One of the meanings of quagmire is "water infused earth".
The next shot shows a picnic table that used to be on the solid ground near the lake but the area flooded and the table ended up in a quagmire.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
ABC Wednesday: Q is for quagmire
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A terrific Q post. Great shots, I like the reflections in the water.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and very appropriate !
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking part!
Wil, ABC Team.
first time I heard the word was in reference to the Vietnam war. yours is much more tame...
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
you could have taken a picture of lower Manhattan too, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteWow! We see quagmires around here a lot, too!
ReplyDeleteLeslie
abcw team
quagmire is one of those words that sound so nicely as it rolls off the tongue.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and looks like those ducks were enjoying themselves.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have seen that word used for a long time at ABC Wed.
ReplyDeleteYou found perfect photos for the word Quagmire.
Oh my gosh -- I could have sent you a bucket of quagmire pictures (I didn't even know we lived practically in one until I read your post..but we definitely do these days). I mean I've heard the word before, but somehow I never thought about it as an actual muddy thing. I thought of it only in its figurative sense...like a political mess we couldn't get out of.
ReplyDeleteI like your quagmire pictures very much and I thank you for them and for the vocabulary lesson.
I loved that last shot, especially the table.
ReplyDeleteI just love that last shot.
ReplyDeleteThe picnic table says it all!
ReplyDeleteI learned a new word ! Beautiful pictures !
ReplyDeleteGattina
ABC Wednesday Team
A fresh and intriguing take on the prompt...
ReplyDeleteQuagmire of poverty, reminds me of my childhood..
ReplyDeleteQuestions
Would you mind pitching an answer?
Oh the ducks love the water, and the quagmire keeps the people at a distance. It's been wet, wet, wet here too. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteSuch a clever take on the Q.
ReplyDeleteQue Sera Sera
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team
It's nice to see "quagmire" in photos like these rather than what I usually encounter it in, like "in a quagmire."
ReplyDeleteI remember the infamous 1994 Rumsfeld interview in which he stated he advised then-Pres. George H.W. Bush that going into Iraq during the First Gulf War would be a "quagmire." Infamous because, once he was GWB's Sec. of Defense, we did exactly that.
ReplyDeleteCarver, the lovely thing about physical quagmires is that they are often wetlands - sort of natural kidneys for the earth, filtering out impurities for the water table below and offering a habitat for so many birds and other wildlife. THANKS! Amy
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These are fantastic for 'Q'.
ReplyDeleteGreat series!