October Sky Through the Trees

The sunlight filtering through the leaves make them almost glow this morning.

My Kind of Cloudy Day

I admit it, I'm mesmerized by clouds! There's very little breeze today, so these are just hanging there....like a painting in the sky. I don't remember my grade-school science classes on weather, so I had to look them up...I *think* these are stratocumulus...one of the types of mid-level clouds. No matter what, I enjoy watching them. If they stick around all day, we might have a beautiful sunset tonight!  

September Sunrise

I'm rarely ready to crawl out of bed on an early morning, but getting to see a sunrise like this one makes me glad I did!  

Deceptive Clouds

These clouds are what I awoke to this morning -- which was a surprise, because there really wasn't any rain in the forecast. It turns out the meteorologists knew what they were talking about this time -- during the next hour the clouds broke apart, and drifted away, leaving us with a beautiful sunshiny day. It never did rain, regardless of how threatening it looked at 6:30 a.m.!   

August Sunrise

One of the (few) benefits to our school-year starting again is that I'm getting to enjoy the colors in the morning sky more often. During the summer break, I tended to sleep about 30 minutes later than I do now, and as a result, I missed the sky "waking up" for the day.

Now I find myself checking the eastern sky each morning to see what it holds in store. :-)   

Sunset After the Storm

After weeks without measurable rain, we had a quick, fast-moving storm move through this afternoon. The sun set behind the trees just as the clouds were breaking up.   

Sunset Over the Lake

Every summer, my cousins on my father's side of the family get together at the Lake of the Ozarks for a weekend of good food, good fun and good company. We arrived this evening, just in time to watch the sun go down over the lake....and are looking forward to getting out on the water tomorrow!   

Layered Clouds

This is an odd version of a sunrise photo -- it's the western sky, but it's lit up because of the sunrise on the other side of the sky! I always like "cloud photos," and the way these clouds were stacked up really appealed to me!