A shrouded moon over MtLawleyShire

Enclouded even in the late afternoon, the moon tonight, three quarters full, was not to be swallowed entirely

 

The early evening merely pulled in more cloud:

from a distance, she dominates the sky:

and almost clear in the early evening, she gleams;

only to be almost swallowed by cloud in the next moment:

then the glorious light from departing day gilded her face through the light cloud:

and as light departed, despite the cloud, she gleamed stronger.  Here she is almost clear of cloud:

 

But it didn’t last, though the cloud made a lovely halo

and this last one – almost clear in her proper dark – tonight’s beautiful moon

Happy New Year from MtLawleyShire

I’ve been fairly light on blogging the past year.  I hope to be more active this year.

Happy New Year friends

and here, my first photo for the year: is the moon which I watched rise in the eastern sky tonight – waning and with small attendant just visible:

 

 

May it be a wonderful year in photos and life, for all.

🙂

 

 

Sky calligraphy and the moon over MtLawleyShire

Another night in mid December was another wonderful example of moon-enclouded.  The sky calligraphy looked too sparse to have an effect, though it was lovely:

 

to the west, the calligraphy was sunset stained:

 

the eastern skies were clear

but the sky calligraphy reached out

almost snared:

 

She escaped and began to take on a little colour from the dying day

 

 

moving through wisps of calligraphy stained with the ink of dying sunset:

 

then in the clearing sky, her colour deepened:

 

golden moon:

becoming silver:

 

a last ink-stained swirl of sky calligraphy

and as sky darkens and deepens, she shines:

 

silvered light:

and in her proper dark, in the clear sky, tonight’s beautiful moon:

In MtLawleyShire – Last Night, the Moon

Last night was a beautiful half moon and she sailed through an evening scribbled over with sky calligraphy:

Moving through the spine of a calligraphied skeleton sprawled across the sky:

Momentarily in clear sky, the late afternoon moon:

Approaching soft swathes of cloud:

Sailing clear of a soft clump, pursued by delicate smudges:

Almost clear, but not quite: early evening moon:

Moving through more swathes and curls of calligraphy:

An almost clear patch of sky where the evening moon takes on more of fading day’s light:

Drifting ends of calligraphy fail to dim her:

 

almost clear and brightening in the darkening sky:

Sky clear, darkening and she takes the sunset’s colour:

Then sky calligraphy blazed across the sky, entrapping her:

Deep pink wash over coming night:

All light faded, she illuminates the calligraphy as a pale mist:

But finally clear – gleaming and wondrous in her proper dark:

MtLawleyShire witnesses Sunset at the Beach

It’s a rare thing to venture so far from my environs at sunset time in the middle of the week – and to the edge of teh world?  The beach?  Well, the occasion was lovely and the opportunity not to be missed.  But a sunset out of MtLawleyShire!  An ‘un-urban’ sunset!  How would I cope? 😀

The afternoon moon smiled down as we made our way to one of Perth’s most loved beaches: Cottesloe.

After drinks and chat, it was time for sunset.  Elsewhere in the city, further south, there were storms.  They hadn’t happened here yet and I was sure sunset would be naught but glare.  How wrong I was.  There is something sublime watching the sun set, unhindered by the silhouettes or an urban environment, though even here, human-made silhouettes are present: the ships in Gage Roads, waiting to get into Fremantle Harbour.  And I loved the light play of cloud strips:

 

 

These are a little out of sequence, but I loved using the Norfolk pines that grace the suburban beaches:

 

 

The moon was gilded by the golden light spilling across the ocean

And the sun sank towards someone else’s dawn:

 

 

I caught a seagull 🙂

And as the sun is pulled further below the horizon, the red glow of its farewell spreads:

In the darkening sky, the moon comes into her own:

 

But all the drama is far to the west:

 

Almost fully dark and the moon takes on the uncompromising white and black – no shades of grey or gold:

But the western sky flames:

 

 

In the eastern skies, there is the serenity of uncomplicated white in black:

and in the west, finally, the light softens and calms with the last shades of farewell from day:

