By way of a brief intermission from the on going Greek series, here is the sun over our Shropshire garden at around midday yesterday. The tail end of Hurricane Ophelia had apparently whipped up the dust of Africa along with the ash from the tragic forest fires in Portugal and Spain and so created this apocalyptic orange twilight complete with rosy sun. Nothing to do with us of course, all this global mayhem.
Tish Farrell 
Very impressive!
Thanks for this share….
You are most welcome as ever, Anna.
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Red sun at noon, ? I can think of all sorts of rhyming choices, but not matter what, it makes a great photo, although perhaps a bit ominous.
janet
My first thought was of something ominous. But then it was captivating too, and I had to stop moving my Michaelmas daisies around the place to take a few photos.
What a baleful sun. Like your last line.
Baleful is just the word, Suzanne.
Well captured Tish. Nothing like that here – just lots of wind which blew the fog and mist away and left blue skies and a normal sun.
I think we now have your fog and mist. Good moment to go and plant some grasses though.
So eerie it sends shivers down my spine. What will come next. But it does make a beautiful photo
I found it seriously ominous when it happened here, Pauline
Thanks, Pauline. I agree it’s all very perturbing.
Sure sparked a lot of interest.
I was shocked to hear that a HURRICANE was headed towards the British Isles. Seems like Ireland got the brunt of it? Global weather chaos….
They did indeed have the worst of it in Ireland, Annette. Very sad all round. And what with the loss of life in the forest fires, some said to have been started deliberately..
My goodness, this is more than magnificent and humbling. It is Mother Nature at her best. Thank you for capturing this in a photo, Tish.
Thanks, Jennie.
You’re welcome, Tish.
Nope. There is NO weather change happening. It’s purely coincidence. But — I think nature is fighting back. Call me crazy, but that’s what I think.
It’s fascinating that we think we can fill the world with all our effluent and that it won’t have some sort of effect on the way the planet works. Bonkers.
It’s a bit creepy, but a stunning photo!
Excellent image, Tish…we saw similar here, but I DIDN’t take any photographs…too affected by the ominous, eerie nature of the scene
I can well understand your reaction, Sue.
Should I use “baleful” for the “pick a word” :S. Powerful image!
It’s a good one, isn’t it. I need to hang on to it myself for future use.
An outstanding photograph!
Looks like something that NASA photographed – bravo Tish on capturing Ophelia’s orb
Thank you v. much for that great commendation, Laura.
It looks apocalyptic.
How stunning! Thank you for explaining it, Tish.
Wow! Stunning click! loved it~
Thank you, Shibin 🙂