There’s something mysterious about a foggy morning….. conjures up memories of a spooky Scooby Do cartoon. “Scooby Do, where are you?”
We’re currently visiting Galveston Island, Texas, and although I’m excited to get out and about to explore, the cold and rain has keep me RV bound for the past few days.
So as soon as this polar vortex moves on, you can bet I’ll be out hunting down the local wildlife ….. egrets, herons, sandhills oh my!
Today’s photo 101 word is ‘Mystery’ and a foggy morning along the Gulf Coast seems fitting to me.
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79 responses to “Mystery”
Even without your usual nature stuff, you still managed to capture your best shot.
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Awe…. thank you. You are too kind 🙂
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Beautiful photos 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Superb! Love foggy pics and you captured the mood wonderfully.
Nina
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Thank you Nina. As much as I love these foggy mornings, I’m missing those desert sunsets 🙂
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Love your images Ingrid and am looking forward to some lovely birding photos! 🙂
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Thanks Lu and I too am looking forward to some bird photos….. this darn weather just doesn’t get that I’m on a mission LOL.
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What is it about mist, fog and water that stirs the inner soul and has us longing to find the mystery of it all? Hope there is a mystery to be solved in looking at your beautiful photos!
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Thank you Sheila. I have to find the silver lining in this uncooperative weather somewhere 😉
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For Halloween we watched the movie The Fog – original and the remake. So the “fog” has a new meaning!!
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I haven’t seen that movie and now you have my curiosity piqued 🙂
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I thought it was good for a horror movie that had a good mystery behind it. 🙂
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Your images are indeed full of mystery, Ingrid. Hope you can get out and about soon, and show us some of the wildlife there. 🙂
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I am hoping this weather will give me a break soon so I can get out and enjoy the beach and the birds here in Galveston 😉
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Love the mystery of your Galveston pics! Loved near there, in clear lake for a few years. Visiting NASA is a good indoor/outdoor trip should you start getting cabin fever. Hope to run into you somewhere on the road In GA on the way to Fla. Also hoping polar weather moves on quickly. Cold has us hibernating more than we are used to but enjoying the sleep!
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I think we’ll need to start looking into indoor activities if this rain doesn’t let up soon. Galveston is as far east as we’re going this year and if this weather doesn’t improve, we may head back to the desert sooner rather than later LOL.
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Hi Ingrid! Remember you are in Texas now. Below freezing today means over 80 degrees tomorrow! Where will you guys be over Thanksgiving? We are going to paddle in the Big Thicket. Email me if you prefer. whereisruthi@gmail.com
Ruthi
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I will definitely shoot you an email. The Big Thicket???
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Cool pics, crazy weather down here-sure hope it changes soon. Dave froze trying to fish out at Goose Island, at least he caught some. AZ is looking better and better next winter.
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I already told Al I want to meander around the desert southwest next winter LOL. However, if we once get a break in this weather and I’m able to get out with the birds….. well, might change my mind. Stay warm 🙂
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Gorgeous photos, Ingrid.
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Thank you Nancy…. this polar vortex has me questioning why I left Lake Mead 😉
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Cold or not, those foggy day photos are alluring. I have always loved the beauty of a foggy morning. There’s just something different & yes, mysterious about it.
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The mystery of a foggy morning at sunrise along the coast and the beauty of a stunning desert sunset ….. sure love this lifestyle as it allows me to experience it all 🙂
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Definitely an eerie and mysterious feel Ingrid which your photos have captured beautifully. Oh I remember those birds and look forward to your photos!
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Hmm, can’t go out birding because of the nasty weather; polar vortex has kept me in the RV. I blame Canada…. LOL!!!
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You can definitely blame us. It looks like things are warming here so I think there is hope. 🙂
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Oh, do send that warmer stuff 🙂
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Well Ingrid Canada warm is not what you want in the south.
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By the time it gets to the Texas Coast, it’ll warm….. I hope. I remember well the temps in Minnesota. Is the antler wearing, sleeping bag fashionista preparing for a polar plunge this year?
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Definitely on the table although do need a health clearance for both of us so we will have to see. Imagine that they worry about such things. 🙂
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The polar vortex was probably in the desert area, too, Ingrid. It is very far reaching… Just bundle up and enjoy the fog. And, get ready for round II next week. It’s supposed to be in the teens in Atlanta, and not get out of the thirties all day 😳
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Yes Holly, I’m bracing for round two already but sure wish round one would end LOL.
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Me, too. ingrid. In weather like this, I am happy to be home next to a roaring fire in the fireplace. I have been really busy Christmas Shopping this week and getting ready for my sister to visit over Thanksgiving. I have been giving a lot of though about all you full-time RVers. It must be hard Christmas shopping and dealing with all the extras over the holidays. I am using a whole room just to wrap and lay out gift bags.
How do you RVers deal with it all?! I am glad for the extra space and having an address for all my e-shopping. Ingrid, do you usually stay with family for the holidays? Or, have you tried meeting up with RV friends to share holiday meals?
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This year we’ll hang with fellow RVer’s. I come from a super small family and thus holidays were never a big deal and during our working days it wasn’t uncommon for hubby and me to work on Christmas or Thanksgiving. So our family celebrates whenever we can get together.
And as for shopping – it’s just small stuff for my two grown children. Pretty low key. I think I’ve set up a Christmas tree twice in the last 20 years because we would always rent a cabin in the mountains for the holiday. My kids are used to traveling but with their work schedules this year, they aren’t able to get away. They’ll be missed for sure….. Skype it is!
