So last night (and early this morning) I had a really hard time staying asleep. Don't ask me why, but I slept for about 20 minutes, and then I woke up and NEVER WENT BACK TO SLEEP. In fact, I'm still awake. Anyway, at around 3:00, after being awake for several hours, I decided to get up and do something. I was planning on reading my book, but then I thought of something one million times better: STARGAZING! I've always wanted to wake up in the very very very early morning to take pictures of the stars, but I've always been to tired to get out of bed when that midnight alarm goes off. Well, this was the perfect time to do it. It was so beautiful outside! I wish we lived in the middle of no where (oh wait, we do....) where there are no city lights, only empty land, so that we could take amazing pictures of the Milky Way. Unfortunately, we don't. BUT I still managed to get some wonderful pictures. I was outside for over two hours getting attacked by mosquitoes, soaked from the dew, and trying out different settings on my camera. I also saw two shooting stars! And there was a cluster of stars (I didn't get a good picture. Sorry!) that was....just the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I know that when you look at stars you can see them "twinkle," but these stars REALLY twinkled. Constantly. And it was a group of about seven or eight stars. They were so beautiful. It was like watching a tiny light show in the sky. I'm sitting by the window right now, watching the sunrise. I love sunrises. So much! I like them even better then sunsets because during a sunrise, the world goes from dark and starry to being washed with colors. And the colors are so light and pastel. Sunrises make me think of watercolor. And they are so peaceful. Okay, I'm going to show you my favorite pictures and then finish enjoying my sunrise with a delicious cappuccino.
Yours Truly,
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| I love how the stars look like snow! I set my camera on the longest shutter speed it had and took a picture of the stars for half the time and a picture of the trees and my backyard the other half. This was the cool effect! |
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| Peeking over the fence to view the stars. |
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| Misty sunrise reflections on the pool. |
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| The beginning of sunrise. |
P.S. I also saw a lot of frogs. Apparently they like to go night swimming in our pool.....
P.P.S. California post coming soon! (Sorry it's taking so long!)
