Things Have Been Looking Up Lately...And By Things, I Mean Me

Maybe it's because of all the smoke in the air this summer. Maybe it's because I'm now working at home. Or maybe it's because the skies have been exceptionally beautiful lately.

Whatever the reason, I've been looking up lately, looking up to see incredible beauty above. And because I have a cell phone that takes reasonably good pictures, I've snapped and posted a few shots.

Of course, they're all not wonderful photos--some are better than others--but I took each picture because at the time, I was seeing something amazing, something that made me stop and take in the view. So, without a lot of words, I'm just going to leave these pictures here. And if the views continue to be wonderful, I'll keep taking pictures.

The Sky At Different Times Of The Day/Night...

What I Saw...

I took a break and left the office just before noon today and looked up. A huge refueling plane flew almost directly overhead. I grabbed my camera and snapped a shot and I hoped it turned out. On my old SLR camera I could look through the viewfinder and block out the light to see the shot. My point-and-click doesn't give me that option and in direct sunlight I have no idea if a picture turns out or not. Luckily, it did.

As I drove home tonight I thought because of the clouds forming in the western sky that the sunset would be a good one. I was right...it turned out to be very nice. I took several shots.

About an hour after the sun set I looked west and the island, the colors of dusk and the moon was amazing. I thought I'd see if I could capture what I was seeing. It's a little blurred because I had to hold the camera steady for several seconds due to the lack of light. All in all, some pretty cool things happening in the sky today...