Prairie Love

sunny, living & non living

Today in Nebraska...

abundant sunshine and blue skies

LIVING: January sun through Honeylocust

NON-LIVING: Blue sky through fence

today, observations

Sunday morning, driving northwest of town, we saw two kestrels on the wire, wagging tails and watching us. 

Earlier, in the dark hours of the morning, I took the dog out. The moon still hung in the sky, behind a Siberian elm, whose branches dip low into our world and hang delicately in the winter air. A rabbit had made her way into the backyard and the dog stopped in his tracks, then ran a few short fast steps, then let the rabbit escape under the fence.

Later, we say aloud, "So this is Nebraska, " referencing Ted Kooser's poem of that name. We are in his poem for a moment, out in the country, before heading back to the strip of chain restaurants and condominium complexes that sprawl out from town, like the slow creep of watercolor on thick dry paper. 

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The sky in Maine and Nebraska are both vast and haunting and yes, I know it's all the same sky, it's all the same earth, but it feels so different sometimes. I was trying to capture the connection in these landscapes with this image below. Do you think it should serve as Minnow's new header? 

PS: Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband, Aaron. You can follow his journey in graduate school at welcometotheyard.blogspot.com.

blue ribbon of big sky

I want to slip through this blue ribbon. 

Goodbye again Maine, hello again Nebraska

I'm back in Nebraska after a beautiful month in Maine visiting with some wonderful old friends and my dear family. Here's a video of my last sunset of 2011 in Maine and some other shots of the end of the day. Dusk is so full, so fleeting, and so poignant. I love it.

Enjoy and happy 2012.