the word for 01.12.201009 is REFLECTION.

Today's word is reflection.
Today was such an amazing day, bright blue sky, no clouds, no wind but...very cold! So we decided to go to Kew Gardens, which is one of our favorite places to visit. So we wrapped up VERY warmly (see images in http://chocolatelifeandjazz.blogspot.com/..they are worth seeing..l promise!) and put the roof down. If you could see the expressions on people's faces, as we drove past ......roof down! Ha!
Anyway back to the word. Kew was packed with people and loads of children running around and having great fun. Lots of people only think of Kew in the Summer and the Autumn(Fall) but believe me it is amazing in the Winter as well.
I was very busy taking images of fungi and in my element, when l suddenly remembered, l still didn't have my word. So off l went in search of my word. We were almost all the way round the pond, having seen peacocks, moorhens and some amazing plants when we came to a bridge. On this bridge, people were feeding swans, ducks and unintentionally seagulls ! Then l saw my image from the bridge.

The reflection is from the wooden fence of the bridge, which is over the pond and I think the effect is amazing.

reflection |riˈflek sh ən|noun1 the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it : the reflection of light.• an amount of light, heat, or sound that is thrown back in such a way : the reflections from the streetlights gave us just enough light.• an image seen in a mirror or shiny surface : Marianne surveyed herreflection in the mirror.• a thing that is a consequence of or arises from something else : a healthy skin is a reflection of good health in general.• [in sing. ] a thing bringing discredit to someone or something : it was a sad reflection on society that because of his affliction he was picked on.• Mathematics the conceptual operation of inverting a system or eventwith respect to a plane, each element being transferred perpendicularly through the plane to a point the same distance the other side of it.2 serious thought or consideration : he doesn't get much time for reflection.• an idea about something, esp. one that is written down or expressed: reflections on human destiny and art.ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French reflexion or late Latinreflexio(n-), from Latin reflex- ‘bent back,’ from the verb reflectere.