Skywatching Pastime

There are very few weekends i don't go home to the province for the butterflies and hoyas. Looking for butterflies means i have to go for a walk to the slightly wild surroundings or to the less traveled paths; that i have to encounter a lot of mosquitoes, insects, spiders and their webs on my body and a lot more of unexpected incidents, nice and bad! These walks end with itchy skin, though i use rash guards, sometimes scratches or when i inadvertently slip there are some bruises. Sometimes these stayed with me for the next few days while already in the office in the city. But that is my body complaining, yet my mind and heart is contented and happy. I love doing it and will continue till i still can. Meanwhile, i am now in the city, did not go home, intended to rest and clean my condo unit, and do whatever task i've always laid aside.

So when these weekends happen, i always have the sunsets to have a semblance of being with nature while inside the concrete jungle! The photos are all taken from the 5th Floor Window!

I included the dates and time the pictures are taken. They are all Straight out of the Camera, no alterations, not even cropping.

                                                           

   Friday, October 12, 2018; 5:55pm. 

The moon is already visible at the west as the night sets in.

                                                 Saturday, October 20, 2018; 5:08pm.

 Saturday, October 20, 2018; 5:13pm.

 Saturday, October 20, 2018; 5:14pm.

 Sunday, October 21, 2018; 5:03pm.

 Saturday, October 21, 2018; 5:39pm.

Saturday, October 21, 2018; 5:40pm.

Saturday, October 21, 2018; 5:41pm.

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Skywatching Again

Skywatching at the 5th Floor Window

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More Sunsets

Our sunsets before the rainy season are always spectacular. Whether we view them near bodies of water or from mountains or from our windows, they are always beautiful. And scenes always change within that short span of 15-30 minutes before and after the sun sets. Here are another set from my 5th Floor Window. They are all SOOC.

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Sky Watch May 2018

When there are plenty of things we are obliged to do,
but the call for blogging is urging us too,
what will i do!

I am so privileged, as i have lots of sunsets from my 5th Floor Window. And i can post them SOOC, straight ouf of the camera.

There really are times when there are lots of photos to post, from flowers-to critters-to waterfalls-to travels. Yet the inspiration of bunching them up together in a post is not enough to push us on. Yet at other times, the push to post is seemingly more urgent despite lots of more things that needed attention. So here i am, being suddenly swayed by the push....

And here are my Sunsets for Rescue, all taken at wide angle of the same horizon (pls. mouse over to enlarge).

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Sunset Sky Mean Something

Our temperatures from the middle of February this year just soared as if it is already the end of April. For the past years those conditions made us impatiently wait for the coming heavy rains because we cannot seem to tolerate anymore the HEAT we were experiencing. It was a total surprise for us that we already experience it in mid-February! Can you imagine a Heat Index of 39°C! And in the province in the north which had it at 42°C there are a few individuals who suffered strokes and high blood pressures. Climate change is very real, and the effects are so quick with us.

But the truth is we are not yet officially in the Dry Season, as it is forecasted that there will still be easterlies coming to us. Easterlies bring us here the slightly "colder" temperatures, or someone from the "real"cold country want me to call it "slightly less hot temperatures". Of course, our temperatures no matter which you pick from the range is always hot for those living away from the equator. Our coldest in our temperature range is still higher than their summer. Being here all my life, i don't know how to live there.  But now, i tell you it is really hot as in HOT!

At least i get lovely sunsets!

the widest angle i can get didn't have any cloud except those near the sun at the lowest horizon , (10mm lens)

 From the previous series of photos as the sun sets, you will see the vast cloudless sky, only a little clouds near the horizon. It was a great expanse of clear blue as seen by naked eyes. Although i don't have the capacity to capture it well by camera.

 the next day it was this

 again another day after that, still with very vast clear sky

somehow a few strips of clouds appeared the other day

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My Latest Sunsets

views from my 5th Floor Window

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Skywatching Time

When at home in the city, in my very little corner of the world, literally my very small condo unit in the building, this is what i do!

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Sunsets seen at the East

Our province home is facing the east. Our west and back side is a short mountain rage, so we just normally see the sunrise. But sometimes the sunsets are too bright and spectacular that it radiates colors to the east sky.

These are some of my sunsets seen at the east, where the sun rises.

Even the glasses of the garage seemed burning! 

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Through My Lens

May 2017 Sunsets

When time is not sufficient to make a full blogpost about more escapades, post the most handy, the sunsets from my 5th Floor Window. These are just some afternoons i was here at home to document my sunsets. But that is definitely not this week, as i was out of town since Tuesday, just came in this afternoon. Sunset is not visible today, clouds fully cover my horizon, a sign that the rainy season is already warning us. I am excited as the heat will dissipate in a few more days or a couple of weeks. Some afternoons are already having rains in some areas of the metropolis. In a little while, we will all receive the rains. 

Meanwhile, i want to share with you the developing clouds in my horizon. 

 Who says my horizons are all clouds and sunsets! I have some birds too.

 They like lingering around simultaneously while the horizon still has colors.

They are not wild birds though, they are pets from a house nearby. I guess they are pigeons. But they definitely make my horizon more beautiful. 

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