Barnie, as befits the elder of the two dogs, gets walked first in the mornings, and this morning was a beauty. My motto is that you can never have too many sunrise photos, so I took a few just as the sun seemed to emerge from the sea. Then I noticed that the sunrise was lumpy.
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| Something is a little strange on the horizon. |
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| 10X zoom (on the phone camera!) revealed a small container ship right in front of the sun. |
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| Easier to see when the sun was slightly higher. |
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| Barnie loves a good sunrise. |
It has been a gorgeous day and a productive day, too. Dennis and I applied fertilizer to the raised vegetable garden beds and Dennis set out more plants. He has a big selection of tomatoes, squash - winter and summer types, okra, and many more. Best to get all the outdoor work finished before 10AM when the days start to heat up.
Good luck with your garden produce. You have a gorgeous dog and those skies...be still my heart...
ReplyDeleteThe garden has been a source of joy AND frustration! But each year we learn more and make improvements. Barnie gives you her thanks for your compliment. I have been know to rush out of bed in my PJs to take photos of the dawn - some days the beauty of it staggers me.
DeleteSpectacular lumpy sunrise!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mitchell! Just like you, I though for a minute it was a whale, lol.
DeleteI love your lumpy sunrise! Lumpy sunsets can be nice too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mary! Every sunrise is a good one.
DeleteIt's so nice to see a tropical sunrise for a change! I miss those! Beautiful images. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve! I'm not fit now to live in a cooler climate or away from the sea. The sun rising up out of the sea is never a bad start to the day.
DeleteWilma, What sort of soil does Dennis have in the raised beds? Just beach sand or ? I'm thinking of something similar for GMC.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff. We have done lots of soil amendment and fertilizing. The bulk of the amendment is from sargassum that washed up. We had mountains of it - seriously, one year we had 3 berms that ranged from 30 to 50 long, by 15 ft wide, and mounded up to 6 feet high. It settled in height quickly, but there were literally tons of it. We also compost the sea grass that washes up and all of our kitchen waste. Plus the composting toilet. We mixed all of that with sand and added it to a dump-truck load of "black dirt" that we brought over. The raised beds are essential for tender vegetables, though. Otherwise the crabs destroy the seedlings and the salt rises up when it rains. It takes a lot of work. Good luck!
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