islands
Visit Bolinao in Pangasinan, Philippines
Enjoy !
When things get to hot to handle, a dip in the pool should cool you off, unless things get hotter! ♥
Sunny's Studio Pose-Pool Ladder
This guy hung around our pool for a few days when on holiday. I helped coax a few insects his way. I was sad when he went on his merry way after a few days! :)
At the top of the Wicklow Mountains, through the Scalp, there are many mountain pools. Some natural and some due to rewetting actions that are taking place in the peatlands that cover the mountains.
Here is a hot springs pool. I used a polarizing filter to cut down on the reflection so you can see deep into the pool which is located in the biscuit basin section of Yellowstone NP.The pool is approx. 30 feet deep and the water tempature is 200F degrees.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene Carolina Carolina). Found this little girl in the pool trap. I took her out to the woods by stream where she didn’t have to be in chlorine.
Reflecting Pool was taken at Beaver Lake in North Pole Alaska...on the way home from walk about in town ...was trying to catch some water fowl photos but they kept flying away ..did not have time to wait them out ....this part of lake is covered with fallen leaves just floating on top ..It snowed today and i managed to get a few shots of snow covered things ..I hate seeing the first snows but am happy when temps spiral down and everything is freeze dry .....
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Abinger Hammer, Surrey UK. Shame that I couldn't get closer for a deeper reflection but it was on private land and fenced off.
A field of spring barley near Redcastle, Co Donegal basked in late evening sunshine. The view in the distance is over Lough Foyle.
This has to be my most-photographed waterfall. I even photographed it in a painting-with-light photography session in the pitch dark. Unfortunately that session resulted in one flash falling into the water at the top of the waterfall and me falling into the pool at the foot of the waterfall. It was an interesting night to be sure!.
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The waterfall can be found about half-way up the lower part of Pucks Glen in Argyll, Scotland.
Morning Glory Pool is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Upper Geyser Basin despite being less beautiful than it once was, since large amounts of rocks and trash have been thrown into the pool by thoughtless visitors, significantly reducing the water temperature. The pool used to be filled by rich blue water, with a narrow ring of orange-yellow bacteria only around the edge; now the water is more greenish and the algae band is much wider. The pool is 20 feet in diameter, 23 feet deep, round and symmetric, with a conical vent at the center, and may be viewed from a raised boardwalk that extends along nearly half its circumference. The spring drains westwards into the Firehole River, 100 feet away. It was named in 1883 for its resemblance in color and shape to the morning glory flower.
Hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.
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A monster lives in my pool. I don’t know how it got there. It only comes out at night.
I first saw it when I went for a swim one night. There it was, lurking in the corner. I was scared witless. I ran away screaming. I did not call the police. Who would believe me?
One morning, I awoke to find my glasses on the back porch. The glasses I had lost in the swimming pool. Somebody had placed a flower beside my glasses.
Later that same day, I left some biscuits by the poolside. Nobody touched them during the day. In the morning, they were gone.
This all happened some weeks ago.
Now I lie awake at night, listening. Waiting and listening in the dark. I like listening in the dark. It’s wonderfully relaxing, to listen in the dark. Waiting for the monster.
I hear the garden door open, gently. I hear naked, wet feet tiptoe towards the kitchen. I hear the fridge door open. I hear the satisfying sound of munching. Isn’t it wonderful?
At night, I don’t bother locking my front door anymore. You’d have to be crazy to break into my house. I have a monster living in my pool. It's in the kitchen right now.
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(Inspired by ‘Mrs. Caliban’, by Rachel Ingalls, 2017)
For further info:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/34377087-mrs-caliban
Moderate safety level so I don't scare kiddies and grandma's.
The monster in the pool: Kangsom
(Kangsom is not a monster in real life, let me assure you, she is a very nice person. We’re just versatile).
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