Winter Sunrise

Posted on January 29, 2008 by

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Good morning! January 29 2008

Not having a great singing voice, I’m trying to resist a rousing rendition of “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.” But oh, it really is. I hope it’s equally beautiful wherever you are today!

Category: Today in the Garden

2 Comments on “Winter Sunrise”

  1. Reminds me of my granddad, who was sailor, “Pink sky at night, sailors delight, pink sky in morning, sailors take warning.”

    You’ll have to let us know how the weather was by the end of the day!

    He was quite right, Jim. Within an hour, the sky was totally gray, and so far we’d had both freezing rain and drizzle, with heavy rain on the way. Oh, well!
    -Nan

  2. You commented a while back that you had a sunset picture that looked just like one of mine, you weren’t kidding! Wow that’s a nice tree line for your sunset. Great picture. I didn’t know you had started your own blog separate from GGW. It looks good! Thanks for adding me as a fave on Blotanical!

    Dave, good to see you here! Actually, this is my sunrise view, but the sunset tree line is very similar. I enjoyed seeing your own pictures the other day; the weather’s been rather dreary here, so no pretty sunrises *or* sunsets for a while.
    -Nan

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