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Clouds at Sunset

December 23, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

It got cold last night, and the wind picked up. I woke up at about 5am when the power went out. It was absolutely silent, except for the sound of the wind howling. It’s hard to sleep when it’s that quiet. Thankfully, the power came back on a couple of hours later.

The wind kept blowing all day, and we even had a few snow flurries. It was a good day for sitting on the couch with hot cocoa and toast, keeping warm under a blanket with the dog. (Miss Brown is the world’s very best hot water bottle.)

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The Birds

December 19, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

On my way home, while stopped at a red light, I looked up and saw this flock of birds perched on the power lines running across the street.

And not a cloud in the sky!

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Cirrostratus

December 15, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

Cirrostratus Clouds Before Sunset

The clouds thinned and thickened and thinned again today, but they never cleared away completely. I stopped at the grocery store after work, and as I was leaving, I got out my camera and took a couple of photos of the sky.

Cirrostratus are sheets of high, wispy clouds. They are usually thin enough to see the sun and moon through, and they often produce beautiful halos and arcs. When these clouds thicken, as they were starting to do toward the west (the darker area to the lower right), it usually means that a front is approaching. We’re supposed to get snow and all manner of icy foulness starting tonight and lasting for, I think, about 24 hours.

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Cloudy

December 12, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

I’m really starting to get tired of the rain and the fog and the endless grey, grey, grey. The sky actually cleared for about ten minutes this afternoon, but it didn’t take long for the clouds to come back and cover up all that lovely blue. And, of course, the forecast calls for more rain tonight and tomorrow. Ugh.

About the only nice thing I can say about the weather is, at least we haven’t had an ice storm. Yet.

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Fog and Sunrise

December 7, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

Taken from the 3rd floor of the Wells Library.

I looked out the south windows, and could see the sun coming up, so I went out in the hallway and took a couple of pictures. As I was going back to my desk, I was facing the north windows, and the view there could not have been more different. It was foggy and wet, without a hint of orange or pink anywhere to be seen.

It’s about 11:30pm now, and the sky is spewing ice. Not good! Thankfully, I don’t have to go in tomorrow.

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Contrails and Mare’s Tails

November 28, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

This is straight from the camera, with zero fiddling in Photoshop. The sky was just gorgeous earlier in the morning. The clouds piled up for a bit, but now they’ve strung back out, and are mostly just wispy patches of cirrus. Still quite pretty. And warm, too, at 51F.

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Morning Clouds

November 23, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

This is what I woke up to–bands of clouds stretching all the way across the sky. The bands have broken up now, and the sun is trying to shine from between the cloud drifts.

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Lazy Saturday

November 17, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

Northern Sky Before Sunset

It feels like I’ve done a whole lot of nothing today, but I cleaned the house, did laundry, and sliced nine food dryer trays of pears. Then I laid on the couch for awhile and flipped back and forth between Dinosaur and Silence of the Lambs. I couldn’t make up my mind between Disney and serial killers, so I watched both. Until I fell asleep, that is. If it weren’t for my neighbor’s shrieking Chihuahua, I’d probably still be happily napping.

Oh well.

I still have to run to the grocery store, for a new batch of pears, eggs, rice, and something I can’t remember. I’m cat sitting again this weekend, so I’m going to wait until I do the evening feeding, so I can combine trips.

It’s starting to get dark, actually, so I think it might be time to think about heading out.

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Northern Sky at Sunset

November 14, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

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Belt of Venus and Clouds at Sunset

November 5, 2007November 8, 2015 Shelly

This was the view from my patio at 6:48pm.

I sometimes feel a little weird leaving the patio blinds open so late, because I know that if there is anyone in the back field, they can see in; but on the other hand, if I closed them as soon as it started to get dark, I would miss stuff like this. I looked up from reading, and saw a wonderful pink tinged, rippled sky. The pink had faded from the clouds in the time it took to grab my camera, but there was still enough light to get a passable photo of the clouds.