By Accident

Without the ripples on the surface of the water focusing the sunlight into the lines running across the frame this image would have been less interesting. It happened by chance as I stepped into the water at the edge of the puddle looking through the viewfinder of my camera. Without that I probably would not have bothered to take the shot at all.

Hot

It has been quite hot here over the past couple of weeks, and I have to admit that I long for some rain and cooler weather now. But it seems to be so hot that showers and thunderstorms dissipate as soon as they start to move in over the town, and the forecast indicates that we will have to wait a few more days before this heat wave ends.