corner view ≈ evening sky

one high summer evening i shot in a panic about an errand i forgot to run. racing against time, i flew through the house like a lunatic,  through to the backyard to grab my bike. as i stumbled outside i met with this evening sky.


front of house where i'd been reading peacefully enough, could not have prepared me for this glaring view in back. i flung myself onto my bike and bore down to where i needed to get to. the august sky, swelled with an impending thunder storm, followed me sullenly. lurking at the ochre sky behind me, a rainbow burst in view in front of me, through as yet unapparant raindrops. i remember thinking to myself, thank you, weather gods!, for such a natural spectacle, and you can count me in. to what, i wonder, in retrospect? ☻ theresa hosts jane's corner view, wanderchow chose this week's theme.   




23 comments :

  1. I love how the evening skies bring out such great stories, and give rise to such dreamy photos, the first pink rainbow AI have seen!!
    (I left my typo, I accidentally typed ”AI”  instead of I, which means 'love' in Japanese, ♡)

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  2. HI, oops, it's "Ai" (pronounced "I")!!
    so Hi, Ai! and a poem of course---

    Crossing paths in the evening sky,
    Hello hello my dear friend Ai


    PS I left you a comment to your comment on my comments section, if you are still in flight...:)

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  3. so interesting that the sky would be different from the front of the house and to the back.
    great capture, great photos!

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  4. Stunning! I remember one time last summer when I came home after a long walk, the sky above the nearby power station was very pink, with a golden touch. I looked at it, noticing the four chimneys of the power station against that bright light, and thought: Eat your heart out, Taj Mahal.

    But alas, I did not have my camera with me.

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  5. always is amazing discover a rainbown... what a big gift!!

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  6. yes it is funny how one feels ones being "let in" on something. maybe that's why we've come to use the word "spectacular" for such an occasion.

    lovely image of you on your bike, a little like dorothy in the wizard of oz!

    moments of grace, moments of being. yes!

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  7. ... to the moment ... to the beauty of the world ... That's what you counted yourself into by stopping in your rush to notice and appreciate the magic happening all around you! (Sounds like a dream to me ... but then again most things do :)

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  8. A sky the color of a mango! Now that is a most unusual sight! Beautiful !!!

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  9. WOW! Great photos! I love being here on this earth.

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  10. How different are your two evening skies! Beautiful!

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  11. Oh my, that is amazing, almost otherworldly! Wow!

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  12. helemaal de moeite waard om daar een sprintje voor te trekken

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  13. count me in too (whatever it is...)
    summer storms are superb (not so fond of winter ones at the moment, though.)

    how are you doing down there? we're having seriously cycle-impairing gale force winds. annoying and exhausting to cycle in. however, now I think of it... but this conditions would make for a fabulous silent film.
    off to shoot some ninja home-made vids. ha!

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  14. Stunning shots! The first sky is burning! And the second is taken out of a fairy tale, extremely surreal!

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