Light Reflections

Playing with light and a crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid

is a solid material, whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is crystallography. The process of crystal formation via mechanisms of crystal growth is called crystallization or solidification. The word crystal is derived from the ancient Greek word κρύσταλλος (krustallos), which had the same meaning, but according to the ancient understanding of crystal. At root it means anything congealed by freezing, such as ice.^[1] The word once referred particularly to quartz, or "rock crystal".

Most metals encountered in everyday life are polycrystals. Crystals are often symmetrically intergrown to form crystal twins.

Hi my friends,

thanks you so much for all your wonderful congrats to my post about the award I got yesterday. It felt to me like a having a special day, something like Birthday or Christmas or both in once :)) Awards are not falling from the sky every day, it WAS a special day!
And thanks again to Carol for giving it to me.

Today is a beautiful day again in Florida, the temps are in the 70's and now we are heading out to the beach. Hubby need some fresh air to breath - and me too....smile...

I wish you a wonderful day, see you tomorrow.
Susanne

some CALENDARS 2010 are still left.... who wants one???

Dancing waves....

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
James Gates Percival



Hi my friends,

Thank you very much for your kind comments to my last post, your visits are always appreciated. I'm glad I made you smile with my yesterday's photo :)

How do you like this one? I love waves and I love to be at the Ocean. My husband and I, we do that as often we can, visiting the beach and taking a walk. It's so relaxing to listen to the song of the Ocean and to breath the fresh salty air.

After posting this, you'll find me down there...see you there?
Susanne


CALENDARS 2010 anyone...?

Do you know the formula for success?

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success."

~ Thomas J. Watson ~




Hi my friends,

I'm late today with posting, I know. We have visited a friend and went out to the beach this afternoon - and it was very nice, but hot. I shot some beach scenes photos. It was overwhelming to listen to the sound of the breaking waves coming in to the shores, it was "high-tide" time. I will show you some of them maybe tomorrow, so be patience :)

Thank you for all the kind comments to my post from yesterday.
I'm glad you liked that nostalgic photo.

See you tomorrow, see you here!
Susanne

Let's go to the beach.....!

I'm not so sure what this boy is really cooling off...LOL.... :)

Family fun on the beach.
If you click in the picture to see it bigger, you'll see a young athletic sprinter running down to the water, have a closer look.

People, people, people...as far as you can see - and it was HOT today afternoon!

Saint Augustin Beach in Florida - a pretty view down from the pier

And, I'm back again to my palm tree photos, I missed them so much :)

Hi my friends,

it was a VERY hot summer day today in Saint Augustin. After our visit to the beach (and to the light house, pictures about that will follow tomorrow) we had to run back "home" because of the coming up afternoon thunderstorm. The sky went BLACK and in seconds we had a heavy rain pouring down. And it's still raining....

Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments and compliments to my last recent posts, your words are very much appreciated! :)

Stay tuned with me, tomorrow will be our last day here in the Sunshine State and then it's time to travel again. Any suggestions where to go...?....LOL... we decided, not to settle down here, it's way to hot and way to humid in Florida - we can not stand this anymore :)

See y'all tomorrow!
Susanne