Hello February
February has entered with a bang!
I won’t bore you with the details of the numerous lemons life has served us that we are struggling to make lemonade with, but I will show you the progression of stormy skies that welcomed this second month of 2013. It was a wild party in the sky most of the day with only gray and overcast during the morning . The real show began after noon.
12:47pm
On my way to care for a neighbors farmily, I noticed the gray skies hovering over the Cooney Hills and blue skies with snow over Squaw (not pictured).
1:47pm
Back at home the sky went from gray to blueish purple with high winds and wet snow squalls for a couple of hours.
4:01pm
We went to town to take care of some ranch business and looked back toward the hills. That’s Squaw Mountain back covered with snow from the afternoon squalls. That cloud separation in the middle is pretty wild eh?
5:01pm
Coming back home, the sun was starting to set behind the hills.
5:04pm
The space there between the hilltops and the upper clouds is dead air, calm and cool. Wind is sweeping off the hills and whipping into the lower clouds just above the road.
5:07pm
5:11pm
5:18pm
Once back home, the sun went down behind the mountains. The clouds cleared out overnight and Saturday was cool and clear.
Phew! What a way to start off the month.
These skies are breathtaking! Magnificent, Leah.
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Marion said it perfectly! These are awesome photos and you live in a beautiful place (especially from a distance with no wind, snow, or ice blowing in my southern face!).
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That is wild! Especially that layer of clear air between the clouds!
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How absolutely, completely ridiculous these photos are in the absolute BEST way! Your eye and talent continue to astound me. I love that you share this with all of us.
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Crazy skies. I hope you do get some lemonade from those lemons. 🙂
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Wow, you have some amazing skies over your ranch! Beautiful!
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Wow, what wonderful skies and space. I love the first & second photos, and it’s fascinating the way the cloud line sets just beneath the mountain ridge in the last ones. Thanks!
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Beautiful! What camera do you use?
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What a phenomenal gallery at your fingertips, Leah. You are surrounded by beauty. Thank you for sharing the beauty with us.
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