Winter Skies...

"Winter Sunflowers at Sunset"

There is a coldness to the skies over Nebraska now, the brilliant cobalt blues and cottony whites of summer are gone, swept away by the winds of fall with its fiery colors, now muted by the coolness of a dreary gray sky. Watching a winter sunset, the chill of the impending darkness creeps on you. The bitter bite of winter begins to slowly drift over your perceptions...
Yet there is one small ray of hope... the Sun throwing up one last bit of warmth, defying the gloomy gloam with a gleaming display of crimson and oranges hearkening back to balmier times...

"Winter Sunflowers at Sunset" taken near Chalco, Nebraska 12/13/06.