color in the skys

         It's now getting lighter every morning! Seconds count! Yea!!  

        For 6 weeks I have wanted to share a series of photos my daughter made by noticing the sky was showing off its spectacular self. She made the instant decision to run outside with her iPhone to record the changes she realized were happening, quickly. All these photos were made within 5 minutes. A lot can happen in that short length of time! Hold on to your hats, here we go:

CLOUD PHOTOS by REBECCA WRIGHT

 

Whew! Wow! Wonderful!     And now for some recent photos of mine, fairly seasonal:

We'll have almost a whole week together!

a gift to the world in her Christmas jammies

another gift, via UPS

        

    wrapping it up

      My more or less monthly writers group finally was able to meet in person a few weeks ago, in Lexington, with one of us in D.C.  We had our annual Christmas meal and some words to share and some tears of happiness just from being together.

       

Then there's the sky outside my window tonight, always a gift, in my book.

       I sure hope the message about getting vaccines can be liberated from the politics it has brought on. Lies are so dangerous. Common sense is worth a lot more than it is given credit for.  I also hope you have enjoyed these few photos.  May you have something beautiful to be surprised by every day.  I look forward to posting again in two weeks.  Snow??  Ann

Finally, the photos meant for last week's post!

post #412

       After returning home, from Colorado, I finally had two computers to work with in order to access the photos I planned to share.  Hello to all my patient viewers and to anyone else who visits my blog.  I certainly hope that the new laptop is soon as trusty and familiar as the old one I am having to let go. I also hope there have been good moments for everyone this month.  I pray in my way that there is more kindness in the new year, more thinking outside the box for problems that don't seem to have an obvious solution, and more true humor. As much as ever, I love to laugh.
     

A photo I did as an experiment, to find out what would be in focus, etc.. I was thrilled I'd thought to do it:

 Nutcracker exhibit, items from the Louisville Ballet on display at the Louisville airport:

 the beginning of a ski tradition:

 bird buddies:

helper elf: 

from an annual writers group lunch/feast to celebrate another year of meeting almost every month:
 

Luckily, sometimes there are humorous gifts that are just right:

and ones that are just beautiful:

Sandy's decorations last year:

from this year, photo by Eric:

Well, that's it for now. Next year, I will do some others -- I should have time by then to figure out how to make some things easier to pull off.... Every year, like in politics, we can hope for better times coming.