Citygarden, Yesterday

I took my mom and a dear family friend down to Citygarden yesterday. It was the first day I'd seen that amazing fall-blue sky color, which made my favorite downtown building look pretty great. These were all taken with an iPhone, FYI.

Birthday Skies

On my birthday, the sky was full of the letter X. Luckily, I was able to capture them with my trusty iPhone.

8 a.m.

5 p.m. I realize it's hard to see the X, but trust me, it's there.

At the Japanese Festival

These banners depict carp, which swim upstream and therefore symbolize strength and perseverance. I'm going to need some of that on my first day back after the long holiday weekend.

As they say in Nihongo: Ganbatte, ne!

Michigan vs. Illinois: Round One

I've developed a thoroughly unscientific, completely biased theory that Michigan skies are the prettiest. Thus I present the first of several rounds of photo throwdowns.

Illinois:

Michigan:

Getting fancy with the camera

When you're on a road trip, you're not driving, and the sky is super-pretty, having a camera is a great boon.

Peace

East, West, North, South

Here in the Midwest, storms come on dramatically. This morning, I found myself racing one to work.

In front of me, to the east, were clouds and sun:

To the south, the clouds were advancing on blue skies.

Behind me, to the west, these clouds:

To the north, diagonal lines indicating the front:

Once I got to work, the scene to the west was this:

And to the east:

Once inside, I headed for the roof; this is to the east again:

These last two are to the south:

Sunday Morning, 6ish

A sky this nice makes being up this early a lot more tolerable.

What Friday Feels Like

Mountainous Clouds

Sometimes I wonder what it's like to live near the hulking presence of mountains. Today I found out -- it's a little intimidating, and very beautiful.

What the weekend will feel like

The forecast is for a high of 97 both days, with heat indices around 105. Ah, August.

This morning, 6ish

Heat and humidity got together with the sun this morning to make some pretty clouds.

What is that color, exactly?

Pink? Salmon? Something in between?

The tricky part about naming it is that it changes so fast. Sunsets will do that.

Yesterday, the sky did all the work for me.

As I was driving to meet a friend for yesterday's lunchtime thrifting spree I thought, "Wow, the sky is amazing today. I love taking pictures of the sky. And the buildings look great, too. I love taking pictures of buildings."

And that, my friends, is the story of how this blog came to be.

At 2:51 Facebook time, a friend who had no idea I'd decided to start this blog posted a status that said, "There are good shapes in the clouds today."

Freaky? Maybe. Groovy? Definitely.

These photos were taken in manual mode, but with default settings. They're in chronological order; the first three were taken around 1:30, and the others around 5:30.

Enjoy.