The weather here in the Mid-South has been so gloomy. Fog and more fog and rain on top of rain. Not that we don’t need the rain, but at some point, you just want to believe the sun will show its face again. Yesterday was that day. The sun shone for a few hours, enough time to bring out the birds, get the rock knockers calling to their mates and to do some long overdue car washing.
Silhouetted against the midday sun, the broken trunk of a long-dead tree looms like a cowled figure of a druid standing in his oak (and hickory) grove.
Warm. Sunny with just a touch of shade. What a perfect afternoon for a squirrel nap. (Viewed with envy from inside the office! )
Horizons can be open or cluttered, vast or close.
Horizons we enjoyed seeing this week:
And of course, the event horizon for horizon photos: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-horizon/
From my office window some 200 yards away, my eye was caught — again — by the startling salmon color of these surprise lilies. This group was backlit by the morning sun filtering through the canopy around it. Especially beautiful was how the sun lit up the bases with a glorious chartreuse glow. These lilies have been popping up all over town, random beauty in the Arkansas autumn.
And say good day to these good mornings:
Between creating graphics for a PowerPoint, saw this incredible panorama of clouds, light and rain.
Once again, better late than never. Here is our entry for the July 12 challenge: The Golden Hour. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/the-golden-hour/
Other golden entries:
Fall color reaches its dramatic peak in the Ouachita Mountains.
After this morning’s whine, the sun returned this afternoon, drying the roads and allowing the pollinators to come back. The blackberry bush was fairly buzzing.
The (Urban-Wildlife) Interface 