Sky Watch Friday --- peek-a-boo sun

Some of you are laughing .... I know ... but ice is an infrequent experience in this part of Texas. We usually get 1-4 days a year of it! It was tough getting out of my nice warm car in 27 degree weather to take this picture for you, so stop laughing!

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P.S. Thanks, Babooshka! Happy Belated Birthday!

Sky Watch Friday --- Double your pleasure!

You may need to enlarge this to see what's going on. The bottom half of the photo is the reflection on a glass table top. Click the Sky Watch Friday logo above to watch the sky around the world!

Skywatch Friday -- scene on it's way out....

You may have noticed that I'm fond of shooting over my shoulder in the mornings and evenings as I cross two bridges going to and coming home from work. The sunrise scenes will be changing soon. Both bridges are going to be replaced. In place of the 2-lane bridges, we'll have 4 lanes...I think we'll have two 2-lane bridges at each location. They've already started the end supports of one of them. So, this quiet little scene with the old boat pier will be history soon.......

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Sky Watch Friday -- Here I go again!

If you come around my blogs much, you know I'm a sucker for round hay bales and sunflowers! This was taken just south of Athens, Texas (our county seat). Click the SWF logo above for more views of this wonderful sky we share!

Sky Watch Friday -- Not photogenic but beautiful!

I usually go for the glorious sunrises or sunsets, or the big fluffy white clouds, or the really ominous storm clouds. But today I'm over-joyed to bring just plain old rain clouds! This was taken about 7:30am ... still dark because WE'RE GETTING RAIN! I know that doesn't sound thrilling to many of you who have had way too much this year. But our lake is down 1.4 feet and we need the rain. This won't fill the lake but it will help...and it will certainly help our yards, which also helps the lake. Many water-front property owners have pumps that pump lake water to their sprinkler systems. So curl up in your favorite chair with a good book and enjoy the gentle rain with me! And imagine my sweet Corgi curled up under my chair because he hates the thunder!
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Sky Watch Friday -- To crop or not to crop?

To crop or not to crop? That's often the question for me. I'm such a purist sometimes that I seem to think it's cheating to not publish exactly what I got.
But this crop does accent the sky more.


And this one accents the reflection of the sky on the water. I'm not a Bold Babooshka by any means and don't know enough photography rules to break them, but I do break the "one photo a day rule" regularly! And I'll keep on because I learn so much from you all when I ask for help! Which of these three would YOU have posted?
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August Theme: Metal / Sky Watch Friday

Double Theme today! It's the monthly City Daily Photo theme day and this month the theme is METAL. Check out all the participants below to see creative interpretations from around the world. Every Friday is Sky Watch Theme day, so be sure to also click the SkyWatch Friday logo for more entries from around the world. I chose these huge metal power towers beside the Trinity River in Trinidad. I shot this at sunset Thursday night from the bridge.
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Albuquerque (NM), USA by Helen, Aliso Viejo (CA), USA by Rodney, American Fork (UT), USA by Annie, Anderson (SC), USA by Lessie, Ararat, Australia by freefalling, Arradon, France by Alice, Aspen (CO), USA by IamMBB, Athens, Greece by Debbie, Auckland, New Zealand by Baruch, Auckland, New Zealand by Lachezar, Austin (TX), USA by LB, Bandung, Indonesia by Harry Makertia, Bandung, Indonesia by Eki Akhwan, Bandung, Indonesia by Bunyamin, Barrow-in-Furness, UK by Enitharmon, Barton (VT), USA by Andree, Bellefonte (PA), USA by Barb-n-PA, Bicheno, Australia by Greg, Birmingham (AL), USA by VJ, Bogor, Indonesia by Gagah, Boston (MA), USA by Cluelessinboston, Brantford (ON), Canada by Nancy, Bucharest, Romania by Malpraxis, Budapest, Hungary by Zannnie and Zsolt, Budapest, Hungary by agrajag, Budapest, Hungary by Isadora, Buenos Aires, Argentina by Karine, Canterbury, UK by Rose, Chandler (AZ), USA by Melindaduff, Château-Gontier, France by Laurent, Chateaubriant, France by Bergson, Cheltenham, UK by Marley, Chennai, India by Ram N, Chesapeake (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Cincinnati, USA by Erik Laursen, City of the Blue Mountains, Australia by Richard, Corsicana (TX), USA by Lake Lady, East Gwillimbury, Canada by Your EG Tour Guide, Edinburgh, UK by Dido, Edmonton (AL), Canada by , Evry, France by Olivier, Folkestone, UK by Piskie, Forks (WA), USA by Corinne, Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA by Gigi, Gabriola, Canada by Snapper, Geneva (IL), USA by Kelly, Greenville (SC), USA by Denton, Grenoble, France by Bleeding Orange, Gun Barrel City (TX), USA by Lake Lady, Hamilton, New Zealand by Sakiwi, Hampton (VA), USA by ptowngirl, Haninge, Sweden by Steffe, Hanoi, Vietnam by Jérôme, Helsinki, Finland by Kaa, Hobart, Australia by Greg, Hyde, UK by Old Hyde, Hyde, UK by Gerald, Jackson (MS), USA by Halcyon, Jefferson City (MO), USA by Chinamom2005, Jerusalem, Israel by Esther, Kansas City (MO), USA by Cate B, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Edwin, Kyoto, Japan by Tadamine, Lakewood (OH), USA by 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Sky Watch Friday -- Black Wing Tipped Pelican

