Waiting for the power to come back on.
The contest page has been loaded and linked to and the contest is officially underway. So now we wait to see if there’s actually anyone out there who even cares about the possibility of a fabulous, free print from and by You Know Who. Finding out looks like it might take a bit longer than anticipated. Less than twelve hours after I officially initiated the contest, we lost power. I don’t really think there’s any direct connection or that there is an ugly conspiracy at work here… I’m just saying…….
This seems to be one of those relatively rare, random outages. The weather has been about as calm and benign as could be. There’s no wind, no rain, no storm activity of any kind. We were enjoying warmer than average temps and bright sunshine when the power went off.
Speaking of bright sunshine, the afternoon of Sep. 1 we joined some friends on Upper Saranac to do a little skiing and air-chairing (if you don’t know what that is, rather than try to explain it I’ll just suggest you google it or look it up on YouTube.). It was an exquisite afternoon and the lake was cool and refreshing. We were there for the water sports so I didn’t have a camera with me (dummy that I am)–a fact I ended up regretting immensely.
While the sun was still well above the horizon, a bank of scattered clouds moved in from the west. As the sun settled, the clouds served as a broken filter. It was one of those skies that, when photographed, end up with inspirational or spiritual messages attached to them. (That’s the only part of it that makes me somewhat less upset I didn’t have the camera.)
Sunbeams radiated from behind the clouds and filled the whole western sky. It lasted, amazingly, for almost half an hour until the clouds mostly obscured the sun. It gave me ample time to regret the absence of a way to record such an extraordinary scene. Well not quite a complete absence, the image is fixed in the image centers of my brain and will remain there for a very long time. In recognition of the lack of camera, I leave this post with only word images.
Want a chance at one of my prints – free? Take a moment, when you can, and check out my contest page.
Burdette






































