Sunday, December 9, 2018

DECEMBER SUNRISE

 The benefit of getting up early on a Sunday morning in almost winter is this...a cherry red sunrise. As they say, "Red sky in morning, sailors take warning." We are expecting a Pacific storm to blow in today or tonight.
 It wasn't until I loaded this photo on the computer that I saw something else...a reminder of a Western sky that we don't ever want to see out our kitchen window! Perhaps a hint of the future and surely a pulse raising reminder of the immediate past...
So I'll choose this photo to ease my mind and remind myself that there can still be beauty in nature to enjoy.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

STAR OF THE DECEMBER GARDEN

 The oak leaf hydrangea is giving us a real show this year! Besides the white blossoms that turn to green, then to mauve and last to a pink gold, the big leaves have really become the best of the fall color.
 The leaves have turned from dark green to yellow, to orange, to pink, to fuchsia, to  mauve, and finally to a deep blue grey.