Open Thread – Out My Window
The sunrise may come late this time of year, but the good thing about that is that I’m usually up to see it! This was the view out my window this morning.
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The sunrise may come late this time of year, but the good thing about that is that I’m usually up to see it! This was the view out my window this morning.
Late to the party here….our sunset this evening looked a lot like this. At this time of year sunset is about 4:20. We had clear, cold skies today and had a rare view of the sunset. The sky was on fire for about 5 minutes then beautifully faded into a quiet muted orange then a muddy mix of grey, low clouds and darkness. I know your pic was of the sunset but I was struck how amazingly similar it was to the sunset I saw this evening. Beautiful picture.
Last sentence….arhg!!!! “I know your pic was of the SUNRISE (i typoed sunset)………………
Thanks for the lovely sunrise. I took a couple of shots of the snow-dotted Palisades with fog over the Hudson this weekend. I also hung the gorgeous stained glass peace sign I received in the holiday swap — thanks again, Jackie2. I took 2 shots of it with the sun streaming through the indigo and pink glass. I’ll post them when I figure out how (I think I have to make the photos small).
Hmmm. The peace sign’s colors are a lot like this sunrise photo!
Just stunning, Jeanne. Your captures are breathtaking. Sunrise is surely the purest time of day. Thank you and here’s to another engaging, lively, humorous and yes! victorious year. Lots of luv.
I am speechless at Teh Crazy that is now being displayed in all levels of our government thanks to the new members of Congress and the old members who feel free to finally reveal their true insanity.
Just one example of the fun we have to look forward to…
According to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the 14th Ammendment does NOT protect women from discrimination on the basis of gender. Apparently, he seems to feel that women are not actually United States citizens because the Constitution states: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States”. I’m certainly no Constitutional scholar, but it seems to me that ‘citizens’ would include women. At least my passport seems to think so!
It appears that the current Congress and certain members of the SCOTUS will not be happy until they have returned our nation to the 1800s. Of course, since many of them are rich, white males, that period of history might be right comfy for them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/scalia-women-discrimination-constitution_n_803813.html
Frightening times ahead.
Beautiful view. And I thought Tok’s sunrises were the greatest.
Comparing Sarah Palin to (the despicable) P.T. Barnum:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Sarah-Palin-Is-Like-PT-Barnum-2869
What an amazingly colorful and breathtaking view…and what a joy to see it without the visual interruption of building roofs, power lines, cell phone towers, etc.
Even when we get great sunrises or sunsets here in my beighborhood, we don’t get that kind of unobstructed view. Thanks for a peaceful way to end the day!
A reader writes to Sullivan (and is articulate enough to be a mudpup!). They nail down Palin in two brief paragraphs:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/can-palin-win-ctd-1.html
I think we can all sum her up with two separate two-word phases:
Intellectually lazy
Common tramp
gorgeous.
Andrew Sullivan tweeted that Mrs. Todd Palin has quit Fox. No more detail than that.
Apparently it was a joke. Damn!
Double damn!!!
Darn!
Feck!
Good Morning Friends: so good to read through and find most of you up and at ’em. A new year and so many more new opportunities to live, laugh, and love. Hope you all have a wonderful year and continue to post. You’re part of my morning fix.
Incredibly beautiful photo! Thanks so much, AKM. Your lovely picture is a wonderful way to start the day, and a reminder to look for the beauty around us.
i hope all our Australian friends here on the ‘Flats are OK. the flooding in Queensland is horrendous.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12107131
take care Ozzie pups.
What a lovely morning!
On another note–I just read this article and haven’t mulled it over yet. I’m posting a link for others. I am wildly curious about what people here think.
I hope everybody enjoyed a lovely holiday season!
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/01/a_graph_im_trying_to_understan.html
Interesting article from Ezra. I appreciate what he is trying to do but here is my reply to him, “During the period of 1947 to 1980 most “income” of the wealthy was reinvested into business to shelter it from taxes. What you need to look at more likely is how the net worth of the top 1% grew in comparability to the middle class net worth during the same period.
