Windsong
A Nor'west day here in Christchurch is hot & dry ....& usually very windy. There will be an arch of lenticular clouds across an otherwise cloudless sky creating what is called a "Nor'west Arch'. Often it is quite stunning.
The winds race across the Canterbury Plains causing dust clouds up country & you can feel them buffeting a car if you are driving outside of the city, the planes come into land at the Airport from a different direction.
Once in a while you will get a nor'west day where there is no, or at least very little ground wind in the city - those days are spectacular. If you are looking, often the first sign is the tell tale Nor'west arch in the sky - but if you don't have a clear view of the sky because of buildings & such the first sign maybe the sound of a plane flying into land.
We had two such days last week. To to me they are even better than Spring after a long winter. There is such a special quality about them, if one stops & takes notice. The air feels different, sound carries differently & even in the busy city there is an indefinable stillness. It's that quality that reaches inside of me & provokes a feeling of utter peace. I'll step outside, turn my face skyward & just stand there & absorb the quiet stillness.....it seems to blanket & suppress the little everyday noises.
I suspect that those feelings were still with me when I started editing & naming the latest lot of photographed beads last Thursday night ;o)
The winds race across the Canterbury Plains causing dust clouds up country & you can feel them buffeting a car if you are driving outside of the city, the planes come into land at the Airport from a different direction.
Once in a while you will get a nor'west day where there is no, or at least very little ground wind in the city - those days are spectacular. If you are looking, often the first sign is the tell tale Nor'west arch in the sky - but if you don't have a clear view of the sky because of buildings & such the first sign maybe the sound of a plane flying into land.
We had two such days last week. To to me they are even better than Spring after a long winter. There is such a special quality about them, if one stops & takes notice. The air feels different, sound carries differently & even in the busy city there is an indefinable stillness. It's that quality that reaches inside of me & provokes a feeling of utter peace. I'll step outside, turn my face skyward & just stand there & absorb the quiet stillness.....it seems to blanket & suppress the little everyday noises.
I suspect that those feelings were still with me when I started editing & naming the latest lot of photographed beads last Thursday night ;o)
