SkyWatch Friday: March ends and April begins

We have had a variety of sky watching opportunities in late March and early April.

We've had everything from sun to rain to tornado warnings.

Fortunately the tornadoes didn't form.

I didn't used to take tornadoes seriously because I thought they were so rare in central NC where I live.

By that, I don't mean that I would be foolhardy but I never thought a tornado would be a concern where I live.

However, over the past 20 years there have been tornado hits in Raleigh, NC where I live as well as places near by.

I still think it's fairly remote that I'll be hit by a tornado but I pay more attention to the warnings.

I seem to catch at least a couple of good sunsets a week.

Ironically I almost missed the sunset tonight while preparing this post.

That has happened to me before.

I'll be writing about the sunset and realize that if I turn around I might catch one.

I have double windows in my den where my computer is but I face away from the window when I'm on my computer.

Since I am usually able to work from home on my computer if I was facing the windows which have a view of my deck and sky, I'd be too distracted by the birds if my desk went the other way.

I usually photograph the sunset from my bedroom window because it shows more of the sky without obstruction from my neighbor's house.

Starting with 3 shots above and continuing to the next to the last shot, I photographed the sky on April 1 when I had a meeting in Durham, NC.

I always allow too much time to drive to Durham for meetings which means I have time for a photo shoot.

I was very early but was almost late making it to the meeting because I became distracted by spring time ready for my camera.

I was on time for the meeting but only by a few minutes.

For me arriving two minutes ahead of time feels late since I'm usually sitting in the conference room for at least 5 minutes before anyone else arrives.

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