I was giving some thought this week to Dot's open question on her Skywatch hub a few weeks ago asking whether anyone was tired of photographing the sky. Though I am not at all tired of looking at the sky and looking for that Skywatch photo to add to the weekly offering, I decided to play with the question and look for the sky in other places. Last week I found it in a puddle. This week, she's in this rose.


Frankly
Staring at the sun
Will
blind you,
So turn away;
From a distance
See the conversation
Of light
Between the burning sky
And that orange rose
Cut for your pleasure.
You will find
Breathing it in
Is much the same as
Looking up.
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Of course, if I would just wait for the blinding light to diminish just a bit, I just might get something. I did once, after all--a long time ago on Dennis Beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts:




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