Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways

Aug16

It is safe to say that I have missed blogging.  I have missed you, dear reader.  But it has been difficult to find opportunities to write to you.  Between not feeling well, working on a few projects, having two very active and easily bored twin boys home for summer, and all that is going on with you-know-who, it has been a bit of a struggle to visit with you.

So I will pop my head in again with a Weekly Photo Challenge.  This challenge is titled “One Shot, Two Ways,” so I am offering you a shot of the clouds and sky, two ways.

These images were taken on a muggy night on the short trip home from the boys’ soccer game.  The clouds above the soccer field looked pregnant with rain.  Since it had not rained for some time, it was a welcome sight as I thought about my parched garden.

But as we drove home and the minutes passed, the clouds thinned to reveal the gray whisps and fluffy tufts of a sky on the brink of nightfall.

There was no rain that night.  No relief for my languishing flowers.

But the beauty of this moment was not lost on me.  As I took these photos with a home along the way as a backdrop, I was amazed when I realized how often I must fail to look up in the evening, because these clouds must be present often enough — I just haven’t noticed them.

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The third photo, of the last of the sun’s rays streaming through the clouds, is an extra that I couldn’t help but include.  It was a reminder to me that even when times are difficult, there is beauty all around us.

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Thank you for visiting and for serving as another reminder of the beauty in my life…

29 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways”

  3. Lovely pictures! Look to the heavens for inspiration and guidance. And for peace, if only for a few minutes. Hugs coming your way. You are so often on my mind, and in my prayers.

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  5. When we were on vacation, we watched the sun set. I remembered that the sun sets every night, and every night is beautiful– we just never bother to take the time to watch it.

    Glad you’re back.

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  13. I stumbled upon your blog and want to say Thank You for sharing your story with all of us. You write so, so well and I hope that you will publish your novel someday. You need to let us know, so that we can all read it.
    You are an amazingly strong woman and it breaks my heart to read about all you’ve had to go through. Hearing a story like yours puts everything into perspective.
    Your boys are absolutely adorable and, whatever happens, they have the best mother they could possibly have. I hope so much that you and the children are okay.
    anne

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  14. Great photos Leisha. Isn’t it amazing how much we miss unless something inspires us to look deeper into the world around us. Wishing you well and thinking of you, Chris xxx

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