So, how are your skies this December day? Click on the icon and join Sky Watch! Klaus and the Sky Watch team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy, Louise and myself host Sky Watch every week and it's a marvelous opportunity to share the beauty of your skies with people from all over the world. Please do read and follow the directions!
Here in Seattle we've had a little of everything, but right now it is brilliantly sunny, not one cloud, but who knows what tomorrow will bring???
When I woke up this morning and staggered up the stairs to feed the dogs, I glanced out the window and couldn't believe my eyes! It was a full moon, beginning to fade in a cloudless sky! I barely caught these two shots, and to see them well at all, you need to click on them to embiggen, but it was a breathless moment!
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir
I drove down to the harbor later to get a glimpse of snow on the Cascades, and again, not a cloud, just brilliant sunshine and blue skies!
But earlier this week we had our usual glorious sunsets!
The poetry of the earth is never dead. ~John Keats
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~Kahlil Gibran
The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. ~Author Unknown
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir
78 comments:
A magical moment. :)
Looks like the tree caught the moon; those are some beautiful shots!
Great collection of skies there Sylvia
our skies are pretty clear=no moisture yet. nice photos.
The full moon looks especially beautiful the way your captured it through the bare trees against the purple sky.
always looking forward to the beautiful seattle sky. rain is coming next week right?
Fantastic shots, Sylvia. Enjoy the sun today, too!
I hope you have a great day. Those two last pictures are just gorgeous. :)
Excellent captures of the moon in the pink morning sky!
Of course the Cascades always look beautiful, and the clouds make for a magnificent sunset.
Beautiful scene.
Great shots.
Luiz Ramos
You did it again Sylvia, these are all brilliant.
All the best
Guy
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Your skies have an astoundingly bleak beauty at this time of the year, Sylvia. I can imagine you throwing yourself all over town to capture your photographs.
Good image!
LOVE the bare branches .. fingers .. reaching up into the clouds!
Yes, there is something magic about the moon seen through branches. Lovely!
Sylvia, the last two images are fantastic! Wow! Super nice.
I'm all for the sun
Luckily you had to get up for the dog! Your other sky shots are great too!
Always lovely skies Sylvia!
The moon certainly has been lovely. It always takes my breath away.
I love that you can drive to see the snow on the Cascades and can enjoy it from a distance. :)
Carletta’s Captures.
Great cloud formations as expected, but those snow capped mountain views are wonderful. Have yourself a great weekend!
Great morning Moon and evening Sunsets.
Eaglesbrother
THo9se are beautiful photo's great shots
Lovely photos - there is always something special about moon shots
xo
A beautiful day in Seattle! And that gorgeous moon...
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing all those great shots.
Have a nice weekend
Gunill
Very nice series. :)
First skywatch for December and you captured the sky so well.
Beautiful skies, Sylvia! I love the color in the early morning sky.
Sylvia, those are beautiful skies. I am in awe of Gods creations. Must be a great experience standing there and watching it.
Beautiful capture of the moon on the treetop.
Your sunsets are gorgeous too.
Beautiful set! The snow capped mountains are gorgeous and the moon in the trees is stunning.
Glorious shots! You have access to so much beauty and the ability to appreciate and photograph it . . . wonderful!
Sylvia: I am in love with the photo of the Cascades, what a shot my friend. You should print that one.
Thanks Sylvia for your kind comment.
It is an honor to share with so many people.
Great serie of skies.
Have a great weekend!
Xavi
Sylvia, isn't it funny how similar, yet how very different, our parts of the world are?
Lovely shots. I think that I would recognize "the Sylvia style" of photography anywhere now, as you always capture such sweet soft colors. Thank you for sharing and for being such a wonderful supporter of Skywatch, as well as being a host.
Sylvia, you never disappoint. Very beautiful! don't you love a full moon? I caught it early this morning too.
These are all so beautiful. I love the moon behind the trees and the snow topped mountains are so lovely. All of these are wondrous skies.
lovely capture! sky is clear!
