Jupiter and the moon on Solstice last night.
Solstice celebration fire
Jupiter and the moon early this morning.
The Big Dipper rising early this morning.
Orion in black lace trees in the wee hours of the morning.
Dusk this evening
Moon shining through the clouds tonight.
Moon got caught in black lace trees trying to shine through the clouds last night.
Dawn was quite colorful.
Sunrise was drab
Cottonball clouds at 9:00
Thick clouds at noon
Cranes at 3:00
Gray sunset at 5:00
No moon is seen through thick clouds over black lace trees tonight.
Gray Dawn
Gray morning
Cranes fly over under skies
Daddy Owl hanging at dusk on the nest I hung on Susan’s Tree.
Daddy Owl loves the pedestal of bark I built onto the nest. It’s a good perch to hoot on.
Gray sunset
After sunrise
Lots of crows
“You gonna eat that cheez?” “Thinking about it!”
Cranes and the crescent moon
Crescent moon at sunset
Sunset
Dawn
Deer
Dusk
Venus shines through clouds reflecting city lights in pre-dawn darkness.
Clouds and contrails in the late afternoon.
Clouds breaking up at sunset.
Black lace at dusk
Jupiter shines through clouds reflecting city lights in post-dusk darkness.
Venus over red dawn
Pink at dawn
More red at dawn
Cranes under gray clouds
While waiting for pink, purple, or red, Sandhill Cranes flew overhead on their way to roost.
Gray dusk with contrails blending into clouds.
Moon and Venus at dawn
Sandhill Cranes flying to the Rio Grande to roost at sunset.
Sunset
Venus, the Moon, and I rose at the same time this morning.
Twenty-four degrees
I stood out in my skivvies
Like a frosted flake
Venus and the Moon shapeshifted through the glass.
The various crescents are moonlight fractured by condensation on the glass. Venus made some mean-looking faces.
Back to normal
Venus and the Moon at dawn.
Lower left to top: Orion, Kiss Flying-V, and The Pleiades. Top right: Jupiter.
Brad mentioned seeing The Pleiades in yesterday’s photo meant Orion was not far behind. I’ve taken many photos with Orion in them recently, but I haven’t posted Orion in a while.
Off Center & Not Even 