Ugly Morning

I have obviously been ignoring my blogging duties, but I was inspired by two glorious mornings where the orchards had been doused with water to keep the buds from going below 32 degrees and they had been covered in brilliant glistening icicles, to search desperately for my camera! No luck...but yesterday afternoon I finally found it. So, this morning, instead of a neighboring ice castle...I found this:

Very anti-climactic! Maybe tomorrow will be better...

------------Update----------------

Turned into a nice day after all!

Blanket

Fog blankets the valley today:

Lament of a Night Owl
(Another cheesy poem)

Somewhere deep inside my soul,
a part of me aches to control
the too harsh rules of time and space.
Listen as I make my case:

I hate to go upstairs to bed
and pull the blankets to my head,
because it seems that when I sleep
instantly alarms will beep.

So, if I stay late in the night
perhaps I can delay the light
that races round our too small earth
to brighten up a new day's birth.

But sadly, if I finally rest
at one or two or three, the West
will soon be bright'ning anyway,
for I CANNOT delay the day!

Touch of Sun

Day 83: Wind Blown

Day 82: Favorite View

Day 71: Morning Moonlight Munch

Do you see the miniature ponies? I wish I'd gotten a better shot of them.

Day 57: All in one day!

The ice on green was taken (with flash) at dawn, but the rest of the day was too amazing to leave out.

Day 49: Potential

Day 36: Smudge Pots

Day 30: Mellow Mist

It's amazing how far north the sunrise has moved since I took the Jan. 9th photo!

Day 28: Teo's Choice

(Best viewed large - click for full screen.)

I couldn't decide which shot to use. What a glorious morning, and lovely day! Almost felt like spring, until the sun went down, shining beautifully pink on the mountains, and the heat quickly radiated out to space! Brrrr!

Day 23: Gray Blue

Day 22: Blue

Day 21: Gray

Just to save the spot incase