Thursday, December 13, 2012

To the Cold Country and Back Again

I flew to Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon for a meeting this AM. With all my desert travels and living in S CA, I sometimes forget how the other half live! Folks in Minneapolis are going to enjoy a wonderful white winter. I took the photo below outside the back door of my Courtyard by Marriott hotel last night. Brrrrr!
Here's a b&w photo of the view outside my window on the flight home today...
And a little later, the skies were beautiful as we were on final approach into Orange County airport...
Made it back to my house by about 4:15 PM, just in time to take the dog and my camera out for a quick hike and capture some sunset shots to post for Skywatch Friday! Ah, it's good to be home!!



Have a great weekend!!

25 comments:

  1. Enjoying your sky shots so much! Nice to be home again :)
    Thanks for visiting!

    http://www.womenandperspectives.com/2012/12/sky-watch-fiery-sunset.html

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  2. What lovely shots - love the pink clouds in the bottom photo - so gorgeous!

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  3. Wonderful shots, I have to say the bottom four are my favorites. I am not a fan of winter. Happy Skywatching!

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  4. Great series with beautiful light and colours.
    Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend.

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  5. Nice shots. Sometimes it seems to me that plane travel is time travel. I leave Tulsa quite often, fly to Houston, and get back home the same day at my regular time.

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  6. wow, YOUR skies are awesome! yeah, i left that snowy world behind long ago! :)

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  7. Wonderful colors! I'm glad to be able to see the beauty of S. CA without having to cope with the traffic!

    Greetings from the north!

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  8. Brrrr to Minnesota---I am not ready for snow. Always good to get back home and enjoy the marvelous skies. MB

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  9. Your photos are outstanding. The snow belt folk sure know how to get by!

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  10. How lovely :) No snow here yet this year .....

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  11. Beautiful sky shots. I've been temporarily living in Minnesota for the past 2 months. Yep, its cold and we are supposed to have more snow today. What I wouldn't give for above freezing temps for a couple of days. Brrrr!

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  12. Beautiful and fabulous sunset shots!
    Happy weekend to you too!

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  13. You've captured some terrific skies filled with color and wonder. Simply stunning!

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  14. Nice shots out of the plane window!

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  15. Lovely sky pics, thanks for visiting my blog.

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  16. Great collection of photos across the countryside and weather in many moods, the light streaming through the clouds is so cool

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  17. Why is there cold mashed potato outside your hotel?

    Thanks for all the comments over the year!

    Stewart M - Melbourne

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  18. How cool would that be to enjoy winter for one day then go back home to sunny California?

    Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season.

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  19. Wonderful skywatch photo!! And I agree wholeheartedly that it is good to be home!!!

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  20. The clouds (in your first photo after returning home) remind me of Maxfield Parrish. Nice capture.

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