Hi Bloggers! Do you have to share a story or a short reflection tagged with the letter “W”? For example I’ve written about “WATER MEMORIES” (read below) or wildlife, about wind and worries, wine and wolves, Wuppertal or Washington, about witch craft trials and wingless airplanes, about whale rescue and writers, world and word, Wim Wenders and Wernher von Braun, Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse, worms and wonders, windows and waiting, wood and waltz, winters and wars etc. – I’m sure you’ll find an own story or a short reflection tagged with “W”! Feel free to add in the comments the link to your personal interpretation of the letter “W”!!!
WATER MEMORIES
Each of us has experience with WATER. From baptism to (perhaps) the dispersion of his ashes in the sea. In addition to rain, ice and snow TO SWIM has always touched me deeply emotionally. Snorkel and dive in the warm waters of the Adriatic Sea from Dubrovnik. Rivers crossing as the Rhine, the Ruhr, the river Saale. In lakes and reservoirs I swam at night, or during the day – but sometimes dangerous with black, threatening thunderstorms over my head.
title=”Tailing the unique Irrawaddy dolphins” by Ben Visbeek, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr
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There have been frightening situations, particularly in my teenager time. I brought into dangerous situations even my girlfriend (and now wife), because I made to difficult goals – for example crossing a lake, three kilometers distance at night, water too cold (we nearly drowned). One can not master everything, although I was challenged by this. But sometimes me (and us) maybe a God graciously helped us to survive. 13 different times I myself have saved children in mortal danger from the base, 3-4 feet deep, of swimming pools, sometimes wedged together, moved them up, fetched them back in the saving air.
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There have been also comfortable moments with water: to teach our own daughters diving – in the bathtub. To enjoy together with our large bobtail named Sarah, the North Sea of Holland. To watch my mother in the waters of the Baltic Sea at the coastal line of their beloved island of Ruegen. Water can be very comforting …
related:
“W” Photo Archive + “W” Challenge + “W” Galleries + ABC visualized: W! + Water Memories
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P.S.:
I was surprised, as I found the lake, where my wife and me nearly drowned, in the blog of Chris Breebart at http://chrisbreebaart.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/weekly-photo-challenge-reflections-2/ – it’s the Möhnesee / Heve-Becken:
click on the picture to read the blog article of Chris Breebart
related:
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/08/02/underwater-photos-at-the-london-2012-olympic-games/#/14
websites: 1 - my daily wordpress blog "flickrcomments" , 2 - photo pool at frizztext, 3 - flickr group BLOG IT!, 4 - photography news, 5 - twitter etc.
Here is my entry for this week’s challenge:
http://ohmsweetohmdotme.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/story-challenge-letter-w/
Thanks, Frizz.
organ prelude (J. S. Bach?)
as a kind of worship
would be attractive for me…
Wow – 13 times! You are a water warrior – back in the morning with an entry.
water warrior – nice job!
in my next life I’ll be a fish…
or a whale, which is not a fish …
But likes fishy snacks!
Hi there, Frizz, I’ve never learned how to swim but I love the water and the sea and the sound of the waves – nothing quite like it.
My contribution this week also is connected to water! Here it is:
http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/photo-journal-a-z-photo-challenge-w-is-for-water-in-san-francisco/
“My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach,
listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
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yes, it would be wonderful, if we could end all our days near the water, celebrating a kind of a meditation ritual …
Reblogged this on YOU DECIDE.
Well, I love wind and walks–and have written of wildfires and wheeee. How about WORMS?
http://alleysbackstreets.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/worm-walk/
hi Alice,
so you are a mother Theresa for the worms!
The only thing I found was this one What a story http://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/what-a-story-2/
good, that we do not live forever – the planet became narrow too soon – a wonderful solution: YOU, bumba / Steve will stay forever in our minds with your book and blues music!
love the water too! ^^ this time though i decided to go in a different direction. W is for Woman ^^
forgot the link ^^ http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/story-challenge-letter-w/
“A woman is warm,
Wealthy with love,
From your worrisome mother
To your wondrous wife…” etc.:
= wonderful tribute to women!
So glad your experiences were positive as well!
Without water, no life – so water both give and take lives – as borned on a little tiny island, we learned that water is everywhere – love water, even drink it (sometimes)… ‘hahaha’
http://ledrakenoir.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/waste-of-time-a-w-story/
do YOU play golf?
Lost some balls in the ocean already on your tiny island?
‘hahahaha’
No I don’ play golf and no I haven’t lost my balls..
*hahahahaha’
My W-story is waste of time…
http://ledrakenoir.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/waste-of-time-a-w-story/
“W” wie Weihnachten:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/12/christmas_approaches_1.html
Hi Frizz,
I am glad that you lived to tell the tale. Some scary close calls! Here is a link to a little story–W is for (Sun) Worship! Thank you for a new challenge.
http://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/the-weekly-photo-challenge-sun-worship/
the last photo, double (X-crossed) sun worship, is very amusing!
Here is my entry for the challenge: Window Displays http://wp.me/p23TG1-1Lf
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
nice windows! in German language Xmas = Weihnachten – a “W”-word …
“Water Warrior” – I like that name!
You certainly were in the right place at the right time to have saved so many people.
Here’s my contribution to W.. a few boring watercolors!
http://playamart.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/story-challenge-w-is-for-watercolor
my favorite, Lisa:
http://playamart.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/00-mola-4-jama-museum-guardians.jpg
good decision, to use a fragment as header!
beautiful image of people paddling, nature and marine life….wish I was there
I want to share Washington views: http://canoecommunications.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/washington-views/
and view everyone else’s cool pics
thanks for your Washington Wiews …
Thanks for inspiring me today. I decided to partake in your challenge! FIrst time! Here it is:
http://thirdeyemom.com/2012/12/04/w-is-for-waterfall/
what an energy in those waterfalls!
