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I heard it for the first time from my Granddad, who was a dedicated fisherman. He used it to describe a mountain lake we had spent hours hiking to so we could fish it.
The water was so clear I could see big trout swimming next to the bottom when a passing cloud blocked the glare of the sun from the water. Big lake trout, stalking all the little bottom-dwellers in the river weeds and grasses that covered the bottom. I have no idea how deep that water was, but it felt deep when I walked out in it from the shore.
Ever since, that image has defined 'limpid' for me.
I heard it for the first time from my Granddad, who was a dedicated fisherman. He used it to describe a mountain lake we had spent hours hiking to so we could fish it.
The water was so clear I could see big trout swimming next to the bottom when a passing cloud blocked the glare of the sun from the water. Big lake trout, stalking all the little bottom-dwellers in the river weeds and grasses that covered the bottom. I have no idea how deep that water was, but it felt deep when I walked out in it from the shore.
Ever since, that image has defined 'limpid' for me.
I just thought of Pink Floyd's lyrics
"Lime and limpid green, the sounds around the icy waters underground..".
"They say you shouldn't say nothin' about the dead unless it's good.... 'He's dead'.... Good." - Moms_Mabley [1894-1975]
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