Sunset, Blue Sky, Bare Trees, Beautiful

I know that I just posted a few hours ago, but I can’t help it. I need to post again.

About an hour ago I looked out the window, and noticed that the sky looked lovely – deep blue with the white clouds streaked against it. So I decided to go sit out on the deck and take a few photos.

I went and sat there and started snapping away.

Then I saw a part of the sky that I really wanted to take a picture of. But I needed to get up to take it. Once I was off the deck, I went for a walk.

And I was richly rewarded.

The wind was (and is) quite busy. It was mostly warm, but suddenly I would feel a bit of cold in it, making me thankful that I had worn a jacket.

And it reminded me that, although it was 80 degrees out today, winter is still coming. It is not far off.

I watched the sky slowly change from bright to dark, and the clouds drifting across it.

The sunset wasn’t a beautiful, colorful, amazing sunset. It was just a quiet going-away of the sun. The sky stayed mostly blue, with some yellows and golds near the sun, and just the faintest tinges of pink here and there.

I decided that I needed to visit one of my favorite places – the clearing (if that’s what you would call it) behind the pond. It is so open and beautiful. The thick grass is framed on all sides by the trees. This time of year you can see through them all the way past the pond to the road, but in the spring and summer it is more difficult.

It feels very secluded back there, even though it isn’t.

I took Meiling and Noah with me to the clearing-behind-the-pond. Meiling told us a bit of a story on the way. It went something like this.

“Once there was a man named Mr. Mashmallow. He liked dogs. So he bought a dog. It was a hound dog.”

(I immediately started singing “Hound Dog.” Once I finished, she continued.)

“They also had a green buffalo in their yard.”

“A green buffalo?” I asked, “In their yard?”

“Yes,” she responded.

I think that is far as she got.

On the way back home, while we were passing two conifer trees growing closely together, she said, “I am going to check if there is a bear.” She used her flashlight to check if there was.

She then calmly informed me, “You have a baboon in your jacket.”

At this time my jacket was tied around my waist. Not sure exactly what was meant by this. I don’t think she was referring to me. No, she doesn’t do that yet.

She then informed me that she was trying to “freak me out.”

She makes me laugh.

And not long after that, we were home.

On the deck – the sky through the tree

Relaxin’

This caption goes for the next few pictures: I LOVE the bare tree limbs against the lovely sky!

LOVE the clouds

An airplane flew by 🙂

I LOVE THE CLOUDS!!!!

Leaving the deck

Somebody’s excited about her bone!

These trees are my favorite. They look so beautiful all the time – in spring, summer, winter, and fall, in fresh green, bright sun, soft rain, and snow