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Sweet the rain's new fall sunlit from heaven like the first dewfall on the first grass



I had to rush from the bus stop down to the waterfront to get a halfway decent angle to catch the impressive display of colour in the sunrise this morning. For this angle, I am looking east/north east down Davey Street at 7:45 am. It's a good thing that I rushed though, because barely three minutes later the colour had completely disappeared.

There has been little in the way of posts today, rushed off my feet all day. Bastard of a thing though when you stop to assess progress and you don't seem to have advanced very far. I guess that these kind of days are inevitable. That knowledge doesn't make them any more bearable however.

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Susannah said…
Lovely photo, Kris. The sky in Hobart can look quite magical during dawn/dusk, but it can be hard to capture as well as you have been doing lately.

As to busy days with nothing to show for it - I commiserate. I too have many days where every task on the list receives some attention, but none gets completed. There is nothing quite so satisfying as ticking the "task completed" box (unless it is drawing a thick black line through it, but we are all computerised now).

regards

Susannah
Kris McCracken said…
You couldn't see much light this morning. Glad to see the snow finally though.
Dina said…
Beautiful picture. Cheer up, Kris.

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