Mike WJ, Ziva, 00dozo, Bryan, Elizabeth A., John Nonamedufus, Katherine, Kristen, LaughingMom, Malisa, Mariann, Meleah, Mo, Nicky & Mike, Nora, and Tanya.
Tomorrow's prompt is: White. I'm tempted to post a graph of the
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With a Red Flag Fire Warning in effect for most of our region, I wasn't burning anything anywhere for anyone.
Instead y'all get this — a not very brilliant sunset seen through the forsythia bushes in a neighbor's yard.
If this doesn't work for you, just look up at my header photo. That was one fiery sunset—way back in October.
I hate rules.
::sigh::
I had this scheduled to automatically post at 8:00 a.m. this morning.
Don't ask me why Blogger decided to ignore the rules of the challenge.
If you're having difficulty using Disqus, it could be because I was an idjit and agreed to beta test Disqus 2012. It doesn't support IE8.
Beautiful shot of forsythia! I love the colors!! Our bushes have all lost their yellow blooms and turned green. We have a saying around here that my father taught me when I was little - When the forsythia bloom, it means that the shad are running in the river. I think he told me that it was Native American lore - but I'm not so sure.
ReplyDeleteI hate rules, too. I have a pic that would have scared the bejesus out of BonyMike (and probably some others) for the "Fear" theme but it I snapped it way before March 1st. Oh, well. I guess it'll have to wait. Mwhahahaha
ReplyDeleteIt's very tinderlike here, too, so I kept my conflagration restricted to a small bbq.
Nice take on the theme - great shot!
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Interesting take on today's theme. It gives off a nice warm feeling. I like it. Nice.
ReplyDeleteSorry you hate the rules, but I still have to say how much I enjoyed looking at this gorgeous shot. Forsythia is lovely, especially with the sunset peeking through.
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That is such a stunning photo. I love the brilliant colors!
ReplyDeleteMy forsythia is looking rather waterlogged and bedraggled at the moment; could be something to do with the wet stuff pouring from the sky. In spite of the fact that Derbyshire has just been added to the UK drought zone, you wouldn't have a hope in hell of lighting a fire here today!
ReplyDeleteI'm using the preview of Disqus too and it's working for me, so no problems here.
ReplyDeleteAs for the photo, I couldn't take a photo outside because it's very dry too, so I can relate. Up until a year or two ago, I could take a picture of the people here too for their lack of ethnic diversity for tomorrow's theme, but now that we have natural gas workers here drilling...not any more.
An absolutely beautiful take on the theme, Cheryl. And techinally, the sun is nothing but a big old ball of fire, so it's not like you were too far off. ;)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely sunning, Cheryl. I mean stunning, of course. This could be framed and sold in markets. It's quite beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe sun is on fire? Seriously, considering there's no manufactured fire, brilliant.
ReplyDelete"Sunset, everything's fire" Twilight Singers. One of my favorite lines in music. Your photo reminds me of it!
ReplyDeleteI hate rules too, but I LOVE this photo! If this is a contest, we are all screwed. You are an awesome photographer with a great eye for the perfect shot! Dammit.
ReplyDeleteWe had a measly drop of rain the other night. Otherwise, pretty freaking dry around here too.
ReplyDeleteI guess the only constant for fire is that big burning thing in the sky. Nice take on it though, and great colors on both sunsets.
That's a really beautiful image, Cheryl and who cares if it wasn't a picture of an actual fire. Very understandable, given the situation. Now let's hope my comment works this time...
ReplyDeleteI hate rules too. Great photo.
ReplyDeleteam i the only one that sees a large eye ball and maybe the beak of a bird...maybe i just need some sleep....
ReplyDeleteThe eyeball is clear as day . . . at least to me (and you).
ReplyDeleteAre you having a difficult time following them? Gawd knows I am.
ReplyDeleteYour comment worked!
ReplyDeleteI was planning on posting this picture for Fire the day I took it. Then I got to overthinking, which is pretty much the norm for me. I had something that needed burning (or shredding) and I was going to give it a shot.
Thanks Mike. I remember when all the meteorologists were telling those of us who got so little snow that we wouldn't be facing drought conditions come Spring due to last winter's abundance. I think they messed up AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a contest to see who loses his/her mind first. I'm pretty sure that would have been Pam. 16 hours at work every day? Are you kidding me?
ReplyDeleteI just listened to it. Powerful piece.
ReplyDeleteI had planned to post this for Fire then got to overthinking . . .
ReplyDeletePul-lease do not go over to the dufus/dark side! One is more than enough. (Thanks)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ziva. I'd planned to post this for Fire when I shot it then the gremlins invaded my mind and I thought it wasn't enough. ::beating back the gremlins with whips and chains::
ReplyDeleteI'd say that's good, all things considered. It's scary dry out there especially in the woods where so many trees came down during the winds over the past couple of years. Dead wood, especially the little branches, make fire a very real possibility.
ReplyDeleteThanks Meleah. I shot quite a few and this was the best of the bunch.
ReplyDeleteI use Chrome so am not having any problems but anyone using IE8 or IE9 can't log into Disqus 2012. Since @ 70% of the folks who hang out here use IE, they are experiencing problems.
ReplyDeleteAs for the demographics, they've changed but we're still pretty much a WASP or WCAC (white Canadian American Catholic) state.
Thanks Sue. The rules are pretty limiting but that's part of why I joined. I needed to get out there and start shooting again. This helped.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was going to burned on this one. Good thing I had this one in my tinder box.
ReplyDeleteIt's too damn cold to haul out the grill so I couldn't go that route. I'd love to see that photo that would have scared BonyMike. He seems a bit unflappable.
ReplyDeleteI had to look that up and an NPR article confirms exactly what your father told you. It was something the Native Americans knew and we learned from watching them.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shot!!
ReplyDeleteWell that is cool. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI should have known this off the top of my head. I love full moons and have a list of all their names. April's full moon is most commonly called the full pink moon but here on the Atlantic coast the Native Americans called it the full fish moon because that's when the shad head upstream to spawn (and when the forsythia bloom).
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