Thursday, July 2, 2009

SkyWatch ~ 40 A Missed Sunrise

With just one little click they grow in size, do try it.



I saw the glow and raced ourside, my car was on fire



others may grab for a bucket of water, not me, I
lift my camera and snap as fast as I can



I almost shattered my side mirror blazing away
never making it to the vantage point ...
the sun had risen I'd missed the show and the cloudless
sky was just a bore.

Click on the Logo to fly the skies to see things dazzling
to your eyes.

To Klaus and the marvellous SkyWatch Team, wherever
you are, thanks for this meme.

54 comments:

  1. Shalom dear Arija. I have just now been catching up on all the beautiful and poetic posts of yours and came to the sad news of your brother.
    May his memory be a blessing and may the mourners be comforted.
    Peace and love to you.

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  2. Arija, I'm so glad you didn't have any water - what a heavenly conflagration! I really like the peaceful sunrise on your former post,too. Hope you are doing well.

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  3. A beautiful blaze, you were quick and clever to capture it!!

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  4. I normally only see the sunrise when I am on my way, early, to the beach!! Thanks for giving me a glimpse on an ordinary day!!

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  5. These cameras of ours sure can fuel these lovely distractions. I am late to work every morning because of blogging or photographing distractions!
    Lovely shots:)

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  6. Hallo Arija,
    zunächst Hochachtung für deinen "My World" Beitrag # 32.

    Zauberhaft dein gleissender Sonnenuntergang, du hast den richtigen Zeitpunkt erwischt.

    Ein schönes Wochenende.
    Gruss Hartmut

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  7. Oh what beautiful photos. I tried to capture a stunning sunrise behind our moving car (speeding along the Freeway to the airport on Tuesday) but even though I took dozens, I failed miserably. Without the flash, all was a blur, with the flash, I caught the closed window,. I am proud of you. Well done

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  8. lovely captures arija...just lovely. warm and so inviting.
    have a wonderful weekend.

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  9. Lovely sunrise pics Arija - I always think they are so much fresher than sunst pictures.#
    I hope you are coming to terms with your recent bereavement and are soldiering on.

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  10. Oh, Arija! What a glorious sunrise! I'm with Barb, glad you didn't have any water to put out this fire. Fantastic! Have a lovely weekend!

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  11. Fabulous shot! You are so right. One minute it's there and in the next instant it's gone. I've missed many a sunrise running back to the house for my camera. Now I don't go out without it.
    Happy SWF.
    B.

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  12. I'm sorry you didn't get to your vantage point in time to capture the sunrise, but the pictures through the mirror of your car are fabulous!

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  13. Great shots in the car's side view mirrors.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  14. The elusive adventure! Nice shots, even if you didn't get exactly what you were after.

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  15. Clever photos. Great angles. Funny how photogrpahy is all about the moment. Miss it...and it might never happen the same away again.

    ~Lisa

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  16. Haha, I can imagine you chasing the view. Oh I know that too well. Some people may not understand the fascination but you and I know full well that life's gifts do not necesaarily come packaged but free and wild and loose and fleeting!

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  17. Love how you write your poetry. You may have missed that show but there are more glows everyday. Be careful, don't smash your side mirror. Take care and have a great weekend!

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  18. That is a postcard pretty view of the sky in the reflection, thanks for sharing that beautiful sky with us all in Sky Watch Friday.

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  19. I love the idea of the sun in the side mirror. Glad you didn't put this fire out and grabbed the camera instead.

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  20. Very beautiful photo of the sky. Love the colour of sunrise. You described your post very well. Have a nice weekend.

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  21. I agree, beautiful. Great shots and post Arija.

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  22. Arija, you did a wonderful job of capturing this beautiful sunrise. Thanks for sharing.
    Smiles

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  23. lovely photos and the writing is perfect to go with it.

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  24. Side view mirror! What a great idea! These are beautiful captures...blazing indeed.

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  25. Well, that was a fine capture. Glad your car really didn't burn.

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  26. Your poetry in combination with the photos is always amazing! The sunrise is very surprising!
    I am sorry to read about your loss. I didn't know.
    Thanks for your visit to my castles, which you will see these next few weeks. About the windows... Yea, this is what I found:
    The richest families in the kingdoms used this tax to set themselves apart from the merely rich. They would commission a country home or a manor house whose architecture would make the maximum possible use of windows. In extreme cases they would have windows built over structural walls. It was an exercise in ostentation, spurred by the window tax.[citation needed]

    The tax was not repealed until 1851,[5] when it was replaced by House Duty.
    Talking about snobbery!

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  27. thank you when you visited the home village of pages and beautiful photos here! nice weekend:)

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  28. Great reflection from the left mirror of your car! Cool!

    Have a wonderful weekend.

    Alexander
    Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

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  29. Wonderful and so glad that you managed to capture this shot.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  31. What you did capture is gorgeous. I loved this post.

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  32. Creative perspective on a lovely view indeed ... each was well worth enlarging ;--)
    Hugs and blessings,

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  33. I love the the first one - beautiful capture!

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  34. Lovely sunrise reflections Arija.

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  35. Great skies, I wish I had the will power to get up at sunrise, sadly I am to lazy. Maybe in the winter when the nights have drawn in a bit. !! Enjoy your weekend xx

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  36. A very different angle and composition - I liked it!

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  37. Doesn't look like you missed it to me. Looks magnificent.

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  38. But these photos are fantastic!!! Very creative.

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  39. Splendid! I did love the explosion of the sun... what amazing colors and you have captured it so nicely!!

    I do pray you have a beautiful weekend... be well, my friend.

    Hugs

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  40. Sunsets and sunrises happen surprisingly fast. I found that out once to often. Interesting shots though through the car window.

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  41. Thanks for your gorgeous contribution to this meme. These are completely wonderful. Those are the best moments of the day.

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  42. Arija, I created a new special award and you are one of its first recipients. Will you please do me the honor of accepting it? Thanks.

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  43. That's a great capture. I've often wanted to try to catch the setting sun through my car mirror...no luck yet! Thanks for visiting my SWF post...

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  44. Lovely photos Arija! Well done!

    Funny how there is nothing much to photograph in a clear blue sky eh?

    ;-)

    I have enjoyed catching up on your posts below..especially liked all the birds,and a wonderful pinky red sky!

    Sounds a bit like you are home again.

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  45. lovely pictures even though you say you've missed the show...:)

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  46. Time is crucial when it comes to sunrise, but your last result here was heavenly nice and inventive.
    Have a nice weekend!

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  47. Perfect sunrise shots in your mirror Arija! I know how it is when you rush to get to that perfect capture, only to have just missed it :-( But no worries, there will be others ;-)

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  48. Ah Arija, you are a different kind of oak. You belong to the class of the Angel Oak at St. Johns (no apostrphe)Island in South Carolina, 1,400+ years old. Not that you are old but your wisdom is ancient and you are my Live Oak, quercus virginianus, magnificnet, spreading and evergreen, does not shed its foliage and with branches constantly reaching out and enveloping.

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  49. Wonderful blaze to catch with your camera!

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  50. Utterly beautiful Arija, well done.

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