The Okanagan Valley can produce some amazing cloud formations …
… at any time of year, winter or summer …
… providing fanciful views …
… of sunset cloud kingdoms …
… or alien craft …
… wherever your imagination might like to go …
… but always interesting; always beautiful.
Happy Friday.
A fun Saturday question for you: is this photo upside down or right side up?
The answer will be in the comments.
Happy Saturday; have a good weekend.
‘Cloudland’ …what if we could float amongst the clouds?…
Cloudland
A beautiful cloud capture from Andy at Ebb Then Flood. Please click the link above to see more of Andy’s photography.
Echo Lake
A beautiful scene from Peerless Cynic. Please click the link above to see more of Peerless’s lovely nature photography.
Here in the Okanagan, the natural weather pattern in the winter is rain, but now and then we get some very precious sunny periods.
When a bit of December afternoon sun arrives …
… it’s a very lovely thing …
… to be treasured and prized to get us through the next onslaught of rain.
Happy Monday.
Two weeks ago we experienced a phenomenal winter sunset; I posted some of the pictures of it here, but there are several additional others that I quite like.
The rosy winter colours were particularly beautiful …
… and I loved the reflection on the lake’s surface.
The lake was so calm that it was an almost perfect mirror.
I stood watching this lovely show until it was over …
… so happy that I hadn’t missed it.
I hope you have a very happy – and very rosy – Thursday.
We are taking a mini-break holiday to Victoria which is on Vancouver Island, an hour-and-half by ferry from Vancouver. We had the most beautiful day for the drive through the mountains and then for the ferry trip.
Happy Thursday.
For this time of year, we had a rare, beautifully sunny day and later on, the snowy mountaintops were lit by the afternoon sun.
We also had windless conditions with a high of 4C (39F) so it really was lovely. A crisp December day without being too crisp!
Naturally, a sunny day came with a lovely sunset which was much appreciated by all of us damp people!
Happy Tuesday.
Yesterday I awoke to an intense wind storm that was later accompanied by buckets of pelting rain. Later in the day though, it had cleared sufficiently for a walk.
I expected it to still be quite windy but as my walk progressed, the wind calmed and the clouds began to dissipate.
We even had a minor rise in temperature of 0.5C (that’s a 1° rise in F) for a high of 3.5C (38F). Not fantastic but seriously much better than freezing and without a doubt better than the -15C (-9F) that Yellowknife is experiencing!
I also found these dianthus (also known as sweet william) blooming prettily in a protected spot. Even their lovely scent was still noticeable.
We are supposed to get freezing rain tomorrow, but we’ll see what materialises: nothing, I hope!
Happy Sunday.
Happy Wednesday.
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