Lightning in the Night, my first photos of lightning. A fast moving storm rolled in with only heat lightning at first and then I saw a few lightning bolts in the night sky. It was about 11:30 pm and I decided to go out onto the porch and see if I could get a few shots of the night lights covering the sky.
I wasn’t sure if the camera was picking it up at first. All of these photos were taken with a Go Pro camera, I did not get any on my regular camera. There is another storm rolling in today, so I will be trying it again though.
The Rain Has Arrived, we finally got some rain to give all the trees and flowers a bit of a drink of water that was very much needed. I love photographing clouds, everyday is different, everyday I find it relaxing to just sit on the porch and watch the clouds roll on by, changing with the wind. If we could ride on a cloud, it would be like a dream, how far could we go. How much could we see.
Watching the clouds reminds me of the song by Cat Stevens, Father and Son,
Take your time, think a lot, think of everything you’ve got. For you will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not.
The Calm Before the Storm or is it the storm before the calm. I guess it goes both ways. A couple days ago I showed you Lake Superior on a windy day, storm waters stirring up the clay and dirt making this huge lake look more brown than blue. (video below)
So this is kind of like the Glass half empty or is it half full kind of day. I like to think of life as half full. I go in search of the calm after the storm. I look for this calmness in nature, in creation.
Where these photos below are the same lake as above, but today the water is a beautiful blue, gently waves coming across the lake in a relaxing sound as I sit here next to the waters edge.
I guess I have finally crossed that barrier in time, time meaning life. I do not go by the time man created, the ticking of the clock. But, by the life that is given to us. One life, that started way over there on the horizon and flows across to where I am standing now in the present.
So as I stand here looking at the vastness of this view in front of me, as if it represents the length of this journey of life for me. It brings a smile to my face, sure there were lots, I mean lots, of bumps and bruises to get to here. But after crossing that barrier, those thoughts fade away like the clouds in the distance.
Water, is like our spirits, our nature, it never stops moving. It gives life, it is life. I will continue to live life in the moment, for we do not know what tomorrow will bring. But what I do know is, the Spirit is returning unto the Father who He gave Her
