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It's not always blue skies and sunshine here in Florida. We've already had a little rain and even a couple of lightening storms.
Summer is the rainy season, but even then (at least last year, when we stayed until mid-July), the rain wasn't like what we were used to in Oregon. Instead of a steady drizzle, a rainy day here usually means that it pours down in buckets for a few hours and then, often, the sun shines.
(The only all-day rainy day we've experienced to date was last year when, of course, we had out-of-town company.)
Your gray day is quite beautiful with that gorgeous light!
Posted by: Carletta | April 03, 2011 at 09:47 PM
Beautiful and dramatic!
Posted by: Inger-M | April 02, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Awesome capture of the moody sky! I think I would rather have a quick rainstorm and have it over than an all day soaker.
Posted by: Eileen | April 02, 2011 at 09:34 AM
Grey but beautiful sky ! Here all blue today !
Posted by: Annie | April 02, 2011 at 08:11 AM
Loving the contrasts here....great and stunning picture.
Posted by: Wanda | April 01, 2011 at 02:12 PM
Great menacing sky!
Posted by: JM | April 01, 2011 at 11:31 AM
that's what I like about Florida...the skies never disappoint!
Posted by: carolyn Ford | April 01, 2011 at 10:21 AM
I like your picture of gray sky over gray water. Makes me feel cold and wet.
Posted by: Margot | April 01, 2011 at 09:29 AM
I like this foreboding scene, looking off to the distance, Sallie. I also like the way the light in the sky is mirrored in the water
Posted by: Barb | April 01, 2011 at 09:28 AM
Here in SC this storm has been keeping us under rain for a few days now..SO Happy the sun is OUT TODAY!! Yippie
Posted by: Sondra | April 01, 2011 at 06:43 AM
I like grey days, less pressure to be perky ;)
beautiful photo
I'm in Central NJ
exit 117 on the Garden State Parkway
Posted by: dianne | April 01, 2011 at 02:52 AM
Sallie, Gray day or not, it is hard to make Florida look bad. Sometimes those simple, less colorful shots are very dramatic. Have a great weekend. Mickie :)
Posted by: Mickie Brown | March 31, 2011 at 10:22 PM
This is a different take on Skywatch. I love the drama of your photograph.
Posted by: Yogi | March 31, 2011 at 08:12 PM
Wonderfully framed stormy sky.
Posted by: Rajesh | March 31, 2011 at 08:12 PM
Great dramatic photo. It sounds similar to Queensland weather and that makes sense since we are about the same distance away from the equator but in opposite hemispheres. We are still having rain even though summer is supposed to be over. Isn't that annoying having guests and the weather is cr**.
Posted by: diane | March 31, 2011 at 07:47 PM
Love how this came out so pretty. Thanks for sharing!
Moon shots
Posted by: Kim,USA | March 31, 2011 at 07:39 PM
Fabulous photo, I like skies like this. I also like the sound of your wet days, quick downpour then get back to the sun. We mostly have the other sort, lingers for quite a while and only grudgingly clears ...but not always ;-)
Posted by: Marilyn | March 31, 2011 at 06:19 PM
That's a lovely moody sky!
Posted by: Quasi Serendipita | March 31, 2011 at 03:46 PM
This is a beautiful silvery sky you captured this week. My shots have no blue in them, either. Sometimes the white, the dar , and the gray are just as beautiful as the bright blues.The clouds look like they are wrapping their arms around the water.
Posted by: Genie Robinson | March 31, 2011 at 02:48 PM
Sometimes cloudy skies will add a sense of mystery to an image as in this case. Very dramatic looking photograph. Thumbs up on this one.
Joyce M
Posted by: Joyce M | March 31, 2011 at 02:37 PM
Even on the rainy day the sky is so pretty!
Happy SWF:)
Posted by: joo | March 31, 2011 at 01:49 PM
We get plenty of grey skies in London, but very rarely are they as atmospheric as what you have captured in Florida. Sounds like the kind of weather I experience when I was living in Barbados during the rainy season.
Posted by: William K Wallace | March 31, 2011 at 01:17 PM
But the gray and the faint pastels look good. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Posted by: Boom & Gary | March 31, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Ah, someone else with gray skies!! And a great capture it is! They are silvery and beautiful, but as you know, Sallie, I've really had a winter-full of gray/silvery skies! Hope yours don't hang around for too long! Happy SWF! Enjoy your weekend!
Sylvia
Posted by: Sylvia Kirkwood | March 31, 2011 at 12:31 PM
I love the mirror of light on the water....beautiful in an unconventional way!
Posted by: Laura Hegfield | March 31, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Love the silvery grey, Sallie - and the ripples almost look as if they are being stirred by a little breeze. The hint of buildings on the horizon are very effective, - sun doesn't have to shine to make the sky beautiful.
Posted by: Hildred | March 31, 2011 at 12:07 PM