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~ Mystical Mist ~

I found a graveyard with no name,

an overgrown, neglected place,

forgotten dead, such a shame.

A fall from public grace,

where do we lay the blame?

 

A nacreous mist moved through the trees, creeping, swirling, shifting, softening the edges of all it touched, to envelop every surface in a moist and languid embrace.

 

Eerie phantoms came to life, to caper in the sluggish, serpentine advance, in almost windless air, tricking the eye and brain, to lap at the edge of imagination and create entities that had no substance.    
COMMENTS
NeusinhaGedoz said at 5:54 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Hello Mike! You and your sensitivity come to this forsaken place ... mystical and forgotten. But your photos have given life, color and even poetry to the site. Thank you. A favorite.
Wildthing said at 6:03 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Thank you, NEUSINHO. I'm glad you like the atmosphere of the set.
Moabjeeper said at 6:37 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Good day Mike. You sure have a way with words. Lovely shots in the mists. Does Sanebel Is. get
any mists.
FoguinhoFoto said at 6:51 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Mike. beautiful congratulations on your beautiful photos are all beautiful tabblo more my favorite pictures I get the # 1,6,17,22
Lageho said at 7:11 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Perfect weather for making good photos. Nice tabblo Mike.
Andre. said at 7:22 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Due to the absence of mushrooms a bottle of whiskey would be great companion for such an adventure. Fascinating cemetery images.
Janer said at 7:28 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Beautiful set!!
Chaitiamma said at 7:42 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Another great work from Mike !!! Love the first 2 photos, they look like painting !!!
Mannyzuniega said at 8:43 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
a-w-e-s-o-m-e
PhotoPop said at 8:48 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
I particularly like the hidden graveyard shots. Monuments we build in our name so we won't be forgotten but Nature rules this province and it has the final say. Very well done, Mike.
ConnieL said at 9:03 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Love seeing the mist in the trees. It looked a lot like that here yesterday morning. The forgotten graveyard is sad.
Rita.Mandarino said at 9:16 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Fantastic place. Althougt I dont like graveyards, this is so beautiful in your photos that makes me want to go there.
Chilla said at 9:31 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Mike, this is a terrific sequence of shots, you have really captured the atmosphere in words and pictures, a really excellent November Tabblo!
JuDeck said at 9:41 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Love all of this Mike. I could feel the mist on my face as I was walking through the pictures. The perfect place for a lost cemetery too. One of my favs is the 5th one up, close up of the iron fence.

Did it feel like you were being followed? Did you hear footsteps shuffling behind you?
Wildthing said at 10:08 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Thank you for your comments: BOB, FOGUINHO, LARS, ANDRE, JANER, DAVID, MANNY, JOHN, CONNIE, RITA, CELIA, and JUDE.
BOB: Haven't ever seen fog on Sanibel. Maybe thin mist in Ding Darling's.
ANDRE: I took a hip flask full of Johnny Walker Black with me, just to ward off the cold:)
JUDE: That iron fence fascinated me. Looked as if the leaning point on the left was going to start a domino effect. And, No, I didn't feel as if I was being stalked or followed. It was a serene environment. The only noise was of the fog moisture dripping from the trees.
RosaneMar said at 10:10 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Magnific tabblo and pictures Mike!!!
Wildthing said at 10:17 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Obrigado, ROSANE.
Bravemoonbearer said at 10:34 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Excellent Autum photo.What lurks in the mist and what evils are they going to do? Actually,this is one of my favorite times with Mother Nature.It doesn't last too long here in Tampa but it does occur.
Wildthing said at 10:48 a.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
I love the colors of Autumn, SANDY. Every season has its own special beauty.
Merja-zerga said at 12:19 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
L'imagination devient fertile lorsqu'on se ballade dans un si bel endroit,
Le plus touchant est ce cimetière à l'abandon, on pourrait y rester des heures à méditer...
Merci de lui avoir un peu ""donner vie"" le temps de ces photos.
ThierryKarine
Tishfish said at 1:10 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
The fog gives these photos mystery. Very nice ! !
Wildthing said at 2:26 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Merci, Thierry et Karine. C'est un endroit de paix, où être seul est un plaisir.

I agree, DOREEN. Not knowing what is out of sight in the fog feeds the imagination.
Ira said at 2:45 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Very mysterious. Sensation of fear
Hubbley said at 2:55 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
You have a very Interesting way to capture nature's in your photos. I like very much.
AdSR said at 2:56 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
What an atmosphere!
Wildthing said at 3:04 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
I appreciate your comments, IRA, HUBBLEY, and ARTUR.
Yug said at 4:14 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Real atmosphere of Fall forest. I am missing the mystics of the trees in the mist.
Moorlerche said at 5:16 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Mike, beware of the woods. Looking at your photos one poem came to mind immediately:

Erl King

Who's riding so late where winds blow wild
It is the father grasping his child;
He holds the boy embraced in his arm,
He clasps him snugly, he keeps him warm.

"My son, why cover your face in such fear?"
"You see the elf-king, father? He's near!
The king of the elves with crown and train!"
"My son, the mist is on the plain."

'Sweet lad, o come and join me, do!
Such pretty games I will play with you;
On the shore gay flowers their color unfold,
My mother has many garments of gold.'

"My father, my father, and can you not hear
The promise the elf-king breathes in my ear?"
"Be calm, stay calm, my child, lie low:
In withered leaves the night-winds blow."

