The longest day (and shortest night)
Threw the sun against
The golden bowl of the sky
And wrapped up the lake
In ribbons of cloud.
Gone half past ten at night
And still light.
An infinity of reflected beauty.
For more golden poems, please visit: Skywatch.
Lady Fi 
Gorgeous pictures! Amazing light!
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wow that last picture is pretty amazing..so much depth to it…so was that one the late night pic? was cool to have so much light and time to play…
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They are all late night pictures – taken in a span of about 5 minutes.
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Gorgeous images, and evocative title (reminded me of the Henry James novel of the same name).
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A golden river, well done Fi.
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The hues are amazing…love the crooked pier♥
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What a glorious sight!
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Oh, Lady Fi !!!!
Beautiful photos.
Lucia
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Peaceful beauty!
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Awesome capture and perspective on the distinct feature out there! Fabulous
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Gorgeous ! I love the wings in the air beside the sun. Great !
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i don’t know what is more lovely – the scenes or your description of them. 🙂
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Gorgeous pictures taken so late at night with still so much light!
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What a beautifully shown display of the late night light.
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Almost unbelievable colours. You live in a beautiful place!
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Awesome skies and colors and beautiful words to match!! Truly breathtaking!! Have a great weekend!
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I would love a lingering sunset like this. Beautiful!
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My goodness, how wonderful it must have been to witness this.
Truly a beautiful series of images.
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Nice pictures, the light is really beautiful!
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Just beautiful! I love that first one, such a deep golden color.
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beautiful.
I love your old wooden dock! Xx
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That is so breathtaking! I have a feeling that Oscar may start longing for snow before too long. I think Summer is lovely, but I see the joy in Oscar’s eyes when he’s in the snow.
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Beautiful golden light!
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Beautiful beautiful golden bowl!
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The colors of the sky and reflected in the water are wonderful and these shots are perfectly composed.
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“The golden bowl of the sky”. Even your metaphors are beautiful. Lovely picture. Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
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Sweden is so beautiful, so special and I am so glad I found your blog so I can enjoy the incredible pictures you post here. The maypole in your previous post brought tears to my eyes. I don’t like to look back, but I can’t help myself and get homesick for Sweden this time of year.
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A true cornucopia of beauty. Thank you.
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And what a wonderful ‘spell’ to be under!
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Oh my, those are gorgeous shots.
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The photos are incredible….filled with the still light of high summer….and your words are delicious. What a beautiful post, you have carried me away into this golden light 🙂
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Gorgeous colors and a beautiful skies! Lovely post, Lady Fi! Have a happy weekend!
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What beautiful poetry, with photos to match!
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I’m going to miss the long evenings — I imagine you will too. Lovely lake reflections Fiona. xo
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that is so beautiful!
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Lovely colors and lovely captures!
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If only it was possible to climb through my computer screen and into that lovely world of yours!
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Ribbons of cloud… beautifully captured!
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With beauty like this lasting into the night it must be difficult to head indoors and off to bed. Your words are so poetic.
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oh my
so very beautiful!
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Gorgeous images – I love the reflections, and the colours are amazing!
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excellent light 🙂
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Stunning pictures. Really like your blog!
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I love your skyes of magic and the way you capture them, LadyFi 🙂
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agréable ce ciel,bon je suis aussi une couche tôt…
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With a clear sky it would be possible to take a similar picture around 10 pm, but it’s grey and rainy.
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Wow! You have wonderful mirror images of the sky in the water. So pretty.
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What a beautiful dramatic scenery…
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it is sooo gorgeous. 🙂
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All three are beautiful images but that first is truly breathtaking – just gorgeous!
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Amazing! Congrats, Lady Fi!
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Magnificent!
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Beautiful golden sky.
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Stunning sky shots. The colours are beautiful. I really like the last photo.
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Such beautiful light so late at night, especially so with the reflected colours in the lake.
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the sky really turned on show for the solstice, the colours and lighting are beautiful
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….and serenity I suspect. 🙂
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Love your words to go along with those amazing images! Your summer days are REALLY long!
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Beautiful pictures 🙂
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These are truly breathtaking shots. It must heve been a glorious night.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend.
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Oh wow, absolutely stunning!
Denise
An English Girl Rambles
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Beautiful, the shades of sky.
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As always, gorgeous images from you!
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Sometimes I think the reflected sunsets are even more beautiful than the original! The water seems to intensify the colors. I love the tranquility that just washes over me from your photos – just the barest of ripples on that water, and I’ve officially run out of superlatives for your skies. 🙂
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Delightful sky images, I especially love that lavender colored ribbon. 🙂
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Beautiful skies. Just so pretty.
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Really gorgeous pictures with an amazing light!
I like them all!
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A stunning summer solstice sky! thanks for stopping by at mine.
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Like copper! Happy solstice.
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You live in a land of contrasts.
Sweden is such a gloomy place in TV series. Your pictures are bright and beautiful.
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Lovely night shots. Our sunsets get to be 9:30ish, but I can’t imagine it still being light at 10:30. Or light all the time 24 hours a day like it can be far enough north. Do you get some darkness? Or are you that far north that it stays that way all night?
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We get darkness for about 3 hours at the peak of summer. You have to be north of the Arctic Circle to get the real midnight sun.
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Hi! Fantastic shots in the midnight Sun. You are lucky that you can see beautiful scenery until midnight. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
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Light leaking from the sky onto the lake – a gift. Love how the wavy dock points to the scene.
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Stunning. New a guy who got married on the summer solstice – laughed at him for choosing the shortest night of the year for his wedding night.
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In answer to your question on my blog: No, not fiction. The death of my father in 2008.
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I was up and about in the dawn of out longest night – I did not look this good!
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Love the light in the ribbons and the bowl, so surreal and mesmerizing!
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Love the beauty of the light in the bowl and the ribbon, so surreal and mesmerizing!
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You have a nice blog with beautiful photo’s.
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A mysterious lake with endless beauty
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“Golden bowl of the sky”. I love the way you word things in your image captions.
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So beautiful and fantastic and gorgeous … love them all!
have a nice weekend!!
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Stunning skies! Thanks for stopping by. Happy sky watching.
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Such peace in those shots.
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once again playing catch up …i am not sure how i would be able to sleep with such a lot of daylight but i am sure you are used to it
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Beautiful sunset photos, nice colors and reflections
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Those are beautiful sunsets! You’ve taken some gorgeous shots!
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