Sometimes when you wake up in early morning darkness you go back to sleep. And other days, for some reason, you get up, pull the curtains back and check the sky.
Last week I got lucky.
The sun was coming up over the hills behind me, just touching the house across the way as it sat under a big rolling cloud racing across the sky. The light was only like this for a moment. So brief I might have imagined it.
This morning I woke and caught a sliver of light through a crack in the blinds. It looked a bit gold, so I leaped out of bed and threw back the curtains.
Not gold, but just as rich.
“Those are Snaphappy Gal clouds!” I cried. (Go to her photography site, you’ll see she loves clouds!) Katie looked at me with held tilted as I raced outside with my camera.
And then the sky turned into a van Gogh right before my eyes.
February 27, 2017 at 9:29 am
Two beautiful clicks… the clouds are a treat!
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March 1, 2017 at 12:17 pm
They were definitely beautiful. I’ve been here a couple weeks, and only two days were there clouds like this. And then only for moments.
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February 27, 2017 at 11:40 am
Love this time of year when there’s more daylight and beauty to enjoy — thanks for sharing some of your skies!
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March 1, 2017 at 12:18 pm
It still gets dark early here on the very eastern edge of the central time zone….but it feels like spring when the sun is out so I don’t mind.
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February 27, 2017 at 11:44 am
What a gorgeous view you have behind you. I love clouds too and your shots are great. 🙂
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March 1, 2017 at 12:18 pm
Yes, I’m lucky to be able to see this view every day for a little while anyway!
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February 27, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Postcard perfect!
Snorts,
Lily & Edward
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March 1, 2017 at 12:19 pm
Thank you Lily and Edward!
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February 27, 2017 at 12:43 pm
Love your descriptions of these beautiful photos as much as the photos themselves. Well done!
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March 1, 2017 at 12:19 pm
Thank you! It’s a beautiful part of the country.
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February 27, 2017 at 5:10 pm
I said “Van Gogh” and then you typed “Van Gogh”!
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February 27, 2017 at 5:24 pm
I know…right? It was perfectly Van Gogh!
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February 27, 2017 at 9:44 pm
love when the sky is filled with clouds like that. Just beautiful
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March 1, 2017 at 12:20 pm
I know. Sometimes I think I want to live in a woods…but then I realize I need to see the sky wide open every day.
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February 28, 2017 at 12:28 pm
You are so right. Those are beautiful skies. Such lovely light from beneath.
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March 1, 2017 at 12:20 pm
The light moves so fast. There have been quite a lot of moments that I’ve seen something wonderful but it changed too fast to capture it. I was lucky these two mornings.
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March 1, 2017 at 8:00 am
Ooooh! I love clouds like that. Beautiful skies, Dawn. So glad you didn’t go back to sleep. 🙂
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March 1, 2017 at 12:21 pm
Me too! Every morning I get up and open the curtains and check the sky. Most of the time it’s boring. All blue…or all grey. But these two mornings made me grab the camera and run outside.
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March 1, 2017 at 2:24 pm
You are right about those clouds! Incredible texture! I think I like that dramatic light even more 🙂 We are super windy and snowy here today. If I thought I could keep a lens clean, I might go take pictures. I suspect tomorrow will be the day!
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March 2, 2017 at 7:32 am
Have fun today catching that snow! We have sunny skies and who knows how warm it will get. Cooler than yesterday’s 80 though, as a front went through overnight. But still. No snow to speak of here.
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March 2, 2017 at 11:44 am
I have this thing about clouds too especially when there are a lot of them in the sky. It is like I can not get enough of them. Wonderful pictures.
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