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Sky Watch: Prism

Jodi — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:15:59 +0000

Crepuscular rays over Lake St. John

Crepuscular rays streak from the sky and foil the water’s surface like silver leaf.

How could I not revisit sky watch for this moment, captured over the August long weekend…

Photo Friday: Aglow

Jodi — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:33:36 +0000

September sunset in Ottawa, Ontario

I stepped out onto our hotel room’s balcony to photograph this sunset while we were in Ottawa, Ontario, over the Labour Day weekend.

I stood there, mesmerized, long after the shutter had opened…

Sky Watch: Vol. 4, No. 2, "Dying Light"

Jodi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:34:52 +0000

Office sunset

Wynford Drive and Garamond Court, looking west | Thursday, January 15, 2009, 5:04 p.m.

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage…

Sky Watch: Vol. 4, No. 1, "Winter Blue"

Jodi — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:30:48 +0000

Downtown Toronto from Riverdale Park East, at 28 degrees below zero

Riverdale Park East | Friday, January 16, 2009, 5:23 p.m.

Orange reached up, dug its nails into the flat body of the sky, and hung on for…

Sky Watch: Vol. 3, No. 5, "Grey Matter"

Jodi — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:55:04 +0000

Grey and pink Stratocumulus lacunosus at sunset

Taking it easy. Letting my brain rest. Not doing much more than taking in the last few skyline sunsets I’ll see before the clock goes back and I’ll only be able…

Sky Watch: Vol. 3, No. 4, "Storm"

Jodi — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:47:23 +0000

Storm overhead

My pulse quickens when I see the iconic symbol predicting “thunderstorm” on the local weather forecast. What’s even better: the red bar that cuts across the top of the weather network web page to advertise “Severe…

Sky Watch: Vol. 3, No. 3, "Summer"

Jodi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:04:40 +0000

Summer haze at sunset

Summer’s curtain call is fast approaching. It’s the rock star of the annual cycle, living hard and dying young. At its peak, its days and nights are now exploding with vibrant colours and sounds,…

Sky Watch: Vol. 3, No. 2, "Direction"

Jodi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:25:01 +0000

Contrail at sunset

Most days I’m grateful for the wending path. But on others I wish it were this straight.

Sky Watch: Vol. 3, No. 1, "Cloud Castle"

Jodi — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:36:02 +0000

Ice cream castle in the air, seen from Broadview Avenue, overlooking Riverdale Park East

Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now,” from her album Clouds, has been spinning in my head since I saw this little turret of…

Sky Watch: Vol. 2, No. 13, "Angel"

Jodi — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:24:34 +0000

Angel in flight over the Gardiner Expressway

Gardiner Expressway, Etobicoke | Saturday, September 8, 2007, 3:17 p.m. Though I took this photo in September, during a zany day in which we ran errands in a borrowed car all…