Beautiful and Dangerous

Midwest weather extremes from excessive heat, to high winds, to huge hail stones, drought and then flooding....dangerous weather but amazingly beautiful skies.

Have a great weekend!

Grandeur and the Mundane

I've been on a small break from really intense studio work the past couple of days. I really needed a break and could no longer postpone some gardening for the season as the solstice is barely 2 plus weeks away. In due time, I hope I have some images of the vegetable patch we've been working on here (it's just kind of earthy at the moment as in seeds in the ground and not too much to see yet.)

This evening, I figured I had finally scavenged enough plant material to get some planters put together and while I was mixing soil, patting pots, poking in plugs and generally pottering around here (with the watchful cats in audience) I happened to turn around.

There was a amazing, really painterly cloud display with spectacular back lighting just begging for a photo or 12....I managed to winnow it down to 4 images. It was a breathtaking sight and somehow, put a new perspective on everything for the moment. And here, waxing philosophic fails me....so I hope you can enjoy the photos (cropped in wide screen format) while you have a lovely weekend!! Thanks for dropping by!

An Amazing Sky

I was out taking photos of the flowers and gardens in the overcast, evening light. When I turned around, these views of the sky simply took my breath away! I just love how the openings through the clouds sort of focus the sunbeams that stream through. I was just awed.

Sky Painting-A Multi Photo Experiment

I love to watch the sky--the play of clouds and light can be surprising, wonderful, soothing and quite exciting. There was quite a show the other night where some of the cloud and color combinations reminded me of pastel drawings or paintings. I'm trying to show a few selected images here as a slide show rather than post them as static images. New technique for me! And next time maybe I can add music, too. BTW, it lasts 30 seconds...