The best cure for depression, in my experience, is a good view of the sky above a natural landscape, or sea.
These days I am not usually down, but everyone is sometimes.
Nothing revives me like the sky.
At the risk of belaboring the subject…
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While washing dishes after supper, I’d seen that large cloud boiling up so I was interested to see what would develop.
Earlier in the day we had had another torrent of rain. Would there be more?
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In the meantime we’d caught sight of Peanut chasing after a bunny.
It shot off smartly in another direction!
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So I monitored one window then the other.
The foxes were bugged!
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There were some messages I wanted to send, so I went back to my PC.
But it wasn’t long before I had to get back up again.
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Once back outside…
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…I there remained.
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How can I explain this obsession with needing to capture every little change of light, every formation of cloud, every blend of colour?
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There is so much more to the end of day than the sun leaving the sky.
Every moment is like a musical phrase in a symphony.
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But the brilliance of each and every sunset is the fact that it is unique, never to be repeated.
This, I believe, is what so moves me.
Makes me want to capture every moment.
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Last night, like every other time I’ve witnessed the process, I took a final shot and returned indoors, determined to get those message launched.
Only to be summoned back out.
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Barely remembering to watch for skunks.
Blimey, the skunks sound terrifying.
They are tiny, mostly fluff. But you really don’t want to get “skunked”!
Well I’m sure you’re right 😳
You are right, Carolyn, about the extraordinary power the clouds and their formations have on our wellbeing. When the clouds are suffused with a pink and gold tinge of the disappearing sun, the effect is heart-rendering! Thank you for today’s spectacular display!
Joanna
A musical phrase in a symphony is a perfect descriptor!
Yes, no two sunsets are ever the same. That’s why they fascinate us so much.
Best wishes, Pete.
I would also have been outside constantly with such beautiful sky scenes – the clouds and colours are lovely, every time it looks different.