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EDIT:  9/11/08 Skywatch post is actually here – sorry about that!

Here’s a non-evening shot of my wonderful kitchen window view.  Can you even imagine how beautiful it is in the fall?  And in the spring?  I will share.  I promise.  Soon there will be pictures of neat round bales of hay out there, beyond the pond.

Can’t really see how stunning the sky is in this shot.  You know the saying . . . "Red at night is the shepherd’s (or sailor’s) delight" – this was beautiful.

Since you always get to see the view from one direction, I decided to swing around and show you the opposite direction.  This would be my library window view.  That "road" is our drive-way . . . a long and dusty one, right on the edge of our property.  Beyond the immediate neighbors is family land again.  Prince Farming’s parents and brother own that next hill.

For more stunning sky shots from around the world, and from the other side of the pond(s) visit this site. 

This shot was taken just a couple of days ago.  It’s amazing when you look outside at just the right moment and recognize a photo-worthy sky.  Very cool.  And very new to me.  Of course being somewhat limited in my photography skill and equipment, I’m sure that a hundred others would have taken a totally WOW photo of this same moment.  If someone can explain (in very slow, simple language) how to improve this shot using a PHD camera (Push Here Dummy) I’d be most grateful. (btw – I knew to turn the flash off.  thank you.)  The shots I took of just the sky (without the pond) didn’t show the color as intensely as the reflection in the pond did.  And truly, the colors were equally brilliant.  I guess the creative thing to do would have been to crop the sky out of the shot and just do the pond reflection thing.  Ah – yes.  This is why I blog.  

This same photo could be placed under a new heading brewing in my mind.  Something along the lines of "Things I See at the Pond"  or maybe "Gazing out my Kitchen Window".  C O R N Y.  Anyway – I really do enjoy my kitchen window.  And I am thoroughly loving the things I see in, around, or near the pond.  I do have a collection of photos started.  But the collection will be appreciated more fully when people other than myself will be able to identify the tiny dots on the picture (ie I need to find the other lens).  So you can anticipate more Pond Watch photos in the future.