Louisiana Through My Lens - Wispy Clouds Over Fenton

Sometimes it is really amazing how God operates.

This morning I was driving south down Highway 165 towards Lake Charles. As I was driving along my mind wandered back to my days in the southwest and how many photos I used to take that featured clouds. 

I honestly love clouds and when I lived out west in both New Mexico and California I took a huge amount of photos of them. I noted in my thoughts that the wide open spaces of the southwest provided great views of the heavens above.

I had just completed this train of thought when I looked up through my windshield and low and behold there were some amazing wispy clouds above the town of Fenton. 

I had no plans to take any pictures today. To be honest I have a ton of photos that I want to share and I promised myself that I would take a break for a while to catch up on things. That being said, I couldn't pass up on an opportunity to capture the kinds of clouds that I saw in the skies over California all the time.

In order to get these pictures I had to slog through about thirty yards of soaking wet grass to get beyond the power lines and a nearby set of flags that surround a very touching war veterans memorial.  

These images feature the beauty of God's creation above the setting of a rural American farming town. Is there anything as beautiful and wholesome as that?

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