One of my favorite things to do, childish and lame as it sounds, is to visit the coyfish pond at Fashion Island. I visited it all the time as a kid, so revisiting it brings back very fond memories. Anyway, I'm with my friends and we are all scouting for seats by the pond. It's always a hunt and it feels like you have to race to beat other people at getting seats. I end up getting lucky and manage to snag a table for everyone close to the water. I'm looking at the fish, transfixed, while my friends chatter about guys, school, clothes, etc...when I notice how one fish would appear and then vanish before my eyes. I soon realize it was how the sun beams hit the fish and went through the water. When the sunlight hit the fish, that's when it revealed the fish and was clearly visible, but when the fish swam into a shadow (coming from a plant nearby) it was concealed and "disappeared." I was fascinated by how the light would seemingly dance upon the ripples in the pond and how they'd glance off the scales of the fish. Plus, it was at the end of the day (my favorite) when the sun glowed a warm, orange color. Everything that the light touched ended up having a warm glow as well, even the fish.
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