Oh, how I am kicking myself for not being prepared for this. I wasn’t expecting much in the way of a cool sunrise yesterday so I didn’t plan on being anywhere appropriate.

As I was driving to my photo destination, I quickly saw that was a mistake. To the east was a beautiful show with a sun pillar-like shaft of light shooting vertically.

I did the best I could, stopping just off I-25 north of Denver and quickly finding a place to stop. The foreground wasn’t ideal but my goodness, what a beautiful show in the sky.

It’s been a while since I shared a strictly “landscape” shot so here is one from back in the middle of October.

Wildfires were raging in the west and, in the end, were quite disastrous. One benefit to them was the amazing sunrises and sunsets the smoke created. Certainly, here on the Colorado Front Range we are no stranger to beautiful views starting and ending the day but the smoke took it up another notch.

This shot shows globe of our sun soon after it rose above the horizon and the beautiful orange clouds above. On top, the beautiful blue skies of the Centennial State are seen.

Well, the year pretty much sucked but at least it closed out with a beautiful view. Yesterday morning I made sure I was in place to catch the show and was rewarded with this view. The frozen lake, blaze orange clouds and blue sky sure looked nice. Now, let’s just hope 2021 is better!

Saturday found me southwest of Denver, Colorado checking out a bald eagle nest. Unfortunately, the birds did not want to play that day but, not soon after arrival, Mother Nature put on one heck of a show and best of all, it was a stunner no matter which way you looked.

To the east toward the rising sun, the colors were deep orange and reflected nicely on a lake. To the southwest, the colors faded to pastel pinks and oranges lighting up a wave cloud beautifully.

It was hard to focus on one area so I found myself pivoting back and forth, soaking in the view one way before turning back to the other. Just awesome stuff!

Just a beautiful scene this past Sunday on my photo drive as the sun started to rise. The clouds were colored in pastel shades of blue, orange and pink and cast the entire landscape in some cool colors.

Certainly this holiday will be far different from Christmases of the past and I look forward to a return to “normalcy” next year. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope you and yours stay safe as we celebrate the birth of Our Lord.

When I flipped my calendar to December a few days ago, this is the image that greeted me and surprisingly, it is one that I have never shared on here.

Taken on July 31, 2019 in Homer, Alaska, it was one of our last days on what was an amazing trip to our 49th state. It was also my wife’s and mine 26th wedding anniversary. This trip was originally supposed to be for our 25th but had been postponed a year due to other commitments. The wait, was well worth it.

I had promised her a nice, lazy day with no crazy wildlife viewing excursions and definitely not any early morning wakeups – just a fun, relaxing day exploring this quirky town. Sticking to my word, I quietly got ready while she slept in, brewed some coffee, stepped out from the RV and looking to the east, this was the view.

Yes, I absolutely grabbed my camera and while I did snap some pictures, most of my time that early morning was spent just sitting, looking, drinking that coffee, soaking in the once-in-a-lifetime view and thanking God that He brought that beautiful woman into my life.

Well, if my Denver Broncos were doing better, I would probably call this a “Broncos sunrise” as it was taken this morning on a game day. Clearly the team is struggling so perhaps we’ll just forget football for this one.  😀  It was indeed a beautiful morning on the Colorado plains though and I ended up with a ton of pics, starting with this one.