Waking up before sunrise has its uses.
For one thing, the house is quiet. When one is the mother of small children, silence is one of the greatest luxuries EVER. I can read, or write, or just, you know, stare out the window and see this:
I wanted to catch more, but my sons woke early. Dammit.
Last night Bo begrudgingly agreed to wake up in time to handle the kids so I could go out and photograph the sunrise elsewhere. Out of town, among the fields, with a rustic barn, or maybe a bird. It sounded like the perfect piece of my life to share here–the glory of morning as it unfolds, the last minutes of silence in the world. (That, and I’m experiencing bad writer’s block on a nonfic piece, but anyway.)
So I go out. And find–
–power lines. Curses!
The parks I hoped to utilize were closed off due to snow. I drove out of town, into town and out again, losing pre-dawn light as I tried to find one blessed stretch without those accursed power lines.
Found it.
(Sort of.)
Fine. I had to accept the power lines. But what about clouds? The sunrise earlier this week unleashed such incredible colors on the sky. The previous day was all cloud cover. Where the hell’s my painted sky?
Honestly? I chewed God out a bit.
Yet I stayed. The trees, I think–they stood as living shadows against the light as it slowly seeped into my space.
No clouds to reflect colors, but the colors came, nonetheless.
I went back to my car to warm my fingers, and nearly missed it:
It occurred to me as I stood, watched, pressed buttons: I had never watched a sunrise before.
Color filled the expanse above my head and under my feet.
But then, the trees looked like trees again. Cars found my patch of countryside and wouldn’t leave it alone. The world insisted I had to press on, return to reality and all its obligations.
Blondie needed a ride to school, anyway.
Jean Lee's World 
What a beautifully written post and what amazing photos, especially of the sunrise . How poignant is the fact that you’ve never seen a sunrise before and you were able to share that experience with us. Excuse the typos. I’m experimenting by using a new verbal feature on my new phone to leave comments. If I sound like a robot you’ll know that’s the reason. It’s a good excuse anyway.
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Aw, shucks. Thank you kindly. 🙂 As for your phone: there is a reason I never, EVER type comments or posts with my phone. A pox on that autocorrect! 😉
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Ooooh… ahhh… breathtaking photos and unfolding narrative! 🙂 ♥ ❤
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Thank you kindly! I love stepping away from life to feel the divine in creation when I can.
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I’m glad you did step out for dawn… and glad I could tag along via these heavenly photos! 🙂 ♥ ❤
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Isn’t the sunrise a miracle! Amazing photographs and the narration. I love the way the light is building up and finally the sun rays shoot across the snow and color the tops of the hay bales. Amazing!
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Thank you! I do wish I could have stayed longer, but Life said, “Get moving!”
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Hope your husband will let you enjoy another sunrise 😉
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Me, too! 🙂
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Beautiful, sometimes we are so busy we don’t take the time to reflect but when the opportunity presents itself you appreciate what’s in front of you. Thanks for the beautiful photos!
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I’m glad you enjoyed them. I hope to take more photos when it’s consistently above freezing outside. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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Hi Jean, this is really wonderful. Thanks for sharing and congrats! ❤
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Thank you so much for coming by! I hope to do more photo work as my world finally begins to thaw. 🙂
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You’re welcome. It will be a true pleasure. Thanks for your comment. The she bear is awaiting for the next spring (haha, its a joke) Have a nice day 😉
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These are stunning. Almost to stunning to be real, feel like paintings.
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I was lucky this day. Wished I could have caught the cloudy sunrise, though–the colors are so intense and jawdropping.
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My cheap camera never does it justice, was in Switzerland and saw the most amazing rainbow on a lake. The photos showed it as if it was a smudge….
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That’s how I felt trying to capture the moon the other day. Gorgeous super moon in the sunset, the face so clearly defined…and my phone camera makes it a white dot. Poop.
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It’s so annoying they take wonderful photos of your feet when you accidentally fire them off, but for anything else ….
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LOL
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A few times, we have made an appointment with one another to wake early and go watch the entire sunrise. It really fills up my tank
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