Yesterday’s sequence of photos inspired me to do it again once I saw the morning sky…

The first shot was at Dawn… first light in the sky.

The noun dawn refers to the first light of day, or the first time period, like the dawn of a new era, which occurs when a new president takes office. As a verb, dawn can mean “become light” or “become clear,” like when it dawns on you that you left an important paper at home today. …

dawn – Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Coming out before dawn and sitting watching as the sky brightens is one of the best coffee muses I know. As dawn breaks it’s extremely quiet. Even the hummingbirds aren’t stirring… though it won’t be long.

As the day brightens from the end of the blue hour…

The blue hour is the period of twilight when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade, which differs from the one visible during most of a clear day, which is caused by Rayleigh scattering. 

Wikipedia

… to the first colors of dawn, the height of color occurs just minutes before sunrise. It’s also the time that the birds are their most vocal as the world comes to life.

Sunrise itself is a bit of a letdown, at least on this morning. Colors mute back down as the sun’s rays now are hitting the tops of the clouds, not the bottoms.

It takes a few minutes for the ball of the sun to travel the distance from the horizon to the top of the treeline to my east…

And now the world wakes up for real. Crows patrol the neighborhood. Whistling ducks, in their “v” formation fly over. The sun’s rays bless the trees with a golden glow. A bluebird pair flutters down on the lawn, breakfasting on insects.

And then the clouds close in and another day begins… Y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and Pray for our Nation and the world.