Clouds and ripples

I photographed this cloud shape on Judy's birthday, four years ago. It was a remarkable phenomenon, changing slowly over the thirty or so minutes that we watched and sipped champagne.

I used to love watching clouds as a child; used to imagine huge castles and shapes forming above my head. 


Today we have a 20% chance of thunderstorms and rain, but the sky is bright and hot. Further south in  Washington DC and surrounding areas, huge storms have cut power to millions...


and outside in the pond, the frogs chitter to each other.


Nicholas


















I was thinking this morning about ripples, it isn't too difficult to focus on them really when this is just outside your backdoor....

With every nuance, every subtle shift in the wind, the surface changes, the reflections vary. 


Here in this moment, a fish briefly snatched at a fly and then back, once more to its watery home. If you look very closely you can see the impact of its action, the ripples have created a spherical pattern emanating from the centre.


A life is like this. Each action we take has an effect, a circle widens around the smallest gesture, a word of kindness, an act of compassion. 


Reminding me, anew, that we are connected to one another, and this world, in a a manner beyond my wildest imaginings...


Judy