Skies Surround Us

Strong morning sunlight illuminates red, yellow, and green autumnal trees on a mountainside, below in the grass far-off turkeys enter the treeline

Sunrise Up South Fork

Last autumn I biked up south fork a couple times a week. This morning, I had stopped for wildlife and then to watch cloud shadows drift across the mountains. And there was this minute where the sunlight came through strong and brought out the trees in all their color.

Strong morning sunlight bathes an autumnal mountainside, peaks in the distance

The same moment but looking to the left further up the canyon.

A deer crosses the road lined with blooming rubber rabbit brush and yellow, red, and green autumnal trees behind