I just love then the sun & clouds play together to create wonderful rays up to the skies!

Another dark morning… and getting earlier every day as I’m still swimming in the lake
in preparation for the upcoming triathlon. Swimming is definitely not my strong point…
but I’ve been trying. Riding down to Belmont Harbor, swimming, then riding back.
So here it is “before” the swim…

And here’s the sunrise “after” the swim…

Still more sunrise to see as I continued to ride further down the lakefront after swimming.
And more geese than usual in the lake as their migration has already begun…

With a little patience, and a little jockeying for position, the sun finally aligned and
made a picture perfect sunrise as the lighthouse came to life – a beacon on the horizon!

As the sun continued to rise, the sky changed from pink to orange.
And things were “lining up” quite nicely for a spectacular sunrise!

So

A beautiful morning with a pink glow on the horizon. With potential for more to come…

Another morning with perfectly clear skies… and an other simple sunrise.

While other sunrises are just simple & clear…

Some sunrises aren’t all that spectacular. Pretty… but not stunning.
But the natural transitions that play out across the sky are always fun to watch.

As the sky began to brighten and the low-flying clouds took on a beautiful pink glow

When the pink colors began to fade, the sun continued to rise and the clouds began
to sparkle with beautiful golden highlights.

And then it finally happened… SUNRISE !!!
After a strung of gloomy, gray mornings, we finally got treated to a nice sunrise morning.
Still nothing too spectacular, but a whole lot better than the grays we’ve been having!!!

This morning the sky was a beautiful dark blue. And I was excited to see that the gloomy
gray skies look like they may have moved on… and we might get a nice sunrise, finally!

Unfortunately, the waves were crashing a bit more than I would like. I need to keep up
with my morning swims… the Chicago Triathlon is coming up quicker than I would like!
But with waves like this, I thought it best to skip the swim this morning!