Bridge to Neverland

It began with a bridge that spanned a sea that separated real from imaginary.

A footbridge over White Rock Lake on a foggy morning (20080126_01607)

It began with a barren tree on a barren shore on a barren canvas of fantasy.

A naked tree on the shore of White Rock Lake on a foggy morning (20080126_01604)

It began with creatures who guarded the sky who guarded the land of make-believe.

Three double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) perched in a tree on a foggy morning (20080126_01637)

It began with boats lost on a sea lost in a world lost between light and shadow.

Sailboats moored in the shallows of White Rock Lake on a foggy morning (20080126_01619)

It began with a bridge, and that is where it ended: the Bridge to Neverland.

A footbridge over White Rock Lake on a foggy morning (20080126_01610)

I walked that bridge and disappeared into the magical realm hidden by the fog, a world where the heavens met the earth.

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