Thursday, 22 March 2018

Red skies at night, sailors' delight

I was climbing the stairs to our bedroom one evening and the light that was coming in through the large window behind me and coloring the steps and walls was of a weird reddish sort. "Ah-ha," I said, and dashed (well, sort of) up the last couple of steps, hurried across the room and grabbed my camera from my desk, "a sunset!" 

Gorgeous sunsets around here and especially at this time of year are fleeting things and time was of the essence if I wanted some pictures. "There's a sunset out here," I said to the crew watching a TV movie as I went by them, but there must have been an exciting part going on because no one else joined me. They knew I'd get some shots. 

Here is the house being painted from the display going on in the west. 
You can see that the light is special. I don't need to add captions to these pictures, just enjoy them as I did. The light was changing and the colors developing so quickly...It was great to be a part of it. What a show. 















"Every day has an evening," and this one was remarkable.   -djf

Follow up
Since Dianne commented that she liked the butterfly, here are two more shots I took during the moments it stayed.




3 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous show Mother Nature put on just for you - and us - to enjoy! The colors are just so indescribably beautiful!

    It reminds of my red sky at morning pictures from last June when everything was washed in pink and the sky was orange just as the sun was rising! It's funny how opposite events on opposite sides of the world can be so similar.

    I love your cover picture of the Monarch butterfly. They seem to be thriving and abundant in NZ but have become so scarce here. Maybe this year will be better for them since I've seen lots of milkweed both in the bush and in people's gardens these last few years.

    So here's to gorgeous sunsets and sunrises and to the return of the glorious Monarch butterfly!

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  2. I think I'll add some Monarch followups to the end of the post... won't take long.

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