 

A last view from a hotel window:

 

and there is nothing left in the night but the quite beautiful moon:

I hope you enjoyed my excursion to the edge of the world 🙂

 

Moon over MtLawleyShire

Clear skies, hot weather coming – perfect for moon shots:

the afternoon moon, pale in the bright empty sky

then as the sun sank below the trees and houses, the sky lost the brilliance:

 

Sunset was mostly glare but left a lovely glow:

 

and in the moon’s side of the sky, she began to shine:

 

the glow faded, pulled down to become someone else’s dawn:

the sky darkened further:

   

the fading glow and serenity in the east as light leaves the sky

 

so, finally, in her proper dark, tonight’s beautiful moon.

🙂

New Moon over MtLawleyShire

Barely a smear of sunset, yes, but the clear sky had the beauty of the new moon:

There is a small plane in this:

I love the gradation of the colours:

She isn’t very clear, but I love the flow of light to dark:

Her changing brightness in the darkening sky:

till finally, still gilded by sunset’s glow, she shines in the darkened sky

It is a mostly clear sky again tonight – so if there is merely sunset glare, then there will be the beauty of the young moon 🙂

 

 

 

MtLawleyShire wishes you all A Happy New Year for 2015

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and may 2015 be filled with good things

May problems come up roses

   

may your days be filled with sweetness and light

  

and may the moon shine to dispel all the darkness

  

From me and Fattee Cattee

Astonishing sunset in MtLawleyShire

Why was this sunset so astonishing when they are always beautiful?

Well, for one, I ran out of batteries – but fortunately, my neighbour had some. Whew! I won’t let *that* happen again.  And then there was the moon.

I didn’t think it would be at all remarkable – the cloud was quite thick

 

& the sun sent out rays as its light tried to escape

 

Colour was reluctant

 

and when it came, seemed sullen

and then…

that rose burning gold

 

and then I looked east – the moon rising above golden clouds:

 

 

 

more colour came into the eastern skies along with the clouds, fighting the moon

 

 

in the west, the colour flared and touched the clouds that were only thick down near the horizon

 

the eastern skies had nothing of gentleness about them at all

in and the west, the colour deepened

burned

soothed a little

 

and the scattered clouds threw the beauty far and wide

 

 

 

& finally – the moon

It stunned me, this sunset – involving both east & west. I got quite dizzy turning around and around.

I am so grateful to my neighbour 🙂

MtLawleyShire’s sunrise and sunset

It was the hottest Perth has experienced in some time.  It peaked at 43.1.  And the night before I couldn’t sleep.  Not sure why.  So I was awake and suddenly wondered what dawn looked like in a cloudless sky.

This is the view down the main road that looks east, down the block from me.  I stood in the middle of the road to take these 🙂

The sun is coming…

In the west, the colours were softer.  This is the direction I take my sunset photos from 🙂  In this first one is a magpie on top of the telephone pole, singing in the day with its beautiful warbling:

I went back inside and Fattee Cattee was taking advantage of the easterly which would bring the heat, but for the moment, brought the night-time cool of the deserts sweeping across the river flats where Perth is.

 

I stayed inside all day, & Fattee Cattee did too.  It was terribly hot.  I ventured out as the sun went down a little & saw the late afternoon moon

In the ‘cool’ of the evening, I went out to look at the sunset – it was still about 37 degrees Celsius – & this is after 7.00 pm.

 

 

Early evening moon. It looks so cool.

I then walked down to Beaufort Street.  The east with the moon looked lovely (it had cooled down to 35 degrees by this time)

 

In the west, the malevolent glow of the heated day burned, signifying the heat of the say to come:

 

the gentler colours in the east seen through a lemon-scented gum:

And twilight lingered in the sky

 

The redness lingering as I walked home, taking photos and eating an icecream – more difficult than it sounds as it was still hot and the icecream melted…

Finally, darkness – no coolth at all, but still – the beauty of the moon

I hope you’ve enjoyed this and that my problems with WordPress don’t have a nasty effect.  I can still reply to comments if you care to make them.

🙂