Saturday Sky

Haven't posted a photo for a while, so thought you might like today's view.

This is 7.30 this morning.


And this is the same view at 11.30 this morning



Not much of a difference except there is a bit more sun in the second photo.

It started snowing around 9.00 yesterday morning and hasn't stopped.

Saturday Sky

It's been a little while since I've posted a photo of Saturday's sky so today you get two.

One from this morning and the other from this afternoon.




Not much difference in the sky but a couple of degrees rise in temperature makes the snow disappear. And snow in the morning was a perfect excuse to finish the sweater and wear it.

Saturday Sky and.......

I did take a photo last Saturday and I was getting ready to post it today when I saw this



So I decided you could have two sky photos today. We get interesting cloud formations which makes for wonderful sunrises. But you have to be quick as they don't last long.

And here is the photo from Saturday.



It was taken just before sunset. Unfortunately, you can't see the sun shining between the clouds and the houses.

Saturday Sky

It's been a while since I've posted a photo of the sky, so to make up for it here's two from yesterday.

This is what the sky looked like in the morning. No way was it going to be an 11 degree day. Although the sun came out in the afternoon, the high only reached 6 degrees.
What I find interesting about this photo is that the camera has picked up a blue tint in the sky that could not be seen with the naked eye. I saw it through the view finder before I took the photo. To my eye the sky was very white, I do not know if the blue was there or if this is a quirk of the camera.



We did not get any snow but this is the cloud formation last night.



As usual, the weather forecast this morning is different from the report two days ago; it seems that everything is a couple of days off, so instead of it being a nice weekend, it will be fine just in time for everyone going back to work.

Saturday Sky

This is a photo taken on 28 July, the first day of our holiday. We were in Nelson, B.C.

It is the smoke from a forest fire. A helicopter had been flying regularly but not constantly with something in its bucket to put on the fire. It must have been some sort of fire retardant, maybe water but they were not dragging the lake as the helicopter was flying the length of the lake to land after each trip.

The smoke was a lot more red when we first went so I don't know if the change meant that the fire had been reduced but it would have made a better photo.

The next morning when we checked out of our hotel, there was a group of fire fighters leaving. They must have been working on that fire.

Big Sky Saturday

As you can probably guess from the title we were in Montana at the weekend. It was about 3 1/2 hour drive to East Glacier Park. Which wasn't a bad place to stay as it had a few restaurants.

So here is a picture of the big sky



At one of the water falls we saw a bird that flew in and out of the water. It floated under the water and jumped out at just the right time onto a rock. Considering how fast the water was flowing this was an amazing feat.



I took a lot of photos over the weekend many of them duplicates because I was trying different shutter speeds and I am not going to bore you with a load but this tree fascinated me as I could not see what the roots were growing into as I thought we were on solid rock but there must have been some goodness there somewhere.

Saturday Sky

I bet you're glad you waited for this one!



In California they call this June Gloom. Not sure what we should call it here. Anywhere else it would be April showers.

The good thing - don't have to water the garden.
The bad thing - grass is growing but it's too wet to cut
The good thing - we have a water butt (aka rain barrel)
The bad thing - it's not connected to a down spout (yet)

Saturday's Sky

Not sure if another picture of a tree counts as Saturday Sky but here goes anyway.



The tree is not well positioned but it was there when we moved in and we decided not to move it. It will end up an odd shape as we prune to fit the space available. I am really enjoying the smell of the apple blossom.

Saturday morning I went to the Horticultural Society Plant Exchange. I didn't have any plants to exchange but I was allowed to buy 5 plants for $2.00 each. I chose some for the shady parts of the garden.

Saturday afternoon I dug a new flower bed. Although by the state of the soil -good- and the decorative rocks I found I think there must have been a flower bed there at some point that other owners of the house didn't maintain so it got overgrown with dandelions.

I didn't think to take a before photo but here is a photo of one pile of dandelions I dug out.



And here is a photo of the dug flower bed. I still need to get some edging.



Yesterday I planted a Monks Hood and a Columbine.

And in case you need another photo, here are the rocks I found.

Saturday's Sky

A typical Spring sky for this week.

This is the tree in my neighbour's yard. I hope they didn't notice me taking the photo and wonder what I was up to. Although they are nice neighbours and wouldn't have minded anyway.

