Tuesday, March 1, 2011

First of the Month - Sycamore Sky


In January I discovered an exciting blog photography meme started by Jan at Murrieta 365 . This meme appealed to me because I need to work on taking better photos, which do a lot to enliven and illustrate blog posts. Here's how it works:

Jan is calling her new meme First of the Month. Here are her directions: "The goal is to capture one thing repeatedly on the first day of each month. It can be a landscape, a person, an animal, a project; whatever your focus is fine. It can be a record of where you are each first day of the month." Interesting exercise, right?

I decided to photograph Kentucky skies. Every day I'm looking at the sky and taking photos of Mother Nature's many moods. She's been rather surly the past week--rain, rain, rain. Yesterday morning four tornadoes touched down in the area causing a lot of damage from straight line winds. On March 1, when the official photo is to be taken, the weather shifted. All day the sky has been a brilliant blue with not a cloud to be seen. Just perfect to show off the bare sycamore tree, icy white against blue skies.

Even if you know these clear blue skies are temporary, it's still lovely to see them on March 1. A promise that spring will come in its own time. If you'd enjoy seeing some more beautiful photography from all over and on many subjects, just click on Jan's web page for a list of other First of the Month players.
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13 comments:

  1. SayreMarch 2, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    There is something particularly intense and beautiful about a blue sky the morning after such violent weather... I never could decide if that was nature mocking us in our inability to control her, or if it was a sign of hope.

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  2. Jan n JerMarch 2, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    I love to take pics of the sky looking through trees. In a few weeks that tree will be loaded with buds. Once again I forgot about this meme...gotta go take my picture and post it. Have a great week Faye.

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  3. Living LifeMarch 2, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    What a beautfil crisp blue sky! It makes a lovely back drop for the barren tree in the foreground.

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  4. daddy dMarch 2, 2011 at 11:08 AM

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  5. MollyMarch 2, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    You have picked a great topic for the first of each month. One year, my husband photographed the sunrise throughout an entire year on as many days as possible.

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  6. JanMarch 2, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    This month your sky is much bluer than ours. Great photos.

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  7. kayerjMarch 2, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    It is a lovely promise and my favorite is the first photo, the contrast of the white against the blue is stunning. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  8. Good CompanyMarch 2, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    Love the blue sky! It's on my list this year to get a real camera and learn how to take pictures, too. But until then, I did snap pictures at various times to show the progression of our flowering pear tree--my favorite and always the first to bloom.

    I like Molly's idea of capturing sunrises, but I'm never up then.

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  9. pipMarch 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    Such a beautiful blue sky!

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  10. MillieMarch 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Beautiful blue skies! It looks like the one I was capturing (on the 2nd). Mine is here. http://edenhills.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/under-a-blue-sky/

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  11. CoffeedoffMarch 6, 2011 at 4:04 AM

    Lovely phot, we have not seen many blue skies here yet, only grey. But at least we dont have violent weather like tornadoes.

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  12. DianneMarch 10, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    I think I'll do this starting next month

    I love your photos
    bare trees are so expressive

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  13. PamelaMarch 12, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    I just got back from my week being a doting mother and grandmother after Kar's surgery.

    So I am late -- BUT I JUST GOT MINE UP!

    That is a gorgeous blue sky there. Promises. Yes. It's promise blue.

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