ODD SHOT MONDAY

The symbol above is for a new meme that Katney started recently .


I call this one my MATH cloud. Look at all those segments divided by high wires!

Sky Watch Friday #21

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Sky Watch Friday #18

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The skies offered a variety of things this past week:

This is a seagull flying above the parking lot at Walmart.

I heard and spotted the plane before I saw the sun rays coming from the cloud. I wasn't fast enough to catch the sunrays directly on the plane. See the plane at the left side of the sun rays? Enlarge by clicking if you can't.

A ray of hope through the treees before the storm?



"Cotton Candy Clouds"

Sky Watch Friday #17

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What a difference in the skies today from this with the sun trying to hide behind dark clouds

and the sun smiling under a blue sky with puffy white clouds. . . OK, so it's just a balloon but it makes for a good photo caption!

A Foggy New Year's Eve 2007

This was how thick the fog was this morning,

I went out to run a few errands and the sun was trying to say hello. . .

A couple hours later the sun was trying to peek out from behind the clouds.

Sky Watch Friday #8

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I finally made it out to the new transit center and this is what greeted me as I arrived via bus:

This is the clock tower at the new Salmon Creek Park and Ride (C-Tran bus depot). See the blue sky and big puffy white clouds that blew in after our Christmas snow.


Here is a different view and close up of the clock area. Can you see that tiny bit of blue sky peeking through? The white surrounding the clock tower is from fluffy clouds.

Sky Watch Friday #6

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I enjoyed the patterns made in the clouds this week, one of rain and even some snow showers for a couple hours that melted as it hit the ground. Glad I got my photos early since today, there is a dense freezing fog that will last until 9:00 AM at least.

























Lookie, lookie! After all that dense fog Thursday morning, the sun is trying to peek out!

Sky Watch Friday #5

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Can you see my airplane cloud?

Postscript:
I wanted to put two others up today also but Blogger is giving me trouble again so this one will have to do. My first comment was made when I had another photo up but without the other two, it is nothing so I removed it . . . in case you are wondering what they were commenting on.

And the rest of my SKY photos. . . and a meme at the bottom

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I saw this meme over on Bears in Exile and decided I could answer it so am sharing it with my already uploaded photos for Saturday:
1. Christmas is GRACE. [fill in the blank with ONE WORD]

2. In memories, what was the best part of your Christmases past? when we went to midnight church services and came out and it had started snowing.

3. Was Santa ever good to you? [describe how and what always -- I never once got a lump of coal

4. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or both? well we always went to Midnight church services on Christmas Eve first and by time as we got home it was Christmas day ---- so BOTH

5. Is there something you make each and every year? [craft or recipe] I always make fudge and frost a million sugar cookies.

6. What is your favorite five[5] Christmas songs/hymns? I could not possibly choose as I like them all . . . especially when Andy Williams, John Denver or Pat Boone sing them.

7. Is there a new tradition for Christmas since your childhood days? My tradition is to always gift a book -- plus the other present I give to everyone I buy for at Christmas time.

8. Describe one of your Christmas trips. [whether it's across town or across country. The only time I spent Christmas away from home while growing up and while an adult was a few years ago when son and wife and kids invited me for 2 and half days to come to their hoem for Christmas to celebrate. I traveled to Tacoma on the train and they picked me up there. Always before, they said Christmas Eve was their own immediate family's to celebrate and develop customs and they always went to the in-laws for Christmas. I was always left out except that one year.

9. Do you have a special Christmas outfit to wear for the day? I bought a black sweater with beatiful bells and poinsettias made of beads down the front on both sides.--

10. Have YOU or any of your family members sat on Santa's lap? I never have. I never had my kids photo with santa either. I believe in Santa like Virgiia O' Hanolan and the answer she got in the Sun.

11. What is/or will be on your Christmas tree this year? My tree reaches the ceiling and has 5 strings of mini colored lights. The rest is all handmade or unique ornaments, all different. I keep my tree up all year long so I can enjoy my ornaments. I only light the tree each night for two weeks before Christmas and briefly when a friend stops by so they can see it. I stop turning the lights on at Epiphany.


12. Do you/or have you decorated your yard for Christmas? I have lived in many places/states and never decorated the outside of the house. I live in an apartment now but if I had my own home, I would get one of those huge snow globes with a big snowman inside. I would get big lighted candy canes and line the sidewalk or driveway with them. I would have a manger scene on the lawn with a star of Bethlehem on the roof.

Sky Watch Friday #4

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I went for a walk after almost two days of non-stop rain and the sky was starting to clear. It's amazing what beauty the clouds demonstrate --the last one shows the beginning of a sunset. All were taken during a period of 4 hours the same afternoon.

Sunset

I saw this scene from my window and although the photo is taken through the glass window pane, I love the colors of the wispy clouds.

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This first photo is in honor of Veterans Day this past week. It was taken while at the Veterans Day Parade waiting for the floats and entrants to reach us. This small plane from Pearson Airpark circled the parade route in salute to our Vets. Click on it to enlarge photo and see the plane better. What a beautiful blue sky we had that day! It makes me wonder if God gave us that in recognition for our Veterans. . .


The second photo is from the following day. It was the beginning of what is to be a series of rain storms predicted for us this week and next.