One Final Summer Scene

Milwaukee Harbor

This week's blog photo is the final in the series, Here Comes Summer.  Nothing says summer like the freedom that comes with sailing across a blue lake on a summer breeze. I took this photo about two years ago while attending an event on the shore of Lake Michigan.  What caught my eye at that time was the monchromatic shades of blue that provided a feeling of relaxation, stillness, and tranquility.  The color blue holds mystery because it can convey stillness and peace but can re-appear within the same setting as white capped waves on steel blue swells pushed by stormy blasts.  Pschologically, the color blue can transform our peaceful feelings of relaxation and harmony to their polar opposites triggering thoughts of anxiety and loneliness. 

As I reviewed the five photos selected for this series, I was surprised to note that four of the five featured water. This was a completely an unconscious choice leading me to reflect on my motivation in selecting water as a common feature.  Perhaps I chose it is because water is ever changing in its color and texture depending, and on the sun, clouds, wind, and reflections from objects surrounding it.  Following this thought, I may have chosen water because summer is the season when water displays its full character enticing us to look and dance with it knowing that it will one day stealthfully recede into fall's chilly touches ending our dance but leaving behind warm summer memories.  Old Blue Eyes said it best when he crooned, 

"The boat rides we would take

The moonlight on the lake

The way we danced and hummed our fav'rite song

The things we did last summer

I'll remember all winter long."

Here Comes Summer Series #5