Urban Sunrise...

Sunrises make great blips..and I love them, but photographing one from my house is something of a challenge! It was so much easier at the cottage! 

Our street is only one block long so you would think I could just take a shot from my driveway - but no...all the wires are in the way. We still have our power lines on poles, not buried. So I have to walk down the sidewalk a bit and stand there beneath the wires, or out in the middle of the road, taking pictures in my getting-up-but-before-shower-and-coffee clothes..not looking my best - hoping to avoid cars and dog-walkers..And then there is all the clutter that one does not really want in a sunrise photo...houses, cars, stop signs, community mailboxes and photobombing squirrels that race across just as you snap the shot..and then there are the neighbours who must think I have gone mad standing out there every morning with my phone...and that is a worry... 

Despite the drawbacks, I still try to get the sunrise every morning just in case I don't end up with a blip by posting time, and today I needed it. It was that kind of day.. too many distractions, errands and chores..and so much reading to be done! The books are piling up...and getting close to their library due dates.....so today, there were no lovely walks or outings ..and hence, no photos taken...so Urban Sunrise it is....