Skies in October

I have several shots of the eastern sky from October that I have neglected to post, so here they are.

This one is from one of the places where we often get to see a wide swath of sky in the late afternoon — the store where we buy our groceries.

The next is a faint rainbow that appeared in rain that was moving slowly from the direction of town towards us. It is actually within the small valley between our part of the mountain and the next ridge over.

I think I know where the end of the rainbow hit the ground on the right. I might try to find the pot of gold if our neighbor hasn’t already absconded.

I’m not positive I haven’t already posted this one, but it’s nice, so if so, here it is again.

We don’t usually get up before the sun rises, but for some reason I did at least once last week.

I like the gradient between the deep red at the horizon and the deep blue up higher in the sky. A bright star would still have been visible up there, if one had happened to be up at that time.

I actually got up way before dawn last Sunday because I had to drive up to North Carolina, but I’ll leave that for later.

Early voters

Leah and I voted Thursday afternoon.

There have been reports on the news that lots of Republicans are voting early, so we felt that we had to do our part to to stem the tide. I hope our little effort isn’t as futile as Canute’s. I watched the other voters, trying to guess how they would vote, but that’s probably a waste of time. I imagine anyone who saw me would think, “There goes another old, white guy, casting his vote for another Trump surrogate.”

But just imagine what it would be like if the Democrat won the race for governor of Georgia — a black, woman Democrat. If not this year, then maybe another year.

All the little old ladies and little old men working at the polls reminded me of my father. He volunteered as a poll worker for many years, right up until he was physically incapable of doing it any more.

I have been letting the blog slide for a while. I’m hoping not to let it slide much longer.