Red Sky At Night

[susandennis]

The sky is a cross between bright pink and purple. It's amazing.

One of the TV stations just posted this photo from West Seattle this afternoon.



I got my latest crochet project to the point that I know it's going to work just like I want. I need to put the finishes on it but I'm really impressed. And it's going to be toasty here in the living room this weekend.

But, the VERY big news is that the one apartment that I can see the best across the way FINALLY raised the blinds today!! Those blinds have been down for months and months and months. I only saw them up one other time when the people first moved in.

Soon the leaves will all be gone and people turn their lights on earlier and I'll have lots of great neighbor viewing!!

I nearly missed my early dinner window! I meant to eat at 4 but forgot and didn't get the pizza cooked until 4:30 but still better than usual. And the pizza was delicious.

Oh, maggots!!! He pulled down the blinds again. Sigh.

Comments

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Is that rain coming down, river sloshing up, or what?

[susandennis]

It's the bay sloshing up - at points in the day, it sloshed across the road to the houses on the other side of the street.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Oh, maggots!!! He pulled down the blinds again. Sigh.

He saw you watching.

[susandennis]

I really thought the tree blocked me but I guess not.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I love strange night sky colors. When I lived in Colorado and Indiana, I used to leave my curtains open on the first night of snow to watch that strange dark pink/purple hue. That's one thing I miss about living in an area that doesn't get snow...one of the only things I miss, really.

[susandennis]

My windows face east and nearly always have the most amazing views of the sky. And late afternoon is a good show.

I'm a snow lover. I grew up in the middle of North Carolina where snow was rare. And now I live in Seattle 2 blocks from the sea's inlet where snow is even more rare. I don't think I'll ever get enough. I lived in Minnesota for 18 months over 2 winters and that just whetted my snow appetite!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

It's funny, my boyfriend was born and raised here in southeastern NC and he loves snow because he rarely sees it; I spent most of the few nine years of my life in coastal Florida and I'm pretty sure snow's rarity there is why I hate it now. I loooove hot weather and don't even mind humidity. But living here, I find I do miss having a real autumn and the occasional frozen night when I can see my breath and smell firewood burning can make me intensely happy with nostalgia.

I see you're from Winston-Salem! I don't think I noticed that before. My ex-boyfriend's parents live there and we used to visit sometimes. They were actually just north of it, in a little town called Danbury, near Walnut Cove and Germanton. I always enjoyed the area, but there was something eerie about it at the height of winter. It was just so...dead.

[susandennis]

Oh wow. I had a really good friend who lived in Danbury! I think her father was a judge. I lost track of her years ago but I remember going to visit. It's so funny to hear the names of towns I have not thought of in years. My parents moved from Winston-Salem the year after I went to college. I think I went back a couple of times but I have not been there in in more than 40 years. I miss the bakery (Dewey's).

We spent a lot of the Summers and much of the Falls in Blowing Rock (just east of Boone). You talk about beautiful Fall colors. People think New England has a lock on it but I've been to both and you just cannot beat the Blue Ridge Mountains. They nail it.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I heard many things about Dewey's, but we never got around to going on our visits. Every time, my ex would kick himself, realizing we'd forgotten. One place we always hit up, and I have no idea how long it's been there, was a restaurant called Duke's Wings. Still the best wings I've ever had. I got food poisoning there from their crappy spaghetti and STILL had it in me to go back with the rest of his family two days later and eat wings. That's devotion. Or stupidity.

My boyfriend and I finally visited Blowing Rock last year, after meaning to for ages. It was the one windless day out of a hundred. It was so foggy that they gave us a severely discounted rate, since the view wasn't so great. It was still interesting, though, with a sense of being absolutely cut off from the rest of the world.

We try to take a trip in that direction every fall, to take in the colors. We're big fans of the Blue Ridge Parkway. We still haven't managed to drive the entire length of it, just bits here and pieces there, but I'd really love to someday.

[susandennis]

When I lived in Winston-Salem, there really were no restaurants. There was one steak house (Town House?) because there was no liquor by the drink. Olden olden days.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

The sky sounds cool!
Hopefully you don't get too much rain!