Thursday, January 22, 2009

Sunrise This Morning

Are you tired of Mt. Hood yet? Sunrises are much more dramatic in the summertime when the sun rises farther north, but then I would have to get much earlier than I would like. This is the view this morning at 7:22 a.m.



I want to "collect" some more of the little churches near our farm too. I took a different way to work this morning to catch the early light on this one, which is about 3 miles up the road to the north of us. We have actually attended services here when we didn't have time to make it to our regular church.



I love what the early morning light does to a photograph, and isn't that blue sky something. It is a VERY rare sight around here this time of year. Usually.

I was going to include a detail shot of the lovely scroll work at the base of the steeple, but I thought it would be unkind to feature the bird doo that has accumulated over the winter...

8 comments:

Linda Fleming said...

I love old country churches, and that one is charming, even if it does have bird dooey on it-LOL!
Love your Mt. Hood sunrises. I don't think I would ever tire of your Mt.Hood sunrise photos.

MaryO said...

These are probably my favorite photos of all you've done this month. The sunrise is beautiful and the church has a simple charm that I love! GOOD ONES!

BumbleVee said...

you're still up way too early for me... I'm a notoriously poor sleeper and some mornings can hardly drag myself out by 8:30 or 9...
love the mountain pics...

Serena Lewis said...

I love charming church too...so pretty against the blue sky ~ :)

HElen said...

We are not toried of Mountain views, keep posted please!
Loce this sharp and beautiful picture of church, can make a nice postcard.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photo of the church, I love small churchs like this, my older brother is a pastor in a small church. Love the sunrise too!!

sandy said...

There is something about church steeples that I love seeing. Nice photos.

Raymonty said...

I like old books and reading them gives me insight into human nature.