I got caught unprepared for this Friday's post....I have plenty of new shots but they're at home and I'm stuck in Austin tonight! So I pulled out all the CompactFlash cards in my camera bag and started searching. Here's one I took on Jan 16, 2004.

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Sky Watch Friday

This was my greeting from the sun as I left for work early one morning this week. Click the logo below to join other Sky Watchers this Friday. We are now graced with not one, but a team of fabulous hosts/hostesses! Let's take a moment to thank Tom and Jane for their work in the past, give thanks that Tom is feeling better, and thank Tom, Imac, Sandy and Klaus for the hard work preparing the new site and for the future hosting!

Sky Watch Friday -- The love of flying!

I took this during the 4th of July Air Show over the lake. It was taken from a rolling boat, so it's not as sharp as I'd like!

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Sky Watch Friday - Happy 4th to USA Bloggers

For Sky Watch Friday, my nephew Zach gave me permission to use one of the sunset shots he took from our boat when we was here 2 weeks ago. It was a wonderful evening. We took the boat out just before the sun set and watched it "go down". The colors in the sky and reflected on the water were amazing. This is just one shot of many great ones he took! Go to WiggersWorld where Tom hosts Sky Watch Friday to see the sky around the world!
And, last but not least, our boy Nate wanted to wish all of you USA bloggers wherever you are A VERY HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! This is from the archives...Nate got a new haircut yesterday, but alas...no new bandanna. Will post more 4th of July photos tomorrow after our church's First Annual Boat Parade today!

Sky Watch Friday -- Sunrise on the Lake

Many mornings on my way out and evenings on my way home, when I see wonderful sunrises and sunsets on the lake, I will perch my camera on my left shoulder and shoot out the window without looking (the 2 bridges I cross are not very wide!). Sometimes I get a keeper, as I did yesterday morning. I would much rather have been in this boat than in my car going to work!

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Sky Watch Friday -- Between the showers

After one rain and before the next....the sky had both dark rain clouds and patches of clearing and the great blue reflection in the water. Head on over to WiggersWorld for more Sky Watch Friday posts.

Sky Watch Friday -- Good to be home!

Missed yesterday's post as I was Travelling Around Texas again! The first shot is my first view of the lake when I was coming home last night. You can see why I love to come home! The 2nd is somewhere between San Angelo and Austin!

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Sky Watch Friday -- from my road trip

Austin is growing so fast that I felt compelled to stop and grab some shots of the sunset just barely south of town on Interstate 35. This will all be housing or shopping centers too soon! The first shot was actually my 2nd shot and may be a little blurry...I was zooming to catch the hawk sitting in the top of the dead tree. Don't forget to pop over to WiggersWorld to see more SkyWatchFriday posts!

Sky Watch Friday

Last Saturday was a lovely day for the most part....then we had some rain....and then just as the sun was getting low I caught it trying valiantly to peek through the clouds. Usually sky conditions change pretty quickly around here. I shot 4 pictures in a few minutes and these are the first and last. I was surprised later to see how little change there was this time!

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Sky Watch Friday

It was cloudy most of yesterday, but just at sunset we suddenly got a quick few minutes of fabulous pink and blue. I didn't realize with the first shot that the moon was in the pink! Click to enlarge the first photo and you'll see it. The 2nd was taken in moments. And the pink was gone the next moment. See more Sky Watch Friday photos!

Sky Watch Friday

I had a sunrise photo ready for today, but decided to save it in case that's our July theme! So I ran out this morning and snapped this one. Looks like a PERFECT day today. I'll be on the boat by 5:30!! See other Sky Watch Friday posts at Wigger's World.

Sky Watch Friday -- whew, no tornado here!

Reports of a tornado touching down near here at Canton this morning. I was blissfully ignorant, but went out side to take this shot right after I heard....the sun is already starting to peek out here. Hope everyone in the storm's path is ok!

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Sky Watch Friday -- Sunset

This was my view as I turned into our subdivision coming home from work last night. It's not ALL about the water here. We also enjoy some great country scenery! Please visit WiggersWorld to see other Sky Watch Friday contributions today.