this maple across the road
was sizzling, sizzling! as i walked today
wendy urged me on
but i stopped and listened
astonished
and that's how this walk was
i looked up and, stunned,
stopped
there was a sundog
i followed it to the other edge of the arc
and saw the barest
shadow of rainbow
and the drainages on hill road
chuckled under cold skies
more music
when i got home
the sundog followed
and i saw even more
a little later
the rainbow went pink and blue
indigo above
as sun set
exactly right for tonight's sky! i am so glad it shared all that magic with you.
ReplyDeleteaimee, all this. hard cold winter is reaching out.
ReplyDeleteThe sundogs I see in Ohio are my mom. She would love your pink and blue sundogs.
ReplyDeletesundogs? i have never heard that term
ReplyDeleteyou have really captured the essence of cold in one or 2 of those pics
diana, explain?
ReplyDeletekaite, rainbow rings around the sun in the winter cold
Great sundog shots! My last two long commute home days were dazzling with unbelievable sunsets - saturated intense oranges, pinks, mauves, amazing. And of course, I had no camera :(
ReplyDeleteWinter is gifting you with many amazing skies! Me too, I love it.
what an afternoon, though gray and dreary, there was ALL THIS.
ReplyDeleteV never heard of sun dogs before glad to have the explanation. And what a wonderful experience in winter. B
ReplyDeletei continue to be amazed by ice formations. great captures. sundogs are new to me too.
ReplyDeletebarry, my first sundog was a little ski and gear store in lake placid, that's where i heard the term first, before i saw one.
ReplyDeletedeanna, the ice keeps coming and going this winter. but alas, little snow.
Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeletewow! and WOW! (I don't think I'll ever catch a sundog here at the creek - I thanks for sharing yours)
ReplyDeleteStunning visuals and the text soundtrack too.
ReplyDeletethanks, nancy
ReplyDeletesundogs seem to be far north (and perhaps far south) phenomena
ms, i was astonished
...i ran across your blog and have been reading with much enjoyment...
ReplyDeletei am from the pacifc northwest and we call sundogs that ray of sun that suddenly shoots through the fog or clouds to the ground...
described it in a poem once as...
"sundogs knife through the clouds...creating showers sparkling with speckles of golden fairy dust...scattering the gloom"
How lovely, Velma! I, too, have never heard that term before...love the poetry from Fran!
ReplyDeletefran, thank you and welcome, i wonder if sundog is used for various phenomena of i perhaps have remembered it wrong? i'll check--
ReplyDeletecait, it was sooo cool.
I love the chuckling drainages - lovely images and sounds.
ReplyDeletejean, a good, noisy walk!
ReplyDeletelove it...a sundog... thats something!
ReplyDeleteNice to learn of these things!