Silence, please . . .

I woke before 5 this morning, gave in and got up at 5:45 admitting that I wasn’t going to get back to sleep.

It was worth it.

I drank my tea while watching this.

And now I want to share it . . .

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds that will burn considerable fossil fuel in these skies todaycan add nothing but noise — their fancy tricks have little appeal for me. How can they compete with, or contribute to, this natural beauty?

12 Comments

  1. Duchesse
    12 August 2009 / 4:06 pm

    That acrobatic flying is an acquired taste, but this… this is the greatest free show on earth.

  2. Puttermeister
    12 August 2009 / 5:31 pm

    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Thanks for sharing your morning with us.

  3. Susan B
    12 August 2009 / 6:19 pm

    Stunning photos! I love watching a good sunrise. Are the "red skies at morning" a portent of impending rain?

  4. Patricia
    12 August 2009 / 8:00 pm

    Thanks for sharing! Patricia

  5. Mardel
    12 August 2009 / 10:40 pm

    Beautiful, just beautiful. I can see the sunrise from my treadmill in the morning, and did so this morning, but it could not hold a candle to this.

  6. materfamilias
    13 August 2009 / 12:15 am

    Duchesse: I haven't acquired it yet, altho' I'll probably stroll down and check it out in the next hour.
    PM: Thanks!
    Pseu: We did have some scattered rain today . . .
    Patricia: You're welcome
    Mardel: Exercise bike, treadmill, and swim — you mix it up, don't you!

  7. Tiffany
    13 August 2009 / 4:11 am

    So beautiful … thanks for sharing!

  8. Tiffany
    13 August 2009 / 4:39 am

    By the way, I meant to say on the previous post, your daughters are stunning!

  9. materfamilias
    13 August 2009 / 5:56 am

    Tiffany: Thanks! I'm a bit mom-biased but I put them right up there with a gorgeous sunrise!

  10. Anonymous
    13 August 2009 / 1:06 pm

    So beautiful.

    Christine

  11. Anonymous
    16 August 2009 / 11:43 pm

    Your photos and your daughters are stunning indeed! And I absolutely agree with you about the Snowbirds. I mean, from an environmental, or economic, or political,or whatever point of view, I just can't see it. Also, they are so damn noisy!
    Thanks for the photos. I will get up earlier tomorrow!
    Carol

  12. materfamilias
    18 August 2009 / 5:00 pm

    as we've agreed before, Carol, when we run the world . . .
    that said, I'd better 'fess up — I did end up heading down to the pub to have a look, figuring I did enough of the cantankerous thing . . . Thora and I enjoyed beer and crabcakes and occasionally marveled at the spectacle. That's as far as I'd go to see it, though, and there has to be beer or wine. . .

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