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After a cool but brilliant weekend, we have a grey and miserable Monday with sleet intermittently beating against the window, which in any case I can’t currently see out of because the blind has become unraveled.
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Blinds are a pet peeve, like printers. I’ve yet to find one of the latter that I didn’t want to smash to pieces.
Blinds specialise in being unraveled, but try to wind them back up – last time I made the attempt I ended up with a blind-free window.
Never mind. The trees are bursting with their new foliage
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Those that haven’t been brutalised! 🙁
The road into the village is lined with sawdust and stumps, which never fail to get my teeth grinding.
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If they endanger homes or power lines, by all means, trim them, but is it necessary to hack away inoffensive trees, or to do it with such apparent savagery?
While out driving we sometimes come upon teams working to clear the brush. Invasive growth certainly needs removing and especially with funds drying up, perhaps there is no time to do the job more thoughtfully.
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To me, the visual end result offers the impression of a society that has become cruel and uncaring. I find it disturbing, particularly paired with the activities of our current government.
It’s a general feeling of unease, a fear of what is coming and not knowing how to prepare or defend against it, because humanity has never been here before.
The sensation I have is reminiscent of what I felt as a child, living in different Asian countries where you kept opinions to yourself. I may have been very young, but I was well aware of the need to be fearful of government officials.
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In a foreign country where you are a guest, that is all very well. To be fearful in a country that claimed freedom and justice for all – it does not sit well.
Equally, I won’t skip around happily behaving as if everything is fine and normal because it is NOT.
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Of course, I don’t generally do much skipping these days, but I still manage to rush outside when necessary…
Late Saturday the sky clouded over.
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Just before 7 pm I was at my desk when I happened to glance in the direction of the adjacent window.
(The blind not yet unraveled!)
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…which sent me reaching for the camera and rushing outside.
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Grant heard me exclaiming enthusiastically and running to the door so he came to see what it was about…
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These late-day visual treats are not rare but they are always exciting.
Then I run around trying to capture it all as it morphs, slowly.
…from moment to moment…
…the light constantly changing…
…as the Sun sinks…
…remembering to watch the other horizon.
As it grew darker, the rainbow became more pronounced..
…the cloud drifted rapidly…
…so I kept on clicking…
…giving thanks for digital.
I swear there is a spotlight on that hill.
Just before the lights go out…
…it’s as if the ground itself begins to glow…
…in some sort of last hoorah..
…before surrendering to the night…
Then it was done, all over in eleven minutes.
If I’d not glanced up when I did, I’d have missed it.
Those twilight pictures are amazing!
The red skies are very impressive. We still use curtains, as blinds habitually foul up. When our last printer decided to not be recognised by my PC, (despite being the same brand, HP) I threw it away and learned to live without a printer.
Best wishes, Pete.
Stunning pictures Carolyn. I always find that I never quite capture the same colours in my photos as I see with the naked eye!