Our Last Night by mrestey

Photography • Scenic • posted on Jun 04, 2013

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Sorry. I didn't have time to get out the Nikon. The story: Mid Sunday afternoon the sky began to darken rapidly and the wind started kicking up and we heard thunder rolling off in the distance to the north. Our beautiful, sunny, New England afternoon was fleeing fast and it was time to roll up the awning and get ready to head inside the camper. We turned on WHOM 94.9, the radio station situated on the top of mount Washington, and right about then the rain came to join the wind and rumbling thunder. The sky to the north took on an ominous, scary look reminding my wife Holly of the way the sky used to look out in Ohio right before a tornado. Shortly there after, almost as if to reinforce her point, that annoying, grating sound you can't ignore came across the airwaves preparing us for a severe weather warning. A distant part of our sister state of Maine had severe wind and tornado-potential conditions bearing down on her rapidly and people were be warned to be on the watch. Fortunately, no tornadoes did develop and the storm quickly passed to our north. In fact, the weather front was moving so fast that the beautiful sunset you see above developed really quickly and I had no time to break out the Nikon and get really good shots. Instead I grabbed my little IPad 2 and waded out into the water about up to my knees and took a number of photos. All too quickly it was gone. I hope you enjoyed this short story about a little piece of our vacation here in NH and like the image. Thanks for stopping in and leaving a comment.

Comments (15)

ronmolina

6:15PM | Tue, 04 June 2013

Beautiful shot!

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Erestorfan

6:24PM | Tue, 04 June 2013

Oh yes, I clearly remember that storm rolling in!! White-caps on the lake, trees bending in the wind, rain pounding against the camper...and then this. It was a nice close to our last night!

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Faemike55

7:34PM | Tue, 04 June 2013

Very beautiful image and fascinating story glad you and your wife were okay

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Diemamker

7:50PM | Tue, 04 June 2013

I bet those where some scary hours... specially in a camper, I don't think one can otrun a tornado in one of those, good thing nothing happen... Great shot of the Sun set, good to know your alright..

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HopeFadesEternal

8:13PM | Tue, 04 June 2013

Thank goodness there was nothing worse than some wind and rain. Beautiful sunset you have captured there....gorgeous!

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eekdog Online Now!

11:02PM | Tue, 04 June 2013

calm before the storm, such a magnificent sky Mike. happy you both are ok..

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Rock69

9:29AM | Wed, 05 June 2013

Great snap shot ... and I also was fascinated of your story ... the birth of a photo!!

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bockolaf

12:28PM | Wed, 05 June 2013

Fantastic evening mood.

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GrandmaT

1:27PM | Wed, 05 June 2013

Beautiful photo! I actually miss some of the storms that came through NH when we lived there.

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Alyah

4:00PM | Wed, 05 June 2013

Hey bud, just stopped by real quick to say how wonderful this image is and also the story. Much peace and love to you, buddy! cheers!!!

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Cyve

5:40PM | Fri, 07 June 2013

Marvelous colors ans fantastic landscape... Wonderfully done !

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RodS

7:42PM | Fri, 07 June 2013

What a wonderful reward for weathering the storm - a lovely sunset, and a great capture of it, Mike! Sorry I'm so late commenting - trying to get caught up! Hope you don't get hit to hard by Andrea! Stay safe, Buddy!

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