San Diego, California in the USofA, is located in a coastal desert. Authorities claim we’ve averaged 10.34″ of rainfall a year over the last 30 years, but I suspect they round up to the next inch every time they measure — real glass-half-full kinds of folks.)
Every now and then, we do get enough rain to saturate the clay-infused ground and create some splash-worthy puddles. Some last a few days. That’s what I found a couple days after one of last winter’s storms, with the wind at a complete standstill.
I do love my iPhone camera — convenient and always ready.
(Full disclosure. I previously posted this image in response to the prompt, “Water”, for Dale and K’lee’s highly interpretive Cosmic Photo Challenge.)
Having survived valve repair surgery and an experimental cardiac bypass at age 5, three years before it was an accepted medical procedure, Susan grew into the size of her overworked and enlarged heart. Maybe she thought she had enough to give it away -- twice. Both times, she had to retrieve the shattered pieces and puzzle them back together. She thanks her Dad for the only advice of his she ever followed to the letter: "Never get married. Learn to take care of yourself." So of course she is a writer. Susan has co-written a YA SciFi novel, and has three more novels in various stages of evolution. She's had several short stories published in other people's anthologies, some of which were contest-related.
Let her tell you a story...
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17 thoughts on “The Daily Post Photo Challenge, H20 (part 1)”
Wow, what an incredible picture!
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Thank you, Magarisa!
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You’re welcome, Sue!
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Wow! The photo is new to me, because I didn’t catch it when you originally posted it, and I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Amazing!!!
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Thanks, Lulu!
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Awesome image – took me a while to realise what I was looking at!! Puddle pictures are great 🙂
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Thanks, Haylee! It does stand pre-conception on it’s head, doesn’t it?
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Took me a while to realise it’s upside down 🙂 unique pic, I love this! 😀
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Thank you very kindly!
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Thanks again!
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It is an amazing picture.
I have posted this photograph in my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MyOfficialDiary/
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Thanks very much, Miranda!
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I went crazy trying to make sense. Thanks to Wallace i escaped with my sanity (err whatever little i have) intact – brilliant photo Sue. 🙂
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Thank you, Dahlia! It does twist the mind a little. 😉
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So cool, Sue. I stared at it for 15 minutes and finally turned my laptop upside down.
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LOL!!! Isn’t that disorienting? But you’re good at thinking outside the box.
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