Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Cloudville

I had another meeting in "Cloudville" today. Afterwards, I stopped at a filling station to gas up before the long drive home.

The gas cap clicked as I unscrewed it from the mouth of the tank and I poked the nozzle into the throat.  The gas tank on my truck is on the driver's side (as God intended) so I feel comfortable engaging the automatic wedge under the lever to let it fill on its own. 

This moment of inactivity gave me a few minutes to reflect on events of the day.

Leaning back against the truck, I took a long slow look at the sky. The clouds were stunning again today. As I topped off the tank and hung the hose back on the pump, I noticed a cemetery across the road from the station that I  hadn't noticed before.

Ripping the receipt from the pump, I got in the truck and pulled it to the edge of the lot before stepping across the busy four-lane to get a better look at the statue in the cemetery.

I stood there for a long moment watching butterflies flit from flower to flower in the bed at the base of the marble figure.

Pulling the phone from my pocket, I snapped a few frames but I wasn't sure about the play of light and shadow. I liked it better than I thought I would.


8 comments:

  1. This is a great shot especially with the clouds

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  2. Beautiful shot....

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  3. Anonymous10:47 PM

    The clouds make for a great background!!

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  4. The light highlighted the statue to give it a holy glow. Very nice.

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  5. Beautiful snapshot ! It's amazing what we see when we stop a moment to look.

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  6. Such a lovely shot indeed

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