It will be more difficult but far more meaningful. The 50’ies and 60’ies were great years for the upper classes. Maybe you can look at Cadillac sales compared to Chevy’s growth in sales.”
The story of the stagnation of the middle class while Reagan’s trickle down economics has shifted our nations treasure to a few in the ruling class needs to be better understood.
Not much info, but have heard that AZ is filling up with Palin people. Check out IM.
Lovely picture. Doesn’t the view just fill you with…with…I don’t know, but it feels good. Our sunrises and sunsets are like that every single day here in the desert, but the trade off is that it is bloody hot for 4-5 months of the year and no moisture. For all you photo buffs, this will be a banner year in Death Valley for flowers this spring because we have had an unusual amount of precipitation. Currently, our schools are closed down due to snow. Yes, snow, and it is still coming down. The deep, deep wildflower bulbs will receive moisture and bloom this year, so we will see flowers that emerge only rarely.
I thought you might enjoy a little book review to start your week: “Sarah Palin and the Politics of Victimization”
http://www.religiondispatches.org/books/politics/3972/sarah_palin_and_the_politics_of_victimization/
WOW! What insight! My favorite paragraph:
“The second book in the Sarah Palin Å“uvre, however, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, crosses the line from cute puppy bouncing on his back legs to mangy cur relentlessly humping a visitor’s leg.”
Read it! The author maintains that Palin has made victimization an art form. Thanks for the link, OMG.
Thanks for the link, OMG.
Here was my favourite part:
“The appeal derives, in part at least, from her effectiveness at claiming the mantle of victimhood and assuring the adoring crowds that they, too, are victims. And the ultimate advantage of being a victim lies in the fact that, because of the outpouring of sympathy, no one holds you accountable.”
Particularly the last sentence.
Excellent piece –
Especially like this:
“The world of Sarah Palin can be divided neatly into good and bad. ”
Altho the author lists quite a few of the good & the bad — I can personally simplify “the list”
to “Those that agree with her & those that don’t”
WOW!!
hmmmm.
We citizens of the United States enjoy the 36th-longest life expectancy. Apparently, speaking English is no impediment to good health, since our British and Canadian cousins rank 20th and 11th respectively. Gee, I wonder what the difference could be ?
LOL. i immediately thought “Glocks and AK47’s might be the difference.
LOL here also. Good one.
I would also suggest artificially low meat prices (tax breaks and more tax breaks for meat production vs. little-to-none for vegetables, fruits and whole grains) and a tendency towards sloth.
Wet saddle blankets aren’t just good for horses–they’re good for people too. We’re a species with BIG muscles in our rears and legs proportionate to the rest of us. We’re supposed to get up OFF our butts and move around. A lot.
Also–cooked food as well as finely ground food is more efficiently digested so we “get more” calories out of them.
In other words, our parents and grandparents were right. Eat more fresh/uncooked vegetables and fruits. Stay out of the sugar. Whole grains ARE better for us, as are more coarsely ground grains (but not so coarse that we break our teeth!), and go outside and play!
All that being said, it will be a cold day in h#ll before I give up cheeses. I do cut down on my consumption by having gotten hooked on extraordinary cheeses. Including a local award-winning goat milk cheese that costs too damn much money to be eaten frequently. But I take the hit, to keep a small business alive…
Damn you Culture magazine! http://www.culturecheesemag.com
If a person is not loading up with crappy carbs, fat is not an issue. Read Real Food By Nina Planck. She started the green markets in London and New York. She advocates eating actual found in nature, food, including FATs. Chicken fat, lard, you name it.
We know that we cannot use the calcium or vitamin D in dairy without fat to carry the nutrients to the cells. So all that skim milk is wet and has protien, but that is about all.
Actually, the book I had in mind is “Catching Fire” by Richard Wrangham. In addition to Barbara Kingsolver’s “Animal Vegetable Miracle” and Anthony Bourdain’s recent “Medium Raw”.
Bourdain has much to say, in his usual graphic way, about the handling of meats in the US. It’s not news to me (thanks again, Drs. Gibbs and Gajdusek [I liked Dr. Joe Gibbs — I thought Gajdusek was an exceptionally arrogant prick, long before his conviction), but it’s always good when ugly facts are discussed by those with larger followings than scientific journals.
