An old mine

Once a lignite coal mine, now 17 acres of lake and garden. A photographers delight and I chose late evening to get this photo.
Three good things:
1. There was a cafe on site called the Lignite Cafe
2. The garden was called the Secret Garden. You don't see it until you peer over the side.
3. We had a peaceful night here - apart from all the birds singing their hearts out - at dawn - 6am!

[Lou Ann]

How lovely!

[Maggiemae]

@louannwarren I was lucky there was no wind this time - the next day the water was all rough!

[Lou Ann]

@maggiemae I also meant to say that you have birds getting you up and we have Simba. He is an early riser and just keeps kneading and purring till I get up, at a quarter of 5:00. 😊

[Maggiemae]

@louannwarren Oh crickey - I would keep the bedroom door shut!

[gloria jones]

Gorgeous capture of the wonderful reflections, colors

[katy]

such a beautiful place and your photo of it with that great light is terrific

[Allison Williams]

Magnificent!

[Diana]

A fabulous capture with great light and lovely reflections. I am always up by then ;-)

[Diana]

@louannwarren Same situation here Lou Ann, Minky is doing the same ;-)

[Babs]

He must be pedalling like hell under the water to create a wake like this.

[Maggiemae]

@onewing Yup, must have flippers on!

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn Thank you Katy! A place to return actually - the cafe had lots of neat gifts in the shop!

[haskar]

Great colours and reflections.

[Dawn]

Lovely colours reflections also ripples in water

[Clare Gadsby]

good composition and that ribbon trail is just lovely

[ChristineL]

Lovely colours and reflections

[Casablanca]

What lovely Summery colours

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture and great reflections on the water. Love the lone duck and the ripples.

[Dinah Pinkston]

This is such a lovely, peaceful scene ...a beautiful place to wander snapping pics!

[Margaret Brown]

Love the reflections and light, fav

[Yao RL]

So peaceful.

[Pat Knowles]

Wonderful little water lines where that duck is swimming.....beautiful soft glow here, your photos always have a bloom to them! Love all that early summer foliage!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat That 'bloom' is part of an editing function in iPhoto, using "Photoscape X" Pat. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't.

[Bep]

What a beautiful place!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

So lush and green! We won't be seeing that for a while!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful tranquil scene fv!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful shot

[Islandgirl]

Very pretty fall scene!

[Helen Sanderson]

you have captured such a glorious time of day so beautifully

[Dianne]

What a gorgeous photo and lovely place to explore.

[Maggiemae]

@dide As I said, Dianne - every corner you turn around this small lake is a photograph!

[Valerie Chesney]

Glorious colours & reflections.