Swimming In Open Water

[TonyV]

you had a dip today JJ

[joggerjayne]

No, it was a bit of a one off, tony. I'm not a regular sea swimmer.

I run through the shallows quite a lot. It's invigorating.

Have you taken the plunge recently?

[TonyV]

prefer to take a picnic and swim in landlocked pond

[joggerjayne]

There's a painting, isn't there?

Some sort of picnic thing. Is it Manet, or someone?

[TonyV]

or monet?

[sandyRoe]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTujVwdQhcjvYzVKIEt3d-aj0w-F-nC44ZnCXE7e27Xpov9f-iXng

[Mamyalynne]

Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe

[joggerjayne]

Mmm, not sure, now.

Manet did do The Picnic ...

http://www.friendsofart.net/static/images/art2/edouard-manet-the-picnic-le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe.jpg

But it's not the picture I was thinking of. I was thinking of one with a lake in the background.

[joggerjayne]

Gah, sandy and mamya both beat me to it.

[TonyV]

lol JJ I was just thinking about swimming

[joggerjayne]

Woooo, found it!

It's by Seurat ...

http://mytrippost.com/wp-content/uploads/trip_images/Art-Institute-of-Chicago-Sunday-Afternoon-in-the-Grande-Jatte.jpg

[sandyRoe]

Bouguereau couldn't have known much about swimming in the sea. The waves are far too rough here.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_The_Wave_%281896%29-2.jpg/800px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_The_Wave_%281896%29-2.jpg

[TonyV]

JJ started of as swimming question but if you insist!!!

[joggerjayne]

I just thought of that picture, tony ...

It's you, having a picnic by the lake, about to go for a swim.

[joggerjayne]

Sandy, what an odd painting. The sea is all out of perspective with the, err, lady.

[TonyV]

thanks JJ - you ever swim in lakes?

[sandyRoe]

So you wouldn't see seas like that at Brighton, then?

[askyourgran]

I wouldn't swim in open water for a pension. Unless my feet can touch the bottom I would be hopeless. I was once caught in a rough tide that threw me against a large rock beneath the waves, I was knocked about and winded, and only by good fortune did I make it back to dry land. It struck me that no-one saw me, my family had no idea of the fight I'd had to get back on land that day.

[TonyV]

ayg that's why I swim inland - not in the sea - glad you survived

[joggerjayne]

No, I never swim in lakes. Not even Lac Leman.

[joggerjayne]

Scary, AYG