Friday, May 14, 2010

The Trip, the Lake, and the Moon and Venus





Yes, those are my feet, as I was standing at the lake shore (moments before I took a plunge into the water). The other week, my family and I went to the province of Laguna for a two-day vacation at an almost isolated, man-made lake resort called Caliraya, which was located on top of a mountain. And at last! I experienced staying in a place cut off from most noises and electricity; and where, at night, you can only see about 7 or 8 flickering lights from the other side of the lake, and the lights on our side was from our lamp in our cottage, a bonfire, and the stars that are usually barely seen in our well-lit city towns.





And of course, I didn’t miss the opportunity to take a swim in the calm waters of the lake to fight the heat of the sun (and that's our tent in the third picture).

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At the other side of the world, the Bunny took these pictures of an amazing model of an old building.




Of course, she takes pictures of old, brownish and umber-ish buildings, and other places which we both like. This the courtyard of the Colegio Fonseca, an actual part of the edifice miniaturized above.





And I would like to leave you for now with this recent photo from a friend of the Moon below Venus. Such a wonderful sight, and I also witnessed it! It is said that it has portents of the coming of something long-awaited for. :)


2 comments:

Oddyoddyo13 said...

Those pictures are so amazing! The lake looked so peaceful...I've always wondered how someone has the patience to build models of buildings like that. Takes a lot of cutting and gluing-and what if you mess it up?! These are very pressing questions ya know. Love the moon-so beautiful.

(And I was able to see your new post on my dashboard! Problem solved. Don't know how though. :))

Ruthie Redden said...

beautiful photos