Sunrise, Sunset...and a Deer and Barn! A kalideoscope of photos.

One day, I was heading out on a nine hour trip

to attend a good friend's son's wedding downstate.

As I pulled out on the highway right beside my little town,

THIS was the morning's sunrise!:

The highway is to your left on this shot:

It only stayed this intense for about five minutes.

I was so happy to see it.

I embarked on the road trip farther.

I had to pick up two girlfriends who were driving down in the car with me.

Needless to say, there was plenty of laughter in the car during that long, long trip.

We were so looking forward to the mini-reunion where even more friends

were going to be at the wedding.

I figured it was a great omen to start the trip with that beautiful sunrise.

A promise of good times to come.

And then, we finally got to her house by sunset.

And THIS greeted us:

Almost identical, intense colors,

only that was the sunset.

Amazing!

And yes, we had a GREAT time.

One should rely more on omens. Don't you think???

On one of our treks out in the woods after getting back from the wedding,

I saw a neat old, falling apart house.  I had to take it in black and white:

It looks a bit breezy!

From Nov. 15th to Nov. 30th here, it is firearm deer season.

About a month ago, we saw this beauty in the woods.

She just stood there and posed.

I hope she is wiser now, and still safe:

I know many deer would starve to death if they didn't allow hunting up here.

And I even like venison sausage...

but I can't bear to think of killing one.

If it was up to me, I couldn't do it.

I know it is hypocritical of me to think both ways (liking venison yet not being able to kill one).

I eat meat, but could never slaughter an animal either.

I try not to think of it as I am grilling a juicy T-bone on the grill or frying up bacon.

Let's move on, shall we?

I'm getting guilty and hungry at the same time. LOL

 

Here is that same abandoned farmhouse, now done is Sepia.  Isn't it fun to play around with your shots?:

May you get to play a bit today.

It is essential.

And it helps with that guilt thing.

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Don't forget to enter the montly FREE PHOTO CONTEST!!

This month's theme is:

CLOUDS

Enter no later than midnight on Nov. 30, 2010

following THESE RULES.*

*You CAN use a picture you have published before on your blog.

ONLY ONE day left PEOPLE!!

If everything pre-publishes the way it is supposed to,

this blogpsot

will publish on August 31st, very early in the morning...

and

you

know

what

THAT

means?!!

You have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

to send me your gorgeous sunrise/sunset picture

to be entered into

the

FREE MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST for August.

Any photo of a sunrise or sunset will do...

If I can do it,

YOU

can do it!!

Here are some of mine:

This is at dusk by Manistique, Michigan:

Sunrise at our dock on the lake:

Sunset over our little town:

Sunset at Madeira Beach, Florida:

Sunset over my little town and lake, taken from our boat on the lake:

Lady walking the beach at sunset at Madeira Beach, Florida:

Orange sunset over the Atlantic Ocean:

Sunset with Benefits (sunrays!):

There!

Now, get out those archived vacation pictures...

I bet you have a knockout sunrise

or sunset photo in there somewhere!

If not,

wait until the sun sets tonight!

Who knows?

Maybe it will be one of the prettiest sunsets

EVER!!

Send in your photos before midnight,

following

THESE RULES...

except I changed one rule...you CAN send me a photo you have already posted

on your blog (if you have a blog).

Sunrise at Lake Michigamme!

I couldn't sleep one night, so I went out in the Great Room (which faces the lake) to sleep.

Something made me wake up really early.

I think God tapped me on the shoulder and pointed out to the lake.

Because THIS

is what I saw:

The only thing I love more than sunsets,

is

sunrises:

As the sun came up, it turned from orange to pink and purple:

And turned my yard into a frosted wonderland of pastel pinks and purples.

And the lake? It was strawberry milk:

Looking off my deck to the left, more of the lake in color:
I hope you get to see many sunrises in your life, too!

Sunrises are promises of a new beginning...