Wind of Change...

Kansas Flint Hills

Wind of Change

We had a cool front move in last night dropping the recent high yesterday of 112 degrees to the mid 90's. It was a pleasant change in weather. I was enjoying the day doing errands without breaking out into a sweat. 


Going along with the theme of change I thought I would share one of my photographs from my Kansas Flint Hills Collection. I have been working on sorting through countless photos trying to upload my favorites and most memorable photos to my website while sharing on this blog site the stories behind them.


One evening I noticed this beautiful cumulus cloud towering over Topeka and decided to drive west on I-70 so I could get a good view of it from the prairies of the Flint Hills. Once I found a place to pull over I walked up a grassy hill with this view back to the east. The sun was setting and the light was getting low but everything was still. It was the perfect evening to take in this landscape of the Flint Hills.


As I started taking the photos, the wind started to blow the grass and I thought I was not going to get the photo I wanted. I started out framing up this skyline in the tall grass but then the wind pick up and would not stop blowing. I kept thinking if I had only made it there sooner I would have grabbed the perfect photo. Then as those clouds glowed and the wind would not let up, I started to realize that the wind was adding to this scene not hindering it with the grass blowing in the wind giving the entire scene more interest.


As I stood there in the wind as the sun set behind me, I thought of how things constantly change around us. Sometimes I struggle with what to title a photograph but for this photo as I stood there enjoying this spectacular view I knew what the title would be because this 1990 song Wind of Change by Scorpions immediately came to mind. 

The future's in the air

I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

"Wind of Change" is a 1990 power ballad written by Klaus Meine, vocalist of the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It appeared on their 1990 album Crazy World, but did not become a worldwide hit single until 1991, when it topped the charts in Germany and across Europe, and hit #4 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom. The Scorpions were inspired to write this song on a visit to Moscow in 1989, and the opening lines refer to the city's landmarks: I follow the Moskva,  Down to Gorky Park, Listening to the wind of change (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

To browse for of my photographs, visit: www.tscpgraphics.com You can also like me on facebook: TSCPgraphics and if you are a twitter bug, follow me at: tscpgraphics