Sky Watch Friday- Nov 9 Sunrise

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Here is my post for Friday, a very quick sunrise on Nov. 9 just before a rain front moved in and it rained for Three days so I had to be quick to catch it before the clouds took over and the rain started. Please excuse some of the graininess of the photos because I was in a hurry and didn't check the viewing screen from shooting on manual so they are a bit underexposed on some.

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Sunrise in the East

Just a bit North East

Sunrise in the North

Sunrise in North East

Sunrise in the South

I usually make it a point to not put in a photograph with Electric lines in it, but this time I am, because it was a rush shot and I didn't have time to properly crop the shot while shooting it.

SKYWATCH November Fourth Sunrise

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My Post today for Sky Watch Friday is of a Sunrise I took on November Fourth here in the NC Mountains..click on any photo for larger view.

Sunrise in the East



Sunrise in the South East

Sunrise in the South

Big Morning Moon in the West

Ceremonial Peyote Gourd Rattle # 109

Today's post is of a Ceremonial Peyote Gourd Rattle that I have been making for the past month and finally finished it today.

The overall length is 15 1/2 inches long plus (12) twisted Buckskin Fringes of 9 1/2 inches long each.

There are about 3200 12/0 glass seed beads that I beaded on...one bead at a time...so it took many days of work on just the beading..about a month total.

The Gourd part contains Ant Hill Garnet chips and other small pebbles from the Ant Hills because it is to be used for Ceremony.

I drew on and wood burned into the gourd an Eagle which is split with beading around the gourd.

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Overall view of the Peyote Gourd Rattle

Close up view of the front

Close up of beading and Horse Hair Bundle at front

Close up of front portion of Rattle and Beading

Beading at the back of the handle

Lake Toxaway Falls

Today's post is of some of the photographs I took while up at Lake Toxaway that I mentioned a few posts back.

Following is a series of photographs of the Falls there.

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View of the upper portion of the Falls

View through the trees at the tumbling waters

The view further downstream

Over the first set of the falls

October Sunset

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Here is my entry for Sky Watch Friday, enjoy our October Sunset with me. Click on any Photograph for a larger view.

South West View, Sugar Loaf Mountain

A few monemts later


View in the Western Sky

Hawk and Kestrel Day

Today's post is of my adventures yesterday trying to capture on my camera of the Hawk and an American Kestrel that visited the Walnut Tree that stands at the edge of the apple orchard at quite a distance from our cabin here.

This tree is the usual resting place of my friend the Red Tail Hawk that I keep trying to get closer to to get better photographs of.

I spotted a Hawk in the tree, so I got in my truck and drove towards the tree in an attempt to get closer, I drove up to within 55 yards of the tree and stopped and started taking pictures with my Nikon with the 70-300VR lens on and realized that I had gotten quite closer than usual to the Hawk and didn't know till I downloaded the photographs to my computer that I had been taking pictures of NOT the Red Tail Hawk, but a Red Shoulder Hawk, seems we do tend to get excited at getting good pictures instead of who we are shooting..lol.

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The Walnut Tree

Red Shoulder Hawk (Juvenile Lineatus)

Isn't he just handsome

Leaving the Tree

The next series of photographs is of an American Kestrel that also decided to land in the tree later in the day when I drove back to the tree and stopped about 30 yards from the tree in hopes of a Hawk stopping by again while I sat in my truck waiting.

I sat in the truck for about a half hour at around 3 in the evening and a Kestrel landed in the tree, and this time I had on my 2X converter on my 70-300VR lens in hopes of getting better photos of a Hawk, I was so glad I had it on because a Kestrel is only about 10 1/2 inches tall, so I was able to get fairly detailed photos of him.

Kestrel landing in the tree

Looking down

Beautiful isn't he

A Fall Sunrise

Today's post is of some of our beautiful Fall scenes here in the NC Mountains. I probably should save these photographs for a Sky Watch Friday presentation, but I could not wait to share with you.

The First photograph is of the Sunrise early one morning, followed by a shot of just the sky only moments later.

First sunrise shot in the morning

Moments later in the same area of the sky

Afternoon sky and scenery in the North West


Evening sky in the North

Late afternoon sky in the South.

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