Northern Lights, Take II

After I'd taken my fill of pictures on Veteran's Day, I finally called it a day and crawled into bed. I was scrolling through social media, as one does when they're supposed to be sleeping, and I saw so many pictures of people who thought to use the Aurora as a background for other pictures.

I saw people standing with their horses, dogs, friends, family ... so many different pictures using the gorgeous lights as a background, and I cursed myself for not thinking of doing it myself. However, the meteorologists said that the Aurora would make another appearance the following day, and they'd be even more spectacular. I'm not sure how they thought they'd be more spectacular than what I'd already seen, but I was willing to trust them. 

I knew I didn't want to bother with pulling the horses from the pen once the sun was down, and I didn't want to try to get pictures of them in the pen, so that was out.

However ... I knew I needed pictures of Whimsy and Maggie in the foreground of the lights. I waited and waited all day, excited to see the lights again and planning my photoshoot of the buildings. Dark came and I waited and waited.

Nothing.

No extra bright visible lights as had been promised by those lying meteorologists. I mean, I shouldn't have been disappointed, because when are they ever right more than 50% of the time? But I persisted. I went out every half hour or so with my phone and took pictures of the sky, just in case the lights weren't visible to the naked eye.

Eventually, it paid off, and I had a full-on photoshoot with Whimsy and Maggie. I stayed up way past my bedtime, and the next day at work was rough, but I got some pictures that I'm happy with.

Whimsy (left) and Maggie (right) 12Nov2025

I tried a little different angle to see if I could get both of them.

I love this one of Whimsy

This one of Maggie is probably my favorite of the bunch.

The chicken coop/repurposed silo on the far left (barely visible),
then Whimsy and Maggie.

I'm happy with the pictures, but still kicking myself that I didn't think to do this the night before. I need to give myself some grace, because the night before was all about wonder and awe. I'm still so thrilled to have finally seen the dancing lights that I think it might go down as one of my top ten days this year.