The Illusionaries

HouseFloat

2011-03-11T20:20:00.000-08:00

HouseFloat is an illusion. The picture is upside down and makes the house appear to be floating through the air like an adventurous HouseFloat.

HouseFloat (ID # I-005) was taken by Gail M2 Poole in 2009 off GA Highway 257 in Georgia, USA in 2009.

It is part of the Illusion Collection.

Categories: Houseboat, Housefloat, Adventure, Illusion, Illusionary

Letting Go

2011-03-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

The lovely fall leaves are floating on Ludy's Pond above the reflection of the tree from which they fell. The barren tree waits patiently for new life... which will come in brilliant verdant colors.

Letting Go (ID I-003) was photographed by Gail M2 Poole on Ludy's Pond off Highway 257, Georgia, USA in 2007. It is part of the Illusion Collection.

Letting go is a lonely thing. It's frightening. It hurts. It leaves you feeling vulnerable, naked before the world... But, do you remember when you ran barefoot and nearly naked all the time? The slightest breeze was like a thousand little fingers marching gently across your body. The rain massaged and cooled your skin, and then the sun lightly warmed away the droplets. Every pebble, every twig, every squishing mud puddle helped your feet think their way across the yard. Your eyes rested on the butterfly, bounced with the grasshopper, and swept the sky with the bird. Your ears caught the sighing of the wind in your hair, the plop of the toad on the porch step, the mother singing through the window. You followed the smell of the pie right through the screen and tasted it before it was even cut. You were alive in every sense.
If you decide to let go, my friend... go for naked. Go for alive.
This one thing I do: forgetting what is behind me and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

~ Phil. 3:13-14

Categories: Hope, Change, Pain, Pond, Leaves, Tree

Moon River

2011-02-16T16:41:00.000-08:00

Moon River was taken at about dusk from the dock behind Gail's house. A curve of fall leaves had drifted to the edge of the pond forming a crescent moon shape. The remaining leaves, light against the water reflecting the darkening sky, seem to twinkle on the ripples like so many stars.

Moon River (ID# I-002) was taken by Gail M2 Poole in 2008 just off Highway 257 in Georgia, USA in 2008. It is part of the Illusion collection.

Southern Snow

2011-02-15T18:05:00.001-08:00

Southern Snow was taken from the dock behind Gail M2 Poole's home. When you look at the bottom left you can see that the snow is an illusion because there is no snow in that area. The picture of the pond has been turned upside down so that the pollen that floats on the water looks much like a heavy snow fall, except for the area on the lower left which has no pollen.

Southern Snow (ID# I-001) was taken by Gail Malone Poole in 2008 just off Highway 257 in Georgia, USA. It is part of the Illusion Collection.