Skywatch Friday: A chill is in the air


Fall is in the air.  I've had to dig out some sweaters and jackets already.  This was the sky on the way to work yesterday.  It was cold and drizzly and somewhere behind all these clouds is my mountain--the 14,000 foot Pikes Peak.  Isn't that hint of a blue Colorado sky just glorious?

I bet they were getting S**W on the crest of my mountain.  Around my house we don't say the "S" word until at least November although the weather forecast calls for possible S**W flurries tomorrow.


 Happy Skywatch Friday!

My words of wisdom for the day: 
If you continue to expend your energy trying to change things that don’t really  matter in the long run or that are not within your sphere of influence, you’ll wind up exhausted and frustrated, with no positive results to show for your effort. - Julie A. Ross, M.A. and Judy Corcoran

Comments

Yogi♪♪♪ said…
Dramatic pic there Ellen. You keep that darn s**w to yourself. You are supposed to get snow in Colorado.
September 11, 2014 at 11:24 AM
sunshine said…
A wonderful sky photo.
September 11, 2014 at 3:03 PM
Rajesh said…
Nice view of the cloudy sky.
September 11, 2014 at 10:49 PM
Spare Parts and Pics said…
Beautiful sky, and glad you are not using the s**w word yet!!
September 11, 2014 at 11:14 PM
Lina Gustina said…
Dramatic clouds.
Thanks for dropping by.
www.womenandperspectives.com/2014/09/the-beauty-of-savanna.html
September 12, 2014 at 2:40 AM
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