Sunrise series

[mnhtnbb]

this morning from my balcony. I am going to miss this when I move.

6:57 am



7:00 am



7:04 am



7:05 am



7:10 am

[niyad]

1. Simply stunning. Thank you.

[soothsayer]

2. Earthquake clouds! Those fishbone ripples

Thought by some to be caused by minor rumbles, sometimes portending a bigger quake.

Pretty though.

[mnhtnbb]

4. We're not in earthquake country, although in the 20 years I've lived in NC

I have felt a couple of quick shakes. Nothing like California! I was a student at UCLA when the Sylmar quake hit in 1971. My roommate and I thought it was the end of the world and we were over the hills in Westwood, not in the San Fernando Valley.

[CrispyQ]

3. Wow! I can't pick a fave, they are all so beautiful!

[Duppers]

5. Stunning!

Moving, you say? To where, may I be so nosy to ask?

[mnhtnbb]

6. Out of a high rise apartment building to a single level house about 20 miles from here.

My move is motivated by what I think is a paradigm shift in normal living brought about by the coronavirus. I think we're going to be masking and socially distancing for at least several more years. I, for one, am not going to be anxious to be first in line for a vaccine, and I know I'm not going to get the same immediate treatment that Trump has gotten if I catch it and I'm at high risk.

So, I'm trading my downtown living where I could walk to everything--the ballet, the symphony, the post office, terrific restaurants, the bank, etc--for a new house being built in a small development where half the land has been left untouched for conservation. I will have a small patio/courtyard area where I can be outside--with no one else around--and surround myself with plants, flowers, and a fountain. I don't expect to be traveling, either, in the next few years which was something I had been doing several times a year.

Still in the Triangle area of North Carolina and still in one of the few blue counties in NC.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Omigod, my dear mnhtnbb!

Well, these are sure stunning. I know you'll miss them, and I hope your new home will compensate you in other ways. I hope there will be places you can photograph that will make you (and us) happy!

Thanks for sharing.

[mnhtnbb]

8. The glorious colors in the sunrise last about 15 minutes

or at least they did this morning. Sometimes longer.

That leaves a lot of day/evening/night to experience other aspects of the beauty of nature. I do hope to spend a lot more time outside, especially in my little courtyard garden after it is planted in the spring. There will be access to a 22 mile walking/biking trail (The American Tobacco Trail) from the end of the cul de sac near my house. There is a gallery of photos here https://www.traillink.com/trail/american-tobacco-trail/ So, maybe there will be some subjects along there.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Nice bunch of photos! I am sure you'll find subjects worthy of photographing along there.

You will always be able to find beauty! You have the photographer's eye.

[Tom Kitten]

10. Very very beautiful!

No need for tv or the intertubes with a view like that! Just sit back and watch the sky. 😎

[Ohiogal]

11. Just gorgeous!