Sky Watch Friday

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I had a hard time deciding whether to post more photos from July 28th's sunrise or to go back to these from July 17th and decided to go with the latter. All are taken within 10 minutes of my house...the first two 5 minutes at the max. To join Sky Watch, go to the Sky Watch Blog. There are so many links to beautiful photos to be seen. I always find a few that just grab me and make me want to step into the photo. Then there are some that are just so serene and peaceful I could look at them all day.

I am going to post this just a few minutes early...if you open this and the SkyWatch Blog isn't ready for your link, check it in just a few minutes and it should be.

Skywatch....
This is a photo taken several years ago, July 1994 to be exact, so it is a scanned image. This used to be one of my favorite fishing ponds. It is huge and is the result of strip mining. The mining has been closed down for 5 or 6 years at least, the property leased to private owners, and everything is under lock and key. I cannot even get near this strip pit, and even if I could I would only cry because I absolutely loved that place. I spent a lot of happy hours there--sometimes with the family but also without. It was about 6 minutes from home, so if I had a couple hours through the day, I might go catch a mess of fish.