Its All About That Central Line!

  The hike around the property and to the pier had to be delayed today.  Rain had set in during the night and lingered around for a good bit of the day.  I am not used to being housebound so I was going a bit stir crazy and was sure happy to see the skies brighten a bit...a good bit!  When we finally headed to the pier, the Bayou was almost brilliant and the sun, after being shrouded for hours was now gleaming.  Things were sparkling clean!

  With all of that brightness going on, the reflections of the few remaining clouds were incredible!  The Bay was slick calm creating a perfect mirror image of the sky above.  This mirroring took me way back to high school and geometry class...the one math class that I truly enjoyed and understood.  Our teacher was going on and on about mirror images and reflections.  He was droning on about how reflected images are the same size as the original and every point was the same distance from the central line.  Yeah, it was sinking in the brain alright.  Then he propped up a large poster of a mountain reflected in a calm lake.  I had that "aha moment" right then and there!  (I knew I liked geometry!)  I could relate to the picture since, even though there are no mountains near the Bayou, I had seen similar reflections almost daily.  When Mr. Gunther was rambling on about central lines, angles and points, I was looking at clouds, horizons and slick, calm waters.  His lesson stuck.  I knew what he was teaching!  That central line and reflections and mirror images all made sense when I was able to relate it to something I knew. 

  Today, I noticed how the clouds were exactly the same size and those in the reflection.  There was no doubt about the central line, the points and size.  It is amazing how one sight can bring back a flood of memories and how things long forgotten can be immediately drawn from those memories.   Thank you, Mr. Gunther.  You see, I really was listening in class!