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Expectancy pervades this moody scene, which evokes the fanciful imaginings of a child’s fairly tale.

Shot on March 19, 2012, at 6:26 am, it is finally published, but still awaits the light of day.

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I woke early. I was hoping to finish an earlier post, delayed for a week by unexpected events. In the quiet hour before dawn, I thought, I’ll get it done. Little did I count on unexpected natural events.

As I typed, the sky began to brighten. A massive, dark cloud appeared [...]

This was not one of those memorable winter dawns we’ve seen so often lately — those lavish, ethereal displays far to the southeast. Rather, it was a band of low clouds playing hide-and-seek with the sun, as it rose above the ridge along the eastern shore of the pond. The event occurred [...]