The Weekend in Black and White: Dumping Ice out of the Bird Bath

I dumped ice out of the bird bath a few mornings ago and photographed it.

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SkyWatch Friday: Second week of November

We had a stunning sunset after a gray and rainy day.

Sometimes the best sunsets occur when the sun doesn't come out until it's around sundown.

The pink sky below was in the northeast part of the sky while the dramatic bands of color were southwest where the sun was setting.

This time of the year seems to be a good time for dramatic skies.

I love how vivid the colors are.

The helicopter flew past my window while I was watching the colorful sunset.

We still have a lot of colorful leaves although many are dropping now.

I caught a moon sliver in the late afternoon one day.

I like to look at the lake through branches.

I think the leaves almost look like polka dots in the next shot.

Below is the afternoon moon several days after the one I showed earlier in this post.

This sky watch post looks like the sky has been mostly blue but that's misleading.

I've taken more shots on the sunnier days or the parts of the day when the rain stops and we get some clearer skies.

I did take quite a few shots Tuesday when it was overcast.

The colorful leaves below brighten up the sky and water tower.

As the branches become naked I think they lend a gothic atmosphere to photography.

The church bell tower was playing peekaboo below.

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ABC Wednesday: R is for River

Roaring River for R day. I took this shot in May of 2011 in West Virginia. This time of the year these trees are probably all bare by now.

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Our World Tuesday: Sunny Sunday Walk on November 10

Lately we've had blue skies on Sunday which makes for pleasant walks.

We've had plenty of rainy days and gray days but nice to have some pretty weekend days.

I can hardly believe that we are almost half way through November.

The mallards seem to be pairing off.

There were only two cormorants on the pilings but usually I see four or five.

There were lots of white ducks.

You aren't supposed to feed the ducks or geese at Shelley Lake but this little boy was tossing pine straw at them and they were going for it.

I love the fall colors reflected in the water.

I was surprised how few people were walking at the lake.

It was a peaceful morning without many other people around.

There are still a lot of fall leaves brightening up the trees.

 Because of the different times trees change colors and lose there leaves there is a pleasant mix of bare branches and colorful ones.

One thing I notice in the winter is how much more light there is walking around the lake when the trees drop there leaves.

It's nice on cold days that more sunshine makes it through the trees.

I spend a lot of time looking up and pointing my camera up.

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