Happy skywatching and happy weekend!
Glorius pictures, you said it!
Your sunsets really are the best.
I could stay here and look at these pictures for a long time!
Have a great weekend!
The partially hidden moon in the second picture give a bit of 'mystery' to it. ;)
Just perfect!!
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Sylvia, your photos are beautiful...
As the moon waxes and wanes ... we do love its fulness~
Your commentary & quotes are beautiful and heartfelt.
A weekend of nature's beauty to you ~
Maria
lovely captures sylvia
Hi Sylvia
What lovely soft tones in the first 2 pics. Love the moon behind the tree... Snow and brilliant sunshine, and lovely blue blue sky, then lovely sunsets. Great set of pics :)
Have a nice weekend, Evelyn
Wonderful series of sky photos, I just love the full moon.
The view of the Sun through the leafless branches of the tree is very nice.
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Nature has it's phenomenas popping here and there and it takes luck and effort to capture them. Or dogs;) I've noticed having a dog makes you see and encounter more.
It is always a treat to see your beautiful skies, not to mention you are so close to capture them.
Enjoy your weekend, Ms Sylvia!
Sylvia, once again such beautiful skies. I love the purple color of the skies in the moon shots and I love the water shots. Beautiful!!
Sunny skies in Seattle? Surely not! But you have the lovely photos to prove it ... I love the colors and the light you've captured.
just wonderful.. absolutely lovely.
I love those moon shots!
More wonderful shots from the beautiful Seattle area. Thanks for sharing.
beautiful and I especially love how you grabbed your camera 9so early) and captured that gorgeous moon.
wonderful photos. I had hard time selecting the favorite. I think the snow-covered peaks would have to be it.
... "Look what I saw from the gazebo"
the quote is so apt..Keats is my fav poet..lovely
Beautiful snow on the mountian ranges. do you ski?
Trees are nice when they show their skeleton.
Those are amazing! The moon caught up in the tree is just superior! What a grand sight!
Great shots through the day, I liked the first and the last one more. Thanks for sharing
Gorgeous views.
Beautiful skies in your corner of the world this week. I especially love the ethereal, golden quality of the last two.
glorious captures!!!!
I do love that shot of the full moon. I can't see the moon here because we've got a down pour going on.
Absolutely amazing photos.
My hubby loved your "My world" post. Me, too.
Happy SWF, nice pictures.
I can feel the chill! Great use of the bare trees and lovely colours from the sky. Like J said, "A magical moment".
Have a good weekend.
Alexander
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Hi Sylvia, Thanks for the visit! Your skies are lovely; the shots of the moon look like the same dawn, with the same colors, just different trees! I agree, we have very similar shots.
I enjoy the quotes you include in your posts a lot!
Some sweet pictures here, so beautiful. I really like the moon through the bare bushes.
Yum! I'm terribly grateful to you for keeping me abreast of Seattle-area weather and the lovely skies thereabouts. My son's too busy these days to look up.
I really love the fact that you folks get the same weather, though a bit earlier than we do--and you're much better at getting it on film than I am. Thanks for sharing these!
You live in a beautiful area for sure! Lovely moon through the branches.
Your views are always gorgeous, Sylvia. You live in a wonderful world up there in Washington. Maybe some day I will see it for myself.
I love how you captured the moon peeking through the trees.
your sunset photos are always lovely! have a lovely weekend!
Fantastic photos! I love living in the PNW, the sky is ever changing, especially in the Fall.
That same moon has been following me too! The days are more magical when it´s around.
Lovely!
Our skies are not nearly so clear as this today! Snow squalls. Winter...came in with a bang!
Those first two shots are amazing! I'm glad you noticed and got out there in time with your camera. The rest of your photos are lovely too.
Hugs and blessings,
Sylvia, those are awesome captures of the full moon....oh how I wish I would have caught it too! Unfortunately I missed it! I love all of your photos!
I'm not sure I would ever call blue skies boring, but your cloudy skies are beautiful.
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