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Well, that simplifies things! I like having a tree, even though we will be away for Christmas at daughter Susie’s. Shopping has gotten to be a bigger deal for us with the addition of five grandchildren. I have always enjoyed celebrating holidays and always miss the kids at these times. (I secretly envy your low-key holidays… You are probably not bummed if you don’t spend them with family! Makes life simpler, easier : )
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Oh, I’m bummed not seeing the kids, but I think it would be different with little ones. So I can assure you once we have grandkids, we’ll be going the extra mile to be with them. Perhaps even back to the mountains for sledding, snowmobiling, and ‘watching’ little ones learn to ski. Oh, how I miss those days…. I don’t like this getting old stuff LOL.
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You come from the perfect place for snow fun with little ones… We moved to Atlanta in 1980 from Hoboken, NJ (just across the Hudson River from New York City.). I have always loved snow. I still pine for snow down here, but when the kids were little, we would jump in the car and drive a few hours to find snow and sledding. The best times were the high school years when we checked out skiing in Salt Lake. Snow to the rooftops! Driveways dug out with 10 foot walls… I had never seen anything like that.
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Totally agree – when the kids were teenagers we had a blast vacationing near Winter Park, Colorado in the winter. I’m sure those traditions will return once grandkids are around. For now, we’re enjoying a snow free winter 🙂
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These are magical captures… so eerie and one can almost hear the scary movie music…
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Thank you Bulldog. I’m hoping our nasty weather ends soon so I can start posting photos of Texas Coastal birds.
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Love the first shot.
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Thanks Larry. That boat was just bobbing all by itself….. my imagination went crazy – I think I’ve watched way too many CSI shows or Scooby Do cartoons LOL
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I’m not enjoying this cold snap either.
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I think it’s just so sudden and brutal that makes it challenging to embrace. Oh well, this too shall pass 🙂
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I know. I wasn’t ready at all.
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You hit a homerun with your mystery photos!
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Thank you Marsha…. now if only this weather would warm up!
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Cold… burrrrr. Don’t think we can do that anymore.
Nice pictures.
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Thanks Wayne. I’m beginning to wonder why I’m sitting along the Texas Coast freezing instead of the warmth of the desert in Anza Borrego Springs 😉
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Great Shots!
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Thank you…. I love foggy mornings 🙂
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These are lovely moody photos, Ingrid. And when the fog lifts you will have fun finding the wildlife, that coast is loaded with birds. Have fun! 😀
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Thanks Jet – I was just out scouting in the truck today. Can’t wait for the weather to move on!
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Amazing captures, Wow!! It’s only 30 degrees in south TX… how you manage to go out and shoot these beautiful scene.
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Thank you Amy. It was warmer near the ocean, but still cold. I haven’t taken my UGG’s off all day. It’s almost time for some birding 🙂
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If it’s any comfort, it’s cold in Georgia, too. No fog, but we may get down into the teens. Not what we expected!
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Yep, this polar vortex seems to be getting just about everyone. So I guess I’m in good company LOL.
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Those are some great pictures.
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Thank you. I appreciate the comment 🙂
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Yes, your photos do a great job demonstrating a “mystery.” But I hope your weather does improve while you are there:)
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Oh, I hope this weather improves as well. I have some exploring to do. Next winter I’m thinking we’ll stay in the desert 😉
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Great photos. When the weather clears, go to the Visitors Center, and get a map of the tree carvings. You can do a terrific cycling or walking tour of these carvings, generally clustered in one neighbohood. They are carved from stumps left from the Hurricane of 1900, and also from the more recent one in 2008. This is a great way to spend an afternoon wandering around the Island. Not fancy, but we also loved Leon’s BBQ. Queenies pretty good, too.
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Thank you so much Judy. We’re actually going to try a walking tour tomorrow if the weather cooperates. So wonderful timing on your comment…. appreciate 🙂
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I, for one, am glad you’re having a foggy time there…..the result is some pretty wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing them with us!
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Thanks Sue…. gotta appreciate all the beauty that Mother Nature provides – even if it is fricken cold…. burrrr!
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Oh, love love those amazing photos!
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Thanks DK…. I’m looking forward to a lot more sunrises and sunsets near the shore.
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Great photos! Just be happy you’re not in your hometown. I think we’ve been breaking records here in CO… Brrr!!!
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Thanks…. yes very glad not to be in an RV in Colorado right now. Those are some cold temps….. stay warm 🙂
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Cold, Foggy, and 3 inches of snow here in Ogden Utah. Still hoping to get to Arizona or Texas sometime this winter.
Mel
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I would shoot for Arizona as it seems to be the only place this polar vortex is by passing. Same thing happened last winter. That desert is looking mighty alluring right now 🙂
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Ingrid! I love to shoot in the fog. Mysterious yes… but it really simplifies the photo. Nice stuff.
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Thank you. I love those foggy mornings and are hoping for plenty this winter 🙂
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Ingrid, you’ve certainly made the most of your foggy days in Galveston. Your photos are beautiful and definitely have an air of mystery. That last one is especially lovely. Enjoy your cozy time — you’ll be out with the wildlife soon!
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I’ve already scouted out locations for some birding – just need the weather to break and I just met with Mona Liza today…. let the birding begin 🙂 Thank goodness for my UGG’s!
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Laurel, you and Eric are missing the birding party out here.
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We are seriously bummed to be missing out on this adventure with you guys. ;-( We love the Texas Gulf Coast and have enjoyed spectacular birding there — and it would be SO much fun to experience it with y’all.
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