The Magic Of An Iowa Sunrise

On Monday morning this week, I took the puppies to the end of the driveway a little before 6 a.m. We can't actually see the sunrise because the house is in the middle of a hill, but we saw the colors radiating out from it, and that was a beautiful surprise.

On Tuesday morning at 6 a.m., we could tell that it was going to be a dreary, rainy day. The color was just along the tree line horizon, but that was about the extent of it. I love that shade of blue, though.

On Wednesday morning, the sky was even darker than the day before despite that dramatic pink strip running all the way across. Later in the day we would have sideways rain, blown by gale-force winds, so this sky should have been my indicator of things to come.

On Thursday morning, the storm had moved out and the puppies and I enjoyed the fog rolling through under that gorgeous blue-to-orange morning sky. Ok, I enjoyed the sky while they enjoyed exploring and discovering what creatures had roamed the driveway overnight. To each their own.

On Friday morning, we could barely see the sun through a dark bank of clouds. They didn't last long, quickly floating away to bright sunshiny skies for the day. Mind you, all these pictures were taken at the same time of morning, right around 6 a.m., but look at how completely different they are. That's the magic of an an Iowa sunrise for you!