Sometimes the sun...

...cooperates...
               ...and sometimes, it doesn't.


When it does...

 

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

(Royal Palace, Amsterdam)

 

 ...you can find plenty of things to do with it.

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(Westerkerk, Amsterdam)

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(Grote Markt Square, Haarlem, Nederlands)

And then sometimes, it doesn't.

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

We were out well before dawn one morning...

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                ...hoping the sun would stream through...

(De Adriaan Windmill, Haarlem, Nederlands)

 

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                                  ...hoping it would silhouette the windmill...

But this time, no dice, no sun, just clouds.

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So, ya' gotta' do the best you can with what you get.

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So, just because it's not what you were hoping for, that doesn't make it a total bust.  Lights playing on the water...silhouettes against a cloudy, but brightening, sky.  If you give up and stay in bed, you get nuttin'.  Get up and get out there !

Y'all take care,

- Mark

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Dawn, Herrankukkaro, western Finland