Sunset tonight, right after a huge but brief thunderstorm passed over:

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Pretty!

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Wow, good capture.

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

Beautiful!

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

So atmospheric!

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

I was hit hard by the Manchester bombing last night, the place where the bomb exploded was exactly at the spot where I used to collect my son after he had been at a concert at the arena.

Feeling lonely and a bit desperate I headed off to the most Southerly Point in the Island for some solace

this is the view to the south, the lump of rock you can see is called the calf of man



Sun setting from SSW looking towards Ireland


apologies for the bit of car and the litter bin, I have some nice old church yard pics to share with you much more my forte

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Since 1410 most Welsh people most of the time have abandoned any idea of independence as unthinkable. But since 1410 most Welsh people, at some time or another, if only in some secret corner of the mind, have been "out with Owain and his barefoot scrubs." For the Welsh mind is still haunted by it's lightning-flash vision of a people that was free.

Gwyn A. Williams,

They are lovely pictures.

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Apparently there was a spectacular display of Northern Lights Saturday night, seen as far south as California. Alas, I didn't know and was asleep. Did anyone see it?

article with pictures

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I didn't hear about it! But I was offline.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

I didn't hear about it either. And I was not offline.

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

I discovered a great stretch of nature trails today. Only about ten minutes' drive from my house.

Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

Chamomile!
Tauvette Park by jcamville, on Flickr

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Very pretty! The purple asters are a favorite of mine, especially paired with goldenrod. (And even prettier if there's blackberry in the mix in the fall!)

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Oh, what a lovely getaway to have only 10 mins from home!

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

CBC article with 2-and-a-half-minute time lapse video taken from Mount Everest

The video is stunning. Watch it full-screen!

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I did! It is truly stunning. What caught my eye most often, though, was the stream of lights and the glow around them moving up the mountain toward the summit. A solid line of climbers who have to leave the last base camp not long after dark if they're going to make the summit in daylight.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Ooooh, just gorgeous!

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This is what Ottawa looks like tonight:

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Beautiful, Jude!

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Wow. That’s just jaw dropping beautiful.

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*title copyright: Teremia

'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)