Twenty minutes, 7th January 2010

5:05pm, 7th January, 2010.

5:25pm, 7th January 2010.

Recording observations of weather and sky again this month, I can't help but ponder the uniqueness of each moment. Weather never stands still, the sun is always moving, or the earth is, incrementally; clouds, breeze, temperature, a constant state of flux, making every moment unique.

I took the first photo as I walked down to the letter box, after I wondered round the garden I took the second photo on the way back up to the house.

Evening 6 January Southern Highlands

Here is the same view that I posted yesterday as the mist rolled in accompanying a cool change.

We had several little storms throughout the day which were mainly thunder and a few drops of rain but it remained warm and humid until the mist arrived and the temperature dropped to the mid teens.

January 6th, afternoon

Todays forecast for the Gold Coast was clearing skies and sunshine, but grey clouds are still blanketing the sky with an odd misty shower passing through to add a little more humidity. It is very muggy, humid, clammy, enough to make me think I could probably steam a fish in the atmosphere outside today.

Late afternoon January 4th & 5th

As the sun was setting on Monday, dark clouds that had hung in the sky throughout the day cleared to reveal clear cerulean blue. A cool breeze dropped temperatures overnight for a more comfortable nights sleep.

The sun came out today, radiating heat from the ground and raising humidity. Now as the sun sets an opaque layer of light grey blankets the sky. Cool air is back again, the thought of another unclammy night is welcome.

5 January 2010 AM

My new house doesn't offer as many opportunities to look at the sky as my old highset house in Brisbane did. Most view have trees and planting instead of an horizon line. This morning the sky is once again blue after three days of light rain and pearl grey skies. I like the layers of vegetation here as we go from clipped hedge, mans attempt to impose order on nature, to fruit and exotic trees to native gum trees.

January shades of Rain

This morning I awoke to a sky filled with dark grey clouds and a light breeze. The air is warm and damp. After eleven days with rain in various volumes, grass has taken on a flourescent glow in the low light of cloudy skies.

January Skies

I haven't posted for a while as other projects have taken precedence but at the suggestion of Nicola Moss a co contributer to this blog we have decided to look at the sky for the month of January.
After a clear and sunny day on 1 January a change blew in during the after noon of 2 January.

Changing Skies afternoon January 2, 2010. Southern Highlands NSW.