Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Halloween treat



This All Hallow's Eve brought not one beautiful sunset but a sequence of them, like a child changing costumes for each stop on the trick-or-treat trail.

An offshore wind pushed interesting clouds across the western horizon, altering the view from our porch minute by minute. Remember to click on the pics for larger views.



The sun's rays slanting upward through layers of clouds create a prism effect.



Time out to shmooze with the friendly neighborhood feline. What's Halloween without a black cat on your porch? This one is in costume as the "Got Milk?" ad.



We live near the airport.





Back to Mordor.



Spooky faces in the sky: A ghost (dark "eyes" at center) and a jack-o-lantern, a detail from the first photo in this entry. Boo!





By now it was getting dark and I figured the show was over. I went down the road to take some of Melinda's home-baked Halloween cookies to little Jake and chatted with his mom Karen while she carved their jack-o-lantern. Fifteen minutes later I got ready to leave. On their doorstep I realized the sky held yet one more treat, and I ran for my camera.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

October 24, 2007: Gray day


Sometimes shades of gray are as intriguing, in their subtlety, as a brilliant sunset. Today we walked along Oakland Beach with Caroline, our nature-loving granddaughter.

As always, click to enlarge.



Monday, October 22, 2007

October 22, 2007

Please click on the first photo. The "artwork" in this evening's sky was spectactular - worth seeing larger!



October 20, 2007


The sun was a baleful red eye on the horizon.

This shot reminds me of Mordor.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

You can make these larger

I should have mentioned in my first post that if you click on the photographs, you can see them in larger versions than the ones on this blog page.

Morning after the big rainstorm, October 12, 2007.

October 16, 2007



A big "bird" takes off. Meanwhile, a flock of migrating birds brackets the sun. (Click to enlarge photo.)

Welcome to the show

September 20, 2007

My regular blog was getting cluttered with the photos of sunsets I can't seem to stop capturing from our front porch by the bay, so I decided to open a photo blog here. Sometimes I may write a long caption; other times it will just be the view.

I hope you'll take a look now and then. I find the skies so soothing to watch. There will be more than just sunsets here, because the show goes on 24/7, every day of the year... and I always have my camera charged and ready. Thanks for stopping by!

- Anne

October 5, 2007. In memory of Mom H., born Oct. 5, 1922.

October 1, 2007

October 1, 2007