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Skywatching in the Neighborhood

Earlier this spring the winds were high here in Tulsa. I couldn’t fly very far without the drone warning me to bring it down immediately. So this is a barely rooftop shot of some clouds to the west moving in.

posted 6/10/26 swf Tulsa Oklahoma Drone Shot

I’m happier when I can get to about 50 meters because I can get better photos.

Back in April there was a roofing crew replacing a roof nearby. They were humping it, rain was coming.

The neighborhood we live has five different communities. We live in the only non-gated community. The wealthiest neighborhood has a swan pond and we can go look at from the other side of a iron fence. Reminds me of a Dickens novel. Every once in a while we go looking at the swan pond through the fence.

And this is looking west down the street toward a sunset.

So I don’t have to drive anywhere to get Skywatch photos.

I am linking with Skywatch Friday. Come check it out.

Skywatch Friday- Flying Through the Air

I went on a bike ride during a sunny, cool morning this week. It was glorious. I stopped here at the Arkansas River as it goes through Tulsa. That bridge going across the river is Williