This was the view out my back door from 7:00 this morning to 7:05.

I was working on the computer when I saw a strange glow out of the corner of my eye. It was the sunrise reflecting off the buildings to the west. That’s interesting, I thought to myself, and got up to have a look. When I turned around, I saw this out the kitchen window. I grabbed my camera, ran outside, and started taking photos.

But my camera isn’t the greatest, my hands aren’t the steadiest, and the light, while beautiful, wasn’t that strong. I raced back upstairs for the tripod, set it up, and took one photo. Then my batteries died. The color was leaking from the sky, the clouds passing on their way, the sun piercing the trees. All I could do was watch, and laugh.

Yesterday was dark and gloomy. If things had gone against me like this yesterday, I probably would have sat down and cried. But today, the experience itself was almost enough. Even if I didn’t have any photos to show for it, I would still be happy.

Lesson: Make your own internal weather. And buy more rechargeable batteries.

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