This morning I got up a 4:55 am and went to Brandenton Beach. I was lucky enough to reach 30 min before the Sunrise. Sarasota being on the west coast of Florida, the Sunrise is inland, so the early morning is absolutely blue and then changes slightly to orange depending on how many clouds are present. The Moon was shining bright, the sand was white, and the water was clear and gushing in , although it was a low tide since it was almost morning..

I was in Colorado earlier this year for some project work during the cold winter. To be honest I really loved snow and the cold winds and the occasional blizzards. It used to get white, and used to look so beautiful. I was there for about 3 months, I wish i could stay back for the Spring season, heard that the Rocky Mountains look beautiful during that time. Although I was all alone there, and it used to be gloomy all the time which kinda got depressing, but the Colorado-ians are full of life and they used to be out and having fun. This state has a ton of lakes, surrounded by mountains on the west and open vast land on the east side. I managed to take a few pics there, hope you like them. I used to live in Boulder , about 40 min from Estes Park, just at the foothills, and from downtown you could see the Flat Irons. I hope to make another trip there during the Spring ..

 

 

 
Finally the weather in Sarasota has become awesome. It reminds me of Bangalore and NorCal .. there is no humidity, nice cool breeze, and lovely sunshine. I went to Siesta Key on Saturday to see the Volley Ball matches and to  my surprise the it became so cold and the waves were gushing in. This is the first time in last 3 months that I really enjoyed being outside. here are some photographs for your viewing:

 
I wish I had asked his name. Met him on my way back to Bangalore just outside Puducherry. He got really excited when I took his photograph and showed it to him. I think I will buy a Polaroid next. And when I meet such sweet people, will give them their photographs...

 
Here are few of my most interesting photographs on Flickr. Some of the pics are already posted in different entries so I just selected a few others. Hope you enjoy them ..

 
You don't always have to be at the beach waiting for the sunset, or at the Rocky Mountains during the early hours to capture the first sunlight , or in Scotland to capture an awesome landscape. At times all you need to do is go to your backyard, open your eyes and look around. yes that's right .. there are a lot of interesting stuff back there.

Instead of getting up at 5 in the morning and driving to a place for an hour to capture the sunrise at 6, you can still be in your bed, enjoy the sweet dream you were having and get up at 6 instead and wear your gown and go out in your back yard and you might see what I saw : -