gold and crimson band

gold and crimson band

beneath a purple mantle

mirrored by the pond

Ephemeral Artist, creating breath-catching skyscapes with light and water, a kaleidoscope of constantly changing colors, new and ever new, now here, now gone.
          On the other horizon, the cloud cover obscures the full moon rising. This happens to be a blue moon, the second full moon of the month, which recurs about once every 33 months. Many people are familiar with this phenomenon, but not many know its technical name: intracalmonthal-biplenilune (within the month, second full moon).

coral glow at sunset

coral glow at sunset

streaming out through the fingers

of purple-gray clouds

Cloud cover in the morning and then, hurray! Rain! The stratocumulus clouds hang around all day and give the light a palette of colors to work with at sunset.

crepuscular rays

crepuscular rays

fanning through holes in blue clouds

touch snow-filled furrows

White sunbeams shining through holes in blue stratocumulus clouds fan out like reflections of the snow-filled furrows radiating from a line of bare black trees. It's all perspective. The rays of sunlight are actually equidistant but appear to diverge from behind the clouds, in the same way that the parallel furrows seem to widen as they get nearer. I am grateful for this illusion of expansion, so much more interesting than lines that never meet.