John & Anne Wiley

2014/03/27

Cloudscapes

Filed under: Aviation,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,Random,SB Region — John @ 04:47

Clouds are like rocks, perhaps. Just as I’m fascinated by the glorious rock formations in our mountains, I love watching the clouds dance with the mountains as they thrill to the setting sun.

1457 Mountain Wave

1457 Mountain Wave

The show often begins with a cloud like this waving at the mountains. The aviator in me also knows that it signals an interesting ride for planes crossing the mountains, because of the wave of air uplifted to create those lenticular clouds. Then looking West, the cloud shapes and textures are completely different as the day continues fading.

1447 Texture

1447 Texture

Just before the colors begin to magically drain away, darkening edges sound a final pipe organ chord of deeper blue and brassy orange announcing the coming enchantments of Night.

1454 Final Notes

1454 Final Notes

2014/03/22

High Caves

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World — John @ 23:40

Another pic I find interesting from recent flights shows caves in a dry waterfall a couple of thousand feet up one of the highest peaks near SB. When the waterfall is running, the bigger cave would probably be a really cool place to be if it’s reasonably dry inside. The roar of water, charged air, mist everywhere. I’m huddled in there between solid rock and the rush of Life. I wonder if anyone’s ever done it.

1333 Waterfall Caves

1333 Waterfall Caves

2014/03/21

Quiet Town

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 22:51

I started looking back thru pix from recent flights and decided to share a few of my faves. This set reminds me how beautiful Our Town is from the air. Such a bucolic and peaceful look, with lots of trees and parks compared with most cities this size we’ve flown over.

1207 Quiet Town

1207 Quiet Town

From the spire of the Arlington Theater along State toward the beach is the heart of downtown, and even there you see lots of trees and at the lower-left the edge of the large and stately 3-park complex we all enjoy. There’s also the way Our Town is nestled among our Four Attractions.

1212 City, Forest, Sea, Mountain

1212 City, Forest, Sea, Mountain

This last pic captures some of the easy essence as our eye is drawn down State and out to the deep blue sea.

1197 Easy Calm

1197 Easy Calm

2014/03/16

Coasting

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 08:34

Flying the coast is always fun. Friday we saw oil painting on water, as natural offshore seeps decorated the kelp forest crown.

3604 Kelp Crown

3604 Kelp Crown

We saw the sand stripped from a private beach where grassy bluffs stand huddled against the wind.

3587 Grassy Knolls

3587 Grassy Knolls

We cruised cliffs scalloped with shallow caves along layered sandstone beneath pasture struggling to green before the recent rains have dried into Summer.

3593 Scalloped Stone

3593 Scalloped Stone

We passed the line where oil, blue sea and storm muddied surf mingle around bird platforms where derricks once stood.

3601 Four Perches

3601 Four Perches

And we saw youth setting sail on the ocean of life before them, playfully coaxing a surfer to tow them further into the blue beyond.

3613 Rafting Voyagers

3613 Rafting Voyagers

2014/03/07

Up & Way Up

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 06:53

We went up today for a short flight just as winds were picking up. Bumpy, but very clear and very Fun. 🙂

8736 Boat B Gone

8736 Boat B Gone

Where once two boats had ended their last sail, now there was one graffiti tagged boat and this hole with a small crowd of people.

8742 Dream's End

8742 Dream’s End

Two stories that began with dreams of sailing and large investments of time and money, are transforming into only impressions on the beach. Soon there will be no trace left behind, like love letters from a summer romance.

Then the magic of night visited. As a friend left after we enjoyed an enchanted chat and divine chocolate cake she made, she shouted at this sight.

3317 Moon Magic

3317 Moon Magic

Though this looks strange, what we saw was even more freaky looking than the camera could capture. I also like how it looks turned upside down as the cloud dissipated, flipped into some bizarre moon launch.

3332 Space Shot

3332 Space Shot

In this life, we are treated to countless shining moments that merge into the tide of time.

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