you're driving along some road and you see the most incredible scene - but- it's impossible to stop to photograph it or even to slow down so you can enjoy it for a few seconds longer? read on...
Brenda Pinnick-oil on canvas- plein air painting, 9"x12" ©2009
My winding country road dead-ends at a main cross country road which people fly down during their commutes to work. My road also ends at the bottom of two hills so you have to be extra careful pulling out.
When I reach the end of my road, directly across from it is a very large pasture area where white cows roam. It's embellished with a couple of really old small structures, sort of like a single stable. Maybe it's a cattle scale from years gone by. Anyway, the pasture is a gently rolling one with a stream running through it and some small clustures of trees. On any given day, it is a lovely view.
TODAY, however, it was spectacular! It turned really cold here in GA and there was the thickest layer of frost I think I've ever seen. The sun was still low since it was only 8:30 a.m. so it lit the frost up so it looked like diamonds had dropped all over the field, creating a tremendous brilliance. But in addition to that, there was the strangest fog which seemed to start at about 30 feet off the ground, but the sun was shining through it, giving it a surreal effect. Then add to that the white cows which are always beautiful when the sun shines on them....
It was breathtaking! It's one of those scenes no-one could paint. If they tried, it would seem trite, like one of those paintings by that guy...you know, what's his name...
The image is burned in my brain and I hope to never loose it.
I hope you found beauty somewhere today. Sometimes it's just down the road.
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