On the garden front; the male member's of the household started to build the raised beds and they are looking good.

Saturday's Sky

I didn't know if the title should be Saturday's Night Sky or Saturday Night's Sky. Here it is anyway.



Saturday dawned warm and sunny which was a relief after the rain (and snow) of the previous two days. The lawn wasn't dry enough to rake but I cleared the leaves out from the flower beds and trimmed the dead matter from the perennials. Today we laid the landscaping fabric on the big weed patch and I think it looks better already.

Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Weather Man

I decided that it was about time that I posted a photo that I actually took on a Saturday. So here it is.



Note the blue sky. This was the first blue sky for a week. By Wednesday (the 4th) we had reached the total of April's average snow fall. This was due to the low temperatures otherwise it would have been raining. In other words no blue sky. The weather forecasters were embarrassed as they had been predicting temperatures of at least 16 degrees for the weekend. I'm sure they get it right sometimes.

Saturday's Skies

I am not sure if I am breaking a rule of the Saturday Skies web ring when I post photos that were taken on a day other than a Saturday but, sometimes, the sky is more interesting on other days.

This photo was taken on Sunday morning. Now it is Spring we get heavy snow, rain and heat in the same day. An hour after the photo was taken you would not have known it had snowed.

Saturday's Skies

Well this is Friday's skies really. There was no school on Friday and spousal unit was out of town. Many people would take the opportunity to stay in bed but I like to get up early and enjoy the quiet. Where we live is fairly quiet so I can open the curtains and enjoy the start to the day. At the right time of the year I can watch the sun come up. So Friday, I made a cup of coffee, took the last piece of pumpkin pie, and sat with my knitting to watch this.



This is a Chinook cloud at sunrise. Pretty amazing, eh? I should have gone out to the fields to take a picture of just the sky but I was still in my PJs and I didn't want to scare anyone.

Warm Enough For My New Sweater

For once the weather forecasters were correct. The Chinook came in on Saturday. On Friday it was hard to imagine that we would get a Chinook as it was snowing and the temperature was around -10 C. But we have had a Chinook cloud since Saturday although today it is still below freezing in our part of town.



Anyway, it reached about 10 C on Saturday so I was happy to wear my new sweater. I am pleased with how the sweater fits and I will be using it as a template for sizing other things I knit for myself.

Saturday's Sky

It's a good thing that the webring is called Saturday Sky as this means you get some blue sky. After the Chinook last Monday, it has snowed every day. But, at least, it stopped snowing during the day on Saturday and we had some sunshine. So make the most of it as it is going to have to keep you going for a few more days.




On the knitting front, the mess from last week is fast becoming a pair of socks.

Saturday Skies

Here are a couple of photos from yesterday. They were taken shortly after 7.30 am.


The first one is the view from the back of the
house and you can still see the full moon;
the second one is the view from the
front of the house and it shows
the sun rising through the clouds.



Here is a photo from last Saturday. It was a lovely sunny day and I noticed an airplane that looked as if it was going straight up. I am pleased that the con trail came out in the photo.

Saturday Skies

Woke up Saturday morning to a very grey sky that looked full of snow. Snow had been forecast for Friday night but we hadn't had any so I was expecting it to snow at any time. I decided that it was too boring to take a photo. The winds came in during the morning and the sky turned from grey to this



Late in the afternoon the sky had changed to this

Saturday's Sky

Don't tell anyone but this is really a photo of Friday's sky. I took the picture as I liked the cloud formations. It snowed most of the day on Saturday so the true Saturday sky was just a mass of grey. I thought this was a little more interesting.

Saturday's Sky

Have new batteries in camera so back to the regular Saturday feature. For your viewing pleasure there are two photos. Actually, they are of the same thing, can you spot the difference?



Yes they are the same thing. Just different settings on the camera. I always have the camera set for auto flash. When I took the first photo I couldn't understand what the blotches were; I was taking the picture through an open window. Then I realised (I was going to say dawned on me - but that's too much of a pun) that it was the flash, so the second photo was taken without the flash.

Saturday's Skies

Here are two photos. Sunrise and just before sunset. Hope you can see the pink tinge in the second one. Temperature was about 0 C.