There has been a curious watchful stillness about the air these last few days. Waiting. “Captive wild animal watching the open door.” – kind of waiting. This was our sunrise yesterday.
In a moment it will spring forth leaving winter in its wake but for the moment there is this warm stillness. A Wait.
We did get a couple of stormy moments yesterday afternoon with rain and wind but I know the warm air was just watching the storm push past below it.
It is still here this morning out there in the dark, this curious stillness. All eyes and held breaths.
I am not waiting.
I am loving this last warmness, and moving fast, the barn is the cleanest and tidiest it has ever been, so now I am beginning work on the rat house – today I hope to get more cattle panels to make an inside shelter for the black and white herd in the Rat House. This plan has been in the works all year and I will be delighted if i can it completed in warm weather.
It depends on John driving in the posts though – with his post hole digger. And he is laid off for the winter now so hopefully he will find time to do this job today. Though he is giddy with the excitement of the Cubs win last night and might take a few days to come down to earth.
Above. The last of the sunset.
I also hope to have the ruined West wall of the barn patched with some old corrugated iron we have salvaged from a friends pile of tin before the cold comes. That wall is full of holes which is nice in the summer but not so good in the winter. The boards are quite rotton so we will see.
I have found a way to show you the images that I am posting on instagram daily even if you are not a part of instagram. If you scroll down from here and right past all the comments and all the business of the blog you will see my latest instagram image. Now you can see the images my phone takes too!
I hope you have a good day.
Love celi
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48 responses to “A Watchful Stillness”
Perhaps they are watching the warm weather drift away…
Yes, drift is the best word for our Autumn so far..
It always seems that the air starts to thin this time of year. Always.
Linda
What a beautiful sky you have there!
Lucky for me to live under such skies
Beautiful sunrise, enjoy your Indian Summer 🙂 The Cubs win even made news here. Laura
I, too, do not mind the warm weather watching stillness at all, as inevitably winter will arrive. I’m not at all opposed to waiting a bit longer for it! 🙂
Love the deep red colors in the sky photos!
Hooray for the Cubbies! It took sooooooooo looooooong… 108 yrs + 10 innings + 17 min rain delay.
My husband is a native of Chicago and he’s still floating. What a game! I could barely watch the last bit of it.
You are so fortunate to have wide-open spaces to photograph beautiful landscape and sky images. I am surrounded by buildings and trees so I do not get those lovely opportunities. I am a Cubbies fan from way back… I fell asleep at 10:30 so I missed the last two innings. I’m a terrible cuticle nibbler when I’m anxious and I know my fingers couldn’t take any more by the time we turned the TV off. Isn’t this warm autumn weather wonderful? I too am getting so much done around here BUT the darned buffalo gnats are horrible right now. I cut my hair really short this summer and the gnats are attacking my neck and ears!! So… I’m ready for a good freeze any time now!!
buffalo gnats sound nasty.. c
When I see a red sky in the morning I think of the old rhyme “red sky in the morning, sailor take warning, red sky in the evening, sailors are relieving.” I expect a storm when I see a morning red sky. I hope the weather continues to give you the time you need to get everything done. We are having above average temps here again which brings out the swarms of stink bugs. They get worse every year from lack of freezing temps. Thanks for the heads up on how to see your Instagram photos here.
I know – I am still swatting flies – most unsettling. c
How beautiful xxx
Laid off for the winter? Is that normal? No wonder you’re in a worry about keeping all your livestock.
Yes it is normal – he works in construction and they cannot start new jobs with the winter coming – mm..c
what a lovely sunrise – we held our breath a lot during the Cubs game- whew! Have a wonderful day!
“It is still here this morning out there in the dark, this curious stillness. All eyes and held breaths.” What a beautiful image you paint with this sentence. As beautiful as one of your photos.
Awesome sunrise ♥
So nice! It’s been raining nonstop here in Van so I’m loving the glimpse of sun, even if only in the sunsets.