themagicoflight

Things That Obscure the Light – 44/365

These poplar trees are not supposed to be here. We had arranged last year to have them cut down as they are mostly dead and risk, in a wind storm, falling on our car, or the barn. But the tree fellers never did turn up and cut them down. And so here they stand. This morning, their fingers of branches and twigs seemed to be conspiring with the mist to block the light of the sun. As a result, the sun had an eerie, unnatural effect. Such is life. Some of the things that hide the light are subtle and invidious, like the mist. Others are obvious and in your face. With the best will in the world, you can't always remove them, even the most obvious ones. You have to make the effort to look around and through them to see the light. Because it is there.

For #365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +11656122390215382493
#myownbackyard by +Craig Pifer
#themagicoflight +The Magic of Light by +Ray Bilcliff +Hamid Dastmalchi +Paul Stein
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Playing Fields

This was a special night in August, when we still had Joni with us. She was beginning to show the effects of her illness, so I had walked her on a shorter than usual route to meet Steven who had taken the long walk she usually enjoyed so much. Joni and I had come along the path through the woods and out along the edge of the playing field where I saw that the clouds in the sky were most unusual, after the sun had just set. We walked further on and sat to rest at the picnic table just at the edge of the path where we would begin our walk back home. I looked back at the playing field and really liked the way the lights over the playing field silhouetted the trees so well, and formed an interesting foil to the strange striated cloud layers. Joni sat and waited while I balanced my camera on the picnic table and took this photograph.

For #nightscapes +Nightscapes by +Jesse Martineau +Patrick Zeiler
and #themagicoflight +The Magic of Light by +Ray Bilcliff +Hamid Dastmalchi +Paul Stein
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