June 2021 - A remarkable sky

We can get quite extraordinary skies wherever we are – I have put a lot of my sunrises and sunsets from the south coast of England in my articles previously. And these are made, not by the sun on its own, but by the clouds mixing it up with the light, creating colours, or light and dark patterns in the sky.

I particularly like it when I can see those rays of light coming from behind the clouds, showing that the sun really is still there, struggling to get out and to show its brightness to us. It’s also a symbolic reminder of hope and expectation; our lives can sometimes seem grey and dull, but those rays spearing down towards us show that there is still (and always) a hope for us. Sometime soon, that sun will appear from behind the clouds and show us its full glory. It’s a Sunday School picture of hope!

In Lancing, down on the coast, the sky seems to go on for ever, and the sunrises (particularly) seem to bring out all those lovely warm colours of reds and orange. This picture was taken from my home, looking up and across the back garden to the cricket pitches behind my house. I like the misshapes of the light and the cloud – no regular patterns here. The clouds are hazy, but not really uniform in shape, making the picture look more like an abstract image. Mind you, the tree at the bottom left brings reality back to us: it gives some grounding to an otherwise (possibly) remote picture.