You’ve done well with the alphabets… Finally making the rounds again. Will return.
thank you, Eliz, for converting again a simple photographer’s topic [changing seasons] into a psychological level: a biography has some “seasons” too, beside my own, I can’t forget some of your “seasons”:
1 – as a child lost on a long African beach (right?)
2 – the last evening of departure from U.K. headed to U.S. (there was an accident, right?)
3 – your experiences in Manhattan Alvin Ailey (?) ballet ? Sade stage performances etc. …
Frizz, one word can be used to define your relation to water: bittersweet; bitter due to the dangerous situations but you have also very sweet memories related to water. So maybe everything have its good and not so good side. This is my post with W (wings of butterflies I found in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil) http://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/wings/
I don´t know why my post says by “Anonymous”.
hello Marianne,
WINGS:
I like the carousel wings!
http://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/wings/#jp-carousel-1140
Thank you, Frizz
I love the first shot! Dude. Totally awesome picture. MUY Awesome. Thanks for posting.
I’ve only just discovered your challenges. Here’s a post about water
http://artifactsandfictions.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/wild-water-wallowing/
and another tagged with W words that you might enjoy
http://artifactsandfictions.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/wonderful-thin-places/.
I hope this is what you are looking for. Your blog looks interesting and I’m now following it.
hi Suzanne,
thank you for joining my weekly A to Z archive!
Hello Frizztext and fellow A-Zers! Here’s my wintery take on this week’s W Challenge:
http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/a-to-z-challenge-the-letter-w-winter-wonderland/
hi Stephen:
Gulliver visiting Lilliput’s Xmas reservation …
A Wild and weird W for you – please have a look at
http://acrossthebored.com/2012/12/04/story-challenge-letter-w/
We Wager Wood Would Want Water When Waves Wash Wonderfully –
http://acrossthebored.com/2012/12/04/story-challenge-letter-w/
perfect WWWWWWWWWW!
I love the water and especially going to the beach, but am a little afraid of it (cant swim too well!). Here’s my entry for the week:
http://perceptionsofareluctanthomemaker.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/homeless-but-owns-a-washing-machine/
washing machine without electricity?
maybe you have to turn around an inside wheel by hand?
I am a water person and the first letter that came to mind was Water as well. But then I decided to write a poem instead. Love your pic. Here’s the link for my “W” challenge.
http://randomuzings.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/waiting/
W for WAITING -
“Stack of clothes
Untouched – ”
I nailed some clothes on the wall
not to forget some seasons
of relationship …
My part to water
[ http://flic.kr/p/6UqjMV ]
Herzl wolfgang
yes, dear Wolfgang, I remember, your house was flooded – left you homeless:
I tried, Frizz, I tried. http://angelinem.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/the-letter-w-8/
thank you, Angeline,
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for describing
your windmills & wall
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- so we do not need
any photos at all!
Wind
http://truthaboveallreligions.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/story-challenge-letter-w-wind/
thank you for your funny gallery wind vs. horse tails …
http://justfletcher.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/letter-w/
I have some problems with photos and spacing, hope to get it sorted out but here is W for woody Woodpecker
hey your Woody Woodpecker is a tough character!
I wish he would now fly, it is a great concern for the parents
an aquatic theme with an important crossing
http://eljaygee.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/story-challenge-letter-w/
hi Laura,
I did not know that there are so many W’s in Westminster, Waterloo etc.!
wading for Ws was not hard in Waterloo. Your own watery wayfaring story was a blend of warning and wonder
I do not always have a story to tell but this just came to my mind earlier today and immediately I knew I would like to share it.
http://roosdoring.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/story-challenge-w/
please correct me if my translating skills need a bit of polishing.
hi Rosa,
thank you for your wheat poem – in German language!
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Der Bauer baut mit Müh und Not
das Korn für unser täglich Brot.
Zum Müller wird das Korn gebracht
und feines Mehl daraus gemacht.
Der Bäcker nimmt das Mehl ins Haus
und bäckt im Ofen Brot daraus.
Die Mutter streicht noch Butter drauf,
und wir? Wir essen alles auf.
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my heart is touched:
my father was a baker!
A bit of trivia: http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/story-challenge-letter-w/
Winter weather in Washington = a perfect W-excurs!
Love your water memories! I apologize… I found some photos, but no stories… http://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/windows/
thank you, Amy, for your gallery of WINDOWS!
Good thing you survived!
Hi frizztext, It has been a rough week. Sorry I am late with posting my “W”. I enjoyed your Water memories very much. I like being out on the water too.
Here is my “W” for the Challenge: http://danajoward.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/story-challenge-letter-w/
shortlink: http://wp.me/p2EF02-tL
We Wager Wood Would Want Water When Waves Wash Wonderfully –
http://acrossthebored.com/2012/12/04/story-challenge-letter-w/
perfect WWWWWWWWWW!
http://carlasaunders.com/2012/12/07/the-cove-la-jolla-california/
Here is my “w” challenge. I’m still figuring out this blog thing. I see my pingback registered but no note from me!
Hi Frizz! Thank you for the idea for a blog
thanks Carla – yes the internet sometimes is like the mouth of Jonas’ whale
Glad you survived and have so many happy memories Frizz
As you can see I am in a race to complete my A-Z challenges in the next three days! Couldn’t leave a comment on your V post for some reason!
Here is my W entry: http://theurgetowander.com/2012/12/28/tracing-the-footsteps-of-bedouins/
thank you Madhu,
for introducing a W = WADI!