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what can wax can wane
It was a tough day. It was cold and stormy. I wasn’t at my best, for those things plus some other stuff. It looked like our already-brief stop to photograph this castle was going to be rained out by that kind of rain that’s mostly sleet, falling so sharply that it hurts.
But there was a sudden change – the clouds lifted for a bit and looked dramatic long enough for a photo. I know that summarizes Scottish weather, but it’s also a reminder to myself (and to you, too, if you need it) that sometimes you have to just wait out the turns, the phases, the moments without so much worry.
Eilean Donan Castle
Isle of Skye, Scotland
photographed 11.8.2023
stars + a summer storm
I really do feel bad for people who live in a place where their views are obscured by trees and hills or mountains, because they miss out on the opportunity to sit outside in the evening and watch thunderstorms march across the Plains.
The other night I was at my place out in the country and spent a few delightful hours watching storms.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.20.2024
I can’t stop the rain
Me, looking at map and at clouds: We’ll need to stop in Moran. I can find something there to put in the foreground.
Patient Spouse:
Moran, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020
Building Up
It’s been a stormy spring – literally as well as in many other ways.
Moran, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020
Storm Lion
Those clouds seemed nicely fluffy and white and photogenic when I stopped to get them posing behind a stone lion. Later that night, however, in a town 120 miles away, hailstones were so large they crashed through roofs AND ceilings and landed on the floor. And in another direction, about the same distance, a tornado caused damage in a small town. I don’t think the lion knew what was going to happen, but I guess you never know with stone lions, do you?
Albany, Texas
photographed 5.22.2020
One Day | One Image 