SkyWatch Friday: End of September and beginning of October

I caught a morning moon on September 26, 2013.

I selected the photographs for this post beginning with September 26 and continuing through the first day of October, 2013.

 

This is a good time of the year for sky watching.

The sky below is what I call a quilted comforter sky.

The clouds are like cotton candy below.

I love the afternoon light this time of the year.

The afternoon light gives the sky a satin glow.

We've had some days with a vivid blue sky serving as a backdrop to large clouds.

This is another week where I had trouble narrowing down the shots to use.

I caught a pretty sunset one afternoon.

We haven't had too many colorful sunsets lately but usually I catch at least one or too a week.

I like the mix of textures in the cloud below.

The clouds below almost look like a big head on a skinny neck attached to a large body.

We've had quite a few cotton ball clouds.

One of these days I'm going to learn the scientific names for clouds.

I know a few names for clouds but can't usually recognize which are which.

I tend to make up names for clouds rather than learn their real names.

September was getting seasonably cool.

It is strange that the last day of September and beginning of October changed back to almost summer weather.

 I don't mind some ups and downs with the temperatures but I'm looking forward to the first frost of the season.

 I think our average first frost is usually sometime between mid and late October.

Last winter was unusually mild.

We had a few small snows but it never got very cold.

 I hope we will have a colder winter this year but I know enough to be careful what I wish for.

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