Things Are Looking Up

COVID numbers are looking better in our area, and for most of the nation as well, I believe. On the personal level, Donna and I got our booster shots on the first day after they were approved, and that gives us a sense of confidence. 

Warm weather continues to linger here. As we near the end of October, I'm still walking at dawn with no jacket. For the past several days, the morning lows have been in the lower 60s. This morning, it was just above 70. Hard to believe it is well into autumn. I expect we will see some changes in the weather soon, though. So far, we really aren't seeing any changes in colors around here. Leaves are not really falling, and they certainly aren't showing any autumn colors. Perhaps that will change soon.

Our two youngest grandsons will be spending a couple of nights with us soon. One of the reasons we have been so careful with COVID and were eager to get our boosters is to protect them. Since they are too young for vaccines, we want to make sure that we don't pass anything on to them. Donna is planning all sorts of activities for the little tykes. We'll try to keep them entertained. I'll just try to survive.

Below are some sunrise pictures I recently took, followed by a few pictures of a full moon still hanging high at dawn.

I snapped this about 10 minutes into my walk one morning. 

This is the same picture as above, only zoomed in. Colors become more vivid in the zoom.

The clouds were moving swiftly across the still dark early morning sky.

I really like this shot of the moon in an opening of the clouds. Both of these pictures were taken from my front patio as I was about to set out on my walk.

For a contrast, here is the same moon over an hour later at the end of my walk. This picture was taken from the same location as the previous 2 pictures. The only other difference is that I did not zoom in for this shot, so the gate, wall, tree, and eave of the house are included.