Day's End

I took this today on the way home. It was taken with my BlackBerry and through the window of the car, so it's not the best quality, but the sunset was beautiful enough that it almost doesn't matter. The foreground is a vineyard.

Moonlight, Moonbright

Or something like that. Tonight the moon was full (or nearly) and it looked so beautiful out the kitchen window that I had to attempt to photograph it. Unfortunately it never works for me to get a picture of the moon (my camera just isn't made for that), so this is the best I could do. I was hoping to get a bit of the trees there, too...the moon through the tree branches. But no. Oh well. Just trust me: There are trees there in the foreground. Really.

Still Life

I snapped this with my phone as we were on our way home tonight. My little BlackBerry occasionally pleasantly surprises me. This is one of my new favourite shots, though it's nowhere near perfect.

Reflections

I know, I know, original blog title. I'm not ALWAYS creative. This afternoon (this was around 4:30) when I left my office to go sign a paper at the bank, I couldn't help but notice the beautiful colour of the air around me. Things were glowing. And everything was wet. I hadn't known it was raining. It had cleared and was no longer raining, but as the sun settled into the horizon it was casting a beautiful array of golds, pinks and yellows over the campus. This was the view from the front steps of my office building. There was even a rainbow for a short amount of time - a full arc!

Burning Skies

That...is the sun. It's Christmas Day, and what a sight to wake up to. The clouds were so thick you could actually look directly at the sun, and it was glowing determinedly. Fog moved in later in the day and covered everything in a shroud of dull grey, but the early morning was a breathtaking scene to behold! This is the view out Jason's parents' back window.

Greet the Day

What a way to start the week. This is the view I had while eating breakfast this morning.

Glory

This is what the sky looked like when I got up this morning. Wow. I had to go outside (yes, in my pjs) and get a shot or two.

When I Rise

In spite of having to go back to work, and in spite of my internal clock being slightly off due to DST happening on Sunday, there is one good thing about the mornings this week: The sunrises are really pretty to watch. This was taken out front as I was leaving for work.

Watching the Sky

This evening Jason and I decided to take Little Miss for a walk. She was supposed to be napping, but wouldn't actually fall asleep. So we thought putting her in the stroller would do the trick, as it has before. No such luck. We walked about a mile and a half total and she was still wide awake when we got home. Oh well! We walked to Safeway and got drinks, then sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful sky for a while. Aren't the clouds gorgeous?

Then, on the way home, the sky lit up with a fabulous sunset. I took several pictures to capture the sheer beauty of the autumn sky.

End of the Day

The sunset was beautiful tonight, even though it was super cold. I think it was raining in the southwest, the direction in which this picture was taken. It looked like it might be decent, but when I went out to take the picture it was freezing! The thermometer said it was around 40 degrees. Brrr! It's going to be a cold night.

Grey Skies

It was rainy today and the clouds were gorgeous. Here's what I saw on the way home this afternoon.

Through the Clouds

I went to Safeway tonight to get some brownie mix. I got a craving for them and thought we could enjoy them after dinner, so I loaded Kayla into the car and we headed the 4 blocks to the grocery store. (It was threatening rain all day so I didn't feel like walking.) This is the view I had on the way home. Isn't it beautiful? I love natural beauty.

Dog House & Storm Clouds

My dad came up yesterday. We're having Kayla dedicated on Sabbath and our families are coming into town for the occasion. Dad came early to do a project he wanted to do last time they were here but didn't get to, and Mom will be here tomorrow afternoon. Rachel and Ronnie and Morgan will arrive sometime Friday night. Jason's parents are coming up Sabbath morning just for the day. The project Dad did today was a dog house for Raina. It ended up being bigger than it probably needed to be, but Raina will have plenty of room to stay out of the rain and cold weather.

This is what the sky looked like this evening as the sun began to set. We had a cloudy day and the sky cleared and then more clouds moved in. They were beautiful and Jason came in and told me I needed to go take a picture. Good thing he did! It was a fantastic sky! I love this time of year.

To A Good End

Tonight the sky was absolutely gorgeous. We don't have any west-facing windows in our house (except those that look into the backyard and at the neighbours' house), so we can't really see the sunsets. But tonight when I got up from the couch to go get something, I glanced outside and realized that everything looked rather pink. So I grabbed my camera and went outside to see what the sky looked like. I'm glad I did. This is what greeted me.

Lazy Day

Today we did nothing but be lazy. We slept in since we were up late for fireworks last night, and then we hung out in our PJs for a couple of hours. Finally, we washed and dressed ourselves, but went right back to being lazy - we read, played computer games, napped, ate some lunch, read some more, and ended the day with dinner and a movie. It was a stupid movie that just happened to be on TV - "Cruel Intentions" with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon. Basically, it's a teenage/high school sex movie. And it has a stupid ending. If you get the chance to watch this movie, pick something else.

There was also a storm today in La Grande. The wind came up (I heard 70 mph gusts) and it rained, though not terribly hard. There was plenty of lightning and thunder, though, which was awesome. Above is a photo of the sky after the biggest part of the storm had passed. Here is a shot Jason took of the sky as we were driving home this evening:

Colourful Evening

The sky tonight was fantastic! A storm was moving in from the Blues, and as the sky grew darker, the front of the fluffy clouds reflected the setting sun in beautiful shades of blue, purple, and pink. I couldn't resist taking some shots...but it's frustrating that it never looks as amazing in the pictures as it does in real life. So imagine this shot 10 times more beautiful, and you'll be close to what it was actually like. Now...if we can just have a good storm tonight...