Rest Awhile

A shadowy corner of my verandah

Come and rest awhile
Take some time to bask in sun
And gentle shadows

Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman



Thank you so much to every one for supporting us in our first year of SSS2!


May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Holiday Shadows

An angel  that my kindergartner made for me at his art class. I wish you all a....
and a Prosperous New Year!

 Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Chubskulit Rose

Gemma Wiseman

Bee Shadows

Part of the bee colony artwork on the side of Eureka Tower, Southbank, Melbourne.
For details of this amazing artwork see Only Melbourne.


City attraction
Bold inspiring artwork
A bee of heaven


Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quote:
The shadowlands can be a quiet place to meet the quiet dimensions of the soul.
Gemma Wiseman's thoughts on her Greyscale Territory blog


May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Rise Up, O Dragon!

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

Rise up, O dragon!
Light our way with holy fire
in the darkest night.


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
- Edmund Burke



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Shadow Watchers

Shadows on the wall of the Brighton International Hotel near Port Phillip Bay

Like a shadow guard
Like regimented watchers
Dark shapes just lurking


Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!

 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quote on chubskulit's Etcetera Etcetera:
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)


NOTE: Please do not make your link name description too long.
It upsets the column widths.



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Play your Imagination

 Let's play our imagination, what object do you see?

I see a razor here, do you?

Call me on the telephone..

 Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Chubskulit Rose

Gemma Wiseman

I give you my shadow...

Shadows round the entrance to the Dromana Hub Shopping Centre

In my shadow time
The sun gives me a mirror
Transient beauty

Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!

 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quote from Namaki's blog:
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. 
- Charles Dickens


May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Twisted Sentinel

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

Twisted sentinel,
though you guard the desert sands,
shadows still slip by.


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
- Chinese Proverb



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Zany Street Character

Shadows surround one of many colourful elephant characters scattered around Melbourne.
They celebrate the 150th anniversary of Melbourne Zoo.

A joyful trumpet
A zany street character
Craving attention


Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!

 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman



Shadow quote on Dawn Treader's blog:
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
- Edmund Burke




May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Two Tones Shadow

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones. "
- Paul Cezanne -

Can you guess where this shadow came from?

 Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Chubskulit Rose

Gemma Wiseman

Old Shadows

Old farming equipment at Coolart, a 19th century homestead at Somers on the Mornington Peninsula.

Old farming machines
Once just worked the heavy earth
Now shadows of art


Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!


 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quote on chubskulit's Etcetera Etcetera:
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. - Plutarch



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Tree Woman

Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

Tree Woman groaning,
how long since the last rainbow
spanned your desert home?


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Psalm 44:19, King James Version



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Shadow Palette

Morning shadows at Rosebud Plaza on the Mornington Peninsula

Multi-shaped shadows
Curves, lines, blocks, ridges and spheres
Paintbox of choices

Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!


 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quote from Robin's one still frame:
because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls,  
our influence is determined by the quality of our being.  - Dale Turner


NOTE: Next week, this blog will be in Daylight Savings time
- Australian Eastern Standard Time for Victoria and New South Wales.
(Actually changes today at 2am, but this 12:05am post appears before the change over)
So, for many overseas + Western Australian and Queensland participants, next Sunday's post will appear one hour earlier than you usually see.
(We hosts just continue to post at 12:05am.)



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Happiest Period in Life

"Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, 

when the eager passions of youth are cooled, 

and the infirmities of age not yet begun;

 as we see that the shadows, 

which are at morning and evening so large, 

almost entirely disappear at midday." 

-Eleanor Roosevelt-

Previously posted this photo entitled Keyboard

Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Cchubskulit Rose

Gemma Wiseman

Valley of Shadows

"When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light."

-Austin O'Malley-

You can see more of these photos here

Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose (chubskulit)

Gemma Wiseman

Shadowy Detritus

Trash, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

desert detritus—
rusting tins, enduring glass—
humans passed this way


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


The shadow of your smile when you are gone will color all my dreams...
- P.F.Webster and J. Mandel



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Me and My Shadow!

Early morning walk
Dreaming with sun and shadows
Breakfast for the soul


Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!


 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Whatever path you take, may the good shadows surround you.
LV's thoughts on her Thoughts from Meme's Corner blog



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Body Language

"Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words."

-Deborah Bull-

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. 

When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

-Buddha-

Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose (chubskulit)

Gemma Wiseman

Marble Shadows

Gabba Gabba Hey! Shadow Shot Sunday...2!

Welcome, all, to Shadow Shot Sunday 2! Your faithful hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose (chubskulit)

and

Gemma Wiseman

And myself, Toby, here today as a standby host - it's always exciting it is for me to host this meme, one of my old favorites!

Here are some fun shadows that I found inside our house, a few weeks ago:

I know that the custom here at SSS2 is to provide a haiku, so here goes nothing:

standing tall and proud

playful yet so serious

ready for action!

By the way, if any of you out there are interested in being a standby host, let us know in the comments - I know that new hosts are always welcome! It's easy, and a lot of fun!

There you have it! All that's left now is for all of you to join along in the shadow catching game. Just post something shadowy (and please link here when you do), and then sign up below. And don't forget to go and visit the other posts - it's fun to see shadows from all over the world!

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Shadowy Runes

Evening shadows, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona

broad the bent shadows
brushed across the wilderness—
ancient holy runes


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- Psalm 36:7, King James Version



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Still Shining in the Shadows

Last Sunday, parked on the top of Arthurs Seat mountain, Mornington Peninsula was this beauty.
The top of the mountain on Sundays is a regular venue for car and motorbike enthusiasts.
A great place for a photo shoot!

In the sun's shadows
Yesterday's beauty shines on
Wonder of design

Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!


 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quotes on robin's one still frame:
A human being is only breath and shadow.
- Sophocles
because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls,
our influence is determined by the quality of our being.
- Dale Turner


May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Christmas in Summer

Don't this shadow reminds you of Christmas tree? You will see more of this shadow here.

"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; 

seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine."

-Tryon Edwards-

Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose (chubskulit)

Gemma Wiseman

Beyond the Shadows

Morning shadows, Southern California

beyond the shadows
a hillock of parched grasses
crying out for rain


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Job 14:1-2, King James Version



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Shadow Garden

Morning shadows, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

flowerpots
blooming with shadows
at daybreak


Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher


Welcome, Shadow Chasers!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
- Charlotte Whitton



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

Wintry Shadows by the Sea

Wintry shadows on London Bridge Ocean Beach at the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula


The sands may be chilled
But a glimmer of sunlight
Invites wanderers

Welcome to the shadows of Shadow Shot Sunday!


 Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman


Shadow quote on chubskulit's Etcetera Etcetera:
Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass.
- Maurice Maeterlinck



May the sunlight and shadows always be with you!

The Face of a Tree

I see a face of a pig. What do you see?  Play your imagination!

"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. 

The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

-Abraham Lincoln-

Your hosts are:

Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose (chubskulit)

Gemma Wiseman