'Will you, sweet lad, come along with me?
My daughters shall care for you tenderly;
In the night my daughters their revelry keep,
They'll rock you and dance you and sing you to sleep.'

"My father, my father, o can you not trace
The elf-king's daughters in that gloomy place?"
"My son, my son, I see it clear
How grey the ancient willows appear."

'I love you, your comeliness charms me, my boy!
And if you're not willing, my force I'll employ.'
"Now father, now father, he's seizing my arm.
Elf-king has done me a cruel harm."

The father shudders, his ride is wild,
In his arms he's holding the groaning child,
Reaches the court with toil and dread. -
The child he held in his arms was dead.

[ 1782, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

translation by Edwin Zeydel, 1955
Wildthing said at 5:33 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Thank you, YURIY.

ANKE: What a wonderful, dark poem to go with the mood of my mist scenes. I can imagine the father riding like the wind with the body of the child in his arms. Thank you.
Candlepower said at 6:57 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Mike these are excellent. Awesome shots any one I would love on my wall! A Fav! Wink!
EMA said at 6:59 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
Another wonderful tabblo of pure delight. About the graveyard no one is to blame. We die for good when all those who loved us are also dead. That's life!
Leftofcenter said at 6:59 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
if it's going to be this spooky, it might as well snow... great misty pics.
Michelleyork said at 8:16 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
What a gorgeous tabblo Mike. Perfect in every way, the words and the mood...Well done!
NavyMom said at 10:14 p.m. on Nov 2, 2009:
when clouds and earth are one. awesome set
Wildthing said at 4:56 a.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
Thank you for leaving comments: PAT, EDITE, ANNELIES, MICHELLE, and SHIRL.

Edite: There are usually loved ones left to hold us in their memory. I think that we are all part of a living tapestry, that is added to every day. The neglected graveyard made me wonder why these departed souls had been seemingly forgotten, and their resting places unattended and allowed to be consumed by nature.
Erich said at 7:42 a.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
fantastic, mystic, dark....outstanding Tabblo Mike
Wildthing said at 8:28 a.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
Thank you, RAINER.
Appropos said at 8:54 a.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
wow i almost expect to see an elf or two peeking by the trees or a silhouette of a unicorn in the mist... almost a fairy tale feel to it ..incredible stuff
Wildthing said at 11:07 a.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
It was a little like a fairytale setting in the fog, FARID. Saw a unicorn without a horn.....Maybe it was a horse:)
21-gramm said at 12:33 p.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
100% England made MIST!
The fairy tale, Mike!
Wildthing said at 12:44 p.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
Thanks, DEN. I wish there had been a castle:)
SnowWhite said at 3:45 p.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
Too many pics to actually tell you my fav shots, there are quite a few. Nice set monkey :) You are magical .
Snooway said at 5:33 p.m. on Nov 3, 2009:
great mood in this tabblo, love it!
Wildthing said at 4:19 a.m. on Nov 4, 2009:
Thank you, LORRAINE & SUE.
Pattymaryclare said at 3:04 p.m. on Nov 5, 2009:
Oh Mikey i'm so VERY LATE and these 2/3 tabs with fog you'd mentioned coming out...YAY now I get to see all of them....THIS ONE HOLY MOLEY .....i'm for once 'speechless'! (kinda sorta there's just too many incredible shots here to single 'a few' out!) GREAT WRITING AGAIN TOO maestro! c'est un marvelleiux et tres belle! xoxo Patty
Wildthing said at 3:11 p.m. on Nov 5, 2009:
Merci beaucoup, PATTY, mon ami. I enjoyed wandering about in the woods taking these shots, and then choosing which to post.
Debdog said at 5:08 p.m. on Nov 5, 2009:
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ~P.D. James
Debdog said at 5:09 p.m. on Nov 5, 2009:
:) love it Mike:)
Wildthing said at 5:53 p.m. on Nov 5, 2009:
Thanks, DEB. And, yes, it was a perfect day.
Fabio_DL said at 9:59 p.m. on Nov 5, 2009:
Mike, You have prepared another masterpiece for us. Fantastic! Thank you!
Wildthing said at 4:20 a.m. on Nov 6, 2009:
Thank you, FABIO.
Ebucar said at 3:22 p.m. on Nov 6, 2009:
Mystical and beautiful... Thanks for holding my hand and take me with you, Mike.
Wildthing said at 3:34 p.m. on Nov 6, 2009:
It was an enjoyable walk, ELIANE.
Loes said at 6:19 p.m. on Nov 6, 2009:
A wonderful misty tabblo Mike!
Gumpsmom said at 2:07 a.m. on Nov 8, 2009:
What an incredible set of shots. The mist doesn't "feel" at all creepy to me. It a kind of wondrous blanket of morning, being unfolded as the sun rises. I must say, the shots of the cemetery makes me feel for the forgotten that are laid to rest there. This is an awesome Tabblo! A fav for me.
Wildthing said at 3:28 a.m. on Nov 8, 2009:
Thank you, LOUISE and GUMPSMOM.
Krisu said at 5:26 a.m. on Nov 8, 2009:
Beautiful Autumn tabblo, full of super captures!!!
Wildthing said at 5:38 a.m. on Nov 8, 2009:
Thank you, KRIS.
HtD said at 11:02 a.m. on Nov 9, 2009:
so sorry Mike, I 'm late. A beautiful Tabblo. I hate the Winter time, but this is wonderful. Also a favorite Tabblo.
Wildthing said at 12:12 p.m. on Nov 9, 2009:
Danke, HENK.
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