Praise cheeses! and give us this day our daily bread, also, too. 🙂
I do love my dairy. I figure it’s in my genes from my Norwegian dairy farming ancestors.
That’s my story! These green eyes mean I have to eat cheeses to survive.
Tee-Hee!
some view! so is this the lightest it gets in the winter there?
Nope – this is just a beautiful sunrise.
Lainey, Anchorage is hundred of miles south of the Arctic Circle. Even on the winter solstice, December 21 or 22, Anchorage gets (if the weather is clear) over five hours of glorious sunshine a day.
thank you…what do I know…only 5 hours, huh?
Lainey, by mid-March most of Alaska (except the northern-most edge) will be enjoying 9+ hours of glorious daylight. We need the long nights to stock up on sleep (oh, if only that were possible!) because in May-June-July-August we’ve got 20-22 hours of unrelenting sunshine. Great for farmers and tourists; not so good for those same tourists who need darkness to signal bed-time or those of us who haven’t figured out the benefits of room darkening shades and drapes which also insulate the windows in winter.
During the MJJA period, wise parents do not let their kids outside and tell them to be back when it’s dark, ’cause they won’t see ’em again until September.
Yeah, only 5 hours, but we make up for it by having 18+ hours of night . . .
A beautiful sunrise over the New Year. Globally we have much to be thankful for, and many new sunrises to celebrate as life expectancy is climbing dramatically around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
We citizens of the United States enjoy the 36th-longest life expectancy. Apparently, speaking English is no impediment to good health, since our British and Canadian cousins rank 20th and 11th respectively. Gee, I wonder what the difference could be ?
You know, I’ll bet our Congress is doing something about that right now. Last year, my health care access slipped a bit, because I had to apply for a passport to reach Whitehorse. Maybe Canadian customs will let ambulances through this year, eh?
Good morning and happy new year to you all! This is one of the daily “positive energy” steps I am committing to in 2011, coming to Mudflats and laughing. Best, Deb
It has been brought to my attention that Irishgirl has lost her beloved Brian. I will get her a new one. I love you Irish. 🙂
(((Austin)))
Back at ya Sis !!
Austin, you are such a sweetie. The good news though is that I have found Brian! I read your comment and decided to have one last look for him – and lo and behold – there he was behind my filing cabinet. I suspect he was knocked off his cotton bale by partying teenagers during my absence.
Thank you and love you back Austin. 🙂
Did Willow & pals break in to your house?
Well awrighty then.
Perhaps he was sleeping off a particularly wild New Year’s Eve celebration…he’s a naughty one, that Brian!
Lol, London Bridges and Leenie.
*right click*
*set as desktop background*
Brought this hymn to mind…
for the beauty of the earth
for the beauty of the skies
for the love that from our birth
over and around us lies
Lord of all to Thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise
That’s just what I needed this morning before I head back to work after my winter break.
Quyana.
L’Shalom.
Thanks for the hymn.
I’ll be humming all morning!
AKM: beautiful work as always.
Now I’m humming it too! Thanks! 🙂
I just did the same Hope it worked. A beautiful sunset
So very jealous……………the mountains, the sunrise…..a most wonderous way to begin a day.
What a beautiful way to start our day! Thanks for sharing your view with us!
You have a gift for capturing beauty as well as truth.
Absolutely gorgeous! I wish I could see sunrises like that. But we are at the bottom of a hill. I do see beautiful sunsets at times. But that’s because I’m awake then. Even if we could see the sunrise from our house, I’m still asleep.
Magnificent!! My morning view is obscured by…trees. Evening view has two large hills in the way.
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous! But I’m confused. This is dated January 3rd and you said it was taken this AM, yet I am 4 hours behind you and the sun hasn’t even begun to peep over the horizon. Oh, maybe it’s just after midnight up there, and you are stilll considering it “this morning” ’cause you haven’t been to bed yet! Get some sleep, AKM!
Yes, that’s it. Technically yesterday morning. (staggering off to bed….)