Wake Up Call

It had rained here in Milton for the past 3 days straight, all of which I was extremely ill with a bad sinus cold so that was OK I guess.  Unfortunately we are on the verge of a foliage season so I was frustrated beyond belief for several reasons!

Last night at probably 3:00am I heard a tiny whimper next to my ear.  It was my almost 3 year old daughter. She is finally the age where she gets out of bed and comes into my room when she has a bad dream. I pulled her up into bed and she curled up on me and went to sleep.

When my husband woke me up at 6:40am (cruel & unusual punishment, middle school is!) she was still laying on me, fast asleep.  I didn't want to disturb her and was so tired I fell back to sleep.  This is bad.  I need to get up to bring my son to school by 7:25!  Suddenly I got a text message, and at some point some child had set my ringer to super duper extra banshee and it jolted me back awake.  That darn husband of mine knows me too well.  There is one sure fire way to get me out of bed in the morning. The text said "The clouds look really beautiful right now!"

I slid my arm out from under my daughter and grabbed my camera and went downstairs.  Indeed, the clouds were absolutely gorgeous.  My eyes were so dry I could barely see, but I could tell it was a good sunrise.  I fumbled with my camera settings as I had done an indoor shot last night.  ISO was set too high.  I hit every button on that camera until I finally figured out which one was ISO.  Now, I have had that camera for three years.  I can usually use it in my sleep!  Sunrises are fleeting so I was panicking. Finally I got it figured out, and here are the results:

Click on first pic to view in a gallery style window!