A month ago, Karen Hawkins posted beautiful photographs of the sun in a winter sky that looked surprisingly like a moonrise. As I walked on the terrace at the incredible Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC yesterday afternoon I noticed that Karen’s Canada sky was here in the mountains of Western North Carolina! Or maybe our sky was in Canada? It is a small world indeed.

Grove Park Inn Winter Sky 7 copyright 2012 Mona Gersky

The plants I shot through looked like some kind of oleander type plant but I don’t know what they are. The plants are huge, probably 8 feet high and this time of year are yellowish and straw like. The sun shone weakly through a winter sky and I took several shots. To me they look very otherworldly.Grove Park Inn Winter Sky 9 copyright 2012 Mona Gersky

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13 Comments on An Otherworldly Sky at the Grove Park Inn ~ Speechless Sunday

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Hi Mona, Your photographs are beautiful!  For some reason, this isn't a sight I would expect to see in Western NC or from the terrace of the Grove Park Inn.  But I usually think of Asheville in spring or fall and not in February.  Stunning!
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Hi MOna-  other-wordly definitely.. I love the softer hues, and as usual, your photos are always lovely.  Best, Gay
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Thanks Linda...it did sort of remind of the dunes by the Don Cezar on St. Pete Beach.
3:34pm • #3
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Hi Gay, thank you!  It's definitely a very soft scene.  Have a wonderful evening.
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Gorgeous shots! I wouldn't mind these hanging on a wall in my house.

Gretchen
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See the wonders that can show up if you wait? :) Nice shots, Mona!
4:18pm • #6
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Mona, Your two photos are amazing. So peaceful. Thanks for sharing. :-)

-Paul
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My mom was recently talking to one of her young great nephews on the phone and they were in different cities looking up at the moon and his little 4 year old self had a hard time understanding that she could see the same moon he could see if he couldn't see her.
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Very pretty, Mona!   It looks like some kind of grass to me.  Oleanders are grown here on the highway dividers and look much more bush-like. 

Have a wonderful week!
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Gretchen, that's a lovely compliment and I appreciate it.

Laura, those wonders surround us.

Paul, believe it or not I took a dozen in the same place.

Tammy, that's pretty funny.  Little kids probably would think there are different skies in different places.

Thanks DeeDee, I only photographed the grassy tops.  The bottoms were bushier looking.  I doubt it's oleander just sort of reminds me of oleander when I lived in Florida.  You have a wonderful week also.
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First thing I thought of was "And even though I know how very far apart we are - It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star."  It's a beautiful photo, and I love the artistry of it.
9:41pm • #11
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20
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Beautiful pictures, my friend - sharing that winter sky makes me realize just how small the world really is! :-)

I love the way you captured the sun through the tall grasses - you are wonderfully artistic (and isn't it cool to be able to photograph the sun in a picture that's not a sunset/sunrise?!)
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Mona - The capture of the sun and mists through the grasses provides a delightful mood!
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