The rains cleared and the sky was filled with clouds! I went to my usual places but they were all closed – muddy trails, swollen creeks. So I headed for the hills, following roads I sort of knew might give me a clear view of the sky and city. This one was a total surprise. Suddenly I was wondering just what I was looking at, and then it hit me – I was looking into the valley beyond the mountains surrounding my own. The clouds were beautiful as the sun went down, so I took a series of pictures – 4 or 5 – and made a pano of them in PS. This made my day, let me tell you!
Author: -N-
Next Year’s Hopes
Spotted
Come Winter
It’s chilly here with rains to begin at midnight. Snow is on the mountains outside the valleys around me. I miss the smell of a winter of snow and pine, in the eastern woods, Rockies, high desert. This is a simple morning sketch, iron gall ink, a water brush, some watercolor to recall the wonder of a mountain winter.






