Friday, January 2, 2009

SkyWatch Friday....old and new

It's Skywatch Friday time!
2008 ended with a lot of sky drama around here.These first 5 shots were all on the same day.
One minute it was intense.....

....the next nice and blue.

Pink in the sunset....

....changing to puple.

January 1, 2009 started off with gloomy skies and deep clouds.

....but late in the afternoon, the blue was coming through and the clouds were nice and fluffy.

I love looking at the sky through trees....the Silver Maple makes a nice one to peer through.

First moon of the new year!
Welcome 2009!
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Thanks to all of those who work so hard to keep Skywatch going! Louise, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy, Ivar and Klaus.....you do a wonderful job and we thank you!

26 comments:

Becky said...

OK, your skies look very much like ours the past few days, BUT where is the snow?
The weather can change so fast! Right now it's snowing again with a really fine snow, then tomorrow it's supposed to warm up and rain! Sure wish it would make up it's mind to stay with winter.
Have a great day.
B.

Rottlady of the Ozarks said...

What a great series of shots! I love them all. Happy New Year and hope you have many good days watching the skies!

Mary said...

Becky: We just don't get a lot of snow. You must live in the spot that gets the most snow of anywhere!

Rottlady: Thanks! We've had a lot of changing skies lately.

Linda Jacobs said...

Looking at these is like living a whole day in a few seconds!

Watching the changing sky is better than watching TV!

Mary said...

Linda: But colder at times :-) Thanks!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Great pictures of the sky, Mary--and the moon! You have captured the very reason that sky-watching is so much fun. It's different from one minute to the next. Great Post.
Hugs,
Betsy

Anonymous said...

Great series, I feel so lazy now, I only put up one;)

Rose said...

Wonderful series...yesterday's sunset was fabulous up here.

Dorothy said...

Beautiful series of skywatch pictures!!! Thanks!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Mary: What a wonderful selection of skies you have shared. The skies are continually cahnging and you showed them well.

Anonymous said...

Oh how I hope this is a metaphor for the year to come! Let's work to leave behind the clouds and revel in the return of blue skies.

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Oh, wow,such contrast from one picture to another.The skies are always changing and I love watching these changes.
Blessings,Ruth

me ann my camera said...

Wow, in some of those pictures your sky looks as cold as mine! A wonderful variety!

Goosey said...

What lovely sky pictures, I like the sunset one the best.It's amazing how the sky changes so much..the artist painting the sky

Leedra said...

Love the sunset and the first moon of 2009.

michael bird said...

Super, Mary. Love the way you took us through the day in the life of a sky! Very nifty...

esnorway said...

Nice pics happy new year

Tammie Lee said...

ummm, all the images... lovely

Anonymous said...

That was some great sky drama! I love that first one - just something about the trees and that dramatic sky.

Dot O said...

Beautiful series of sky shots. I think you got almost every possible color imaginable!

Happy first SWF 2009!

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

There are some wonderful pics here Mary.

abb said...

Just wonderful! Amazing how the sky can change in seconds!

angie {the arthur clan} said...

What a dramatic way to end the year! Thanks for sharing these with SWF.

Arija said...

All beautifull pictures, but oddly, the second last one is closest to my heart.
Only just discovered your blog and am enchanted with the access you have to so many birds!, and squirrels... I love 'em all.

A Colorful World said...

Fantastic Skywatch photos! Been missing you and everyone else! Hope to get back to things more often soon! Can't wait to get all caught up with everyone's posts, too. All my best!

Marie

Mary said...

Thank you everyone!