Last week saw the autumnal equinox (and the vernal equinox if you live in the southern hemisphere).
A day when the world is perfectly balanced and in harmony.
A day when everyone in the world shares this balance: an equal number of hours of daylight and night.
For two days every year, when we all have 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark, I like to think of everyone around the globe as being united by a thread of light.
An invisible string that reminds us of our shared experiences rather than our differences.
Autumnal equinox 2010 - unedited
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Lady Fi 
Stunning, but I do hate mozzies!
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Such beautiful photos and a wonderful thought to go with them. A world united…wouldn’t that be amazing?
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
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United in one household, here. My husband was brought up in Australia and still thinks of September as Spring, unless he’s paying attention!
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I love those days of equal light and darkness too. Sunday we change our clocks an hour forward again, then we have the long evenings. I love that time of year.
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I love the pictures, but I love the sentiment even more!
Well-said!
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Beautiful photos and I love the “thread of light” concept.
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Lovely. Is the close-up cropped out of the big picture?
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Not cropped. I actually tried to focus on the reeds with the sunset in the background… and I managed (for once)!
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You understand balance and it shows, not only in your photography, but your comments and your life. Thanks for being there for me and for all of us. Sonia.
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Oh, blush! Thank you for this kind comment! Great news about your accomplishment! Can’t wait to read it.
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great compositions, love the low light- pretty, pretty!
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Fantastic photographs, Fi.
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I love the invisible string imagery.
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These photos are just brilliant, Lady Fi!!! Absolutely beyond beautiful. Wow!
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fabulous tandem. but i absolutely adore the first image. i could see that image being used when some church song or hymn is playing in the background.
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excellent images and super thought!
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beautiful skies…even once the light is gone there is a thread that runs through…
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Girl, you’re a regular pro photographer!! Those are STUNNING photos!!
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Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing. It’s a great time now for taking pictures, isn’t it? 24 hours of daylight is cool during the summer time but you do get bored of it after awhile! 😉
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These sky shots are gorgeous. Neat post about the equinox.
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the first photo is perfect! I love it.
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Oh my! Two glorious photos that visualize your wonderful words!
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Great photos, and lovely words. It’s great how you got the depth of field you wanted in each exposure, creating such different shots.
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Thanks for sharing your equinox perspective–fantastic.
We were disappointed that it rained out our view here. Oh well.
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Beautiful images and words!
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A marvelous couple of photos. You have an impressive blog and photography.
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Incredible captures and I do so agree with your words/thoughts! Your posts and photos are always inspiring and thought provoking and I always enjoy my visit as well as learn something I needed to know or to think about! Have a wonderful weekend, you and your family!
Sylvia
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thanks for the reeds and the “string”:)
Z
http://www.thebabaylan.blogspot.com
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beautiful colors and compositions
Happy SWF! Have a good weekend,
Regards, Bram
My SkyWatch on WordPress
Seen on Sky Watch Friday, Season 4, Episode 12
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I missed the moment, but glad to see it here. 🙂
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awesome sky shots!
thanks for visiting. 🙂
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captivating photos. the thoughts that go with these photos are just as awesome.
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beautiful and so peaceful! visit my skywatch friday
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Beautiful pictures and words well worth remembering! 🙂
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Wonderful post : )
Love your words. Your pics are so gorgeous!
Thanks for dropping by
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A thread of light, I like that!
Thank you for visiting my blog and for your wonderfully supportive comment. I appreciate it.
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Wonderful shots.
I love the colors.
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I can enjoy the playful time with your charming dog under your fantastic seasonal sky.
And then I love funny cats shouting- S・N・A・K・E ！！
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This is so wonderful!! Great light and skies..I love nr one!:-)
Wish you a blessed weekend!
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What pretty pictures, and what a lovely thought.
Would that we could harness that balance and put it in to practice as a people, forever more.
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beautiful photos to mark the change of seasons
really enjoyed your last post as well full of colourful leaves
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Wow, beautiful shots 🙂 I love sunrises and sunsets, along withe silhouettes.
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Just gorgeous.. I think you’ve captured magic!
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I love this…the photo’s and your words. Totally love this line…”An invisible string that reminds us of our shared experiences rather than our differences.”…to which I say Amen! I do hope that you have a wonderful weekend doing something that puts a smile on your face. 🙂 XX
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very engaging images.
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It is always such a pleasure visiting your blog. As soon as I see your photos I immediately relax and smile.
These are gorgeous.
Happy weekend, jj
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What two lovely contrasting sky scenes. I am not sure if I could handle 12 hours of darkness. I am sure you eventfully adjust to it.
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Such gorgeous photos, the branches of the tree and the straws in front of the sun, very beautiful! 🙂
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You have a beautiful brain.
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Oh how I wish your words could come true for those two days and every day!
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Amazing shots. Very beautiful color shades.
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Wonderfully peaceful shots.
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I’d never thought of it in quite that way – thanks 🙂
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Everything about this post is sooo beautiful… as you said ‘ In perfect harmony’…
Have a great weekend 🙂
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I know..I am dreading the disappearing daylight that summons up the cold of winter, but I am sure you will make that sound lovely too..:)
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I’m dreading the loss of the balance and days that are dark at 5:00 pm.
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Dark at 5.00 pm is a luxury. Our days will be dark by just gone 3 pm!
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The skies are beautiful, as are your harmonious thoughts.
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Once again stunning balance between colour and form.
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Beautiful photography… Sharing similar latitude with you I know this means that we are entering the dark period, but hopefully the imminence of the holidays will ease the days of twilight a bit.;)
xoxo
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Oh my beautiful shots.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
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I couldn’t wait to see these photos.
and you never disappoint. phenomenal.
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