Sunday Sky

During the last part of 2013 my very good friend Lenna Andrews was running a challenge every Sunday on the Blipfoto site which was to celebrate the sky by taking a picture that had to contain at least 50% of that heavenly body. That challenge has now come to an end but it taught me to study the sky with even more focus, and not just on a Sunday.

This morning I couldn't help but notice that the sky about 20 minutes after sunrise was looking particularly delightful so I have decided that I'm carrying on if and when,  with the SundaySkies challenge and will try and capture a sky on Sundays. It's not guaranteed to happen every week. Sometimes the skies here are just too grey to bother and sometimes there will be other pictures taking precedent.

In fact you can expect (and I think you might have noticed already) more pictures of the sky.

Sunrise

What can be said about sunrise that hasn't been said before a thousand times and more. So I'm leaving the talking to others today.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope (Bernard Williams).

 Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death shouldn't be an even greater one. (Vladimir Nabokov)

“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.”  (Jo Walton)

Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both. (Amy Grant)

A beautiful Sunrise

While walking the dogs in the semi gloom I could see an orange glow above the hills in the distance. It promised to be a beautiful sunrise. So after dropping the dogs off at home, I continued with my camera along the lane and was rewarded for my efforts. First of all I discovered these lovely fungi on a tree trunk by the side of our garden. This is the sort of detail you miss when in a car.

Then I noticed that the sun was just about to make his appearance over the hills. I could never get bored of seeing this happen, with the look changing from minute to minute.

 The cloudscape above was also such a delight with the soft fluffing clouds over the darker mass below.

And then came the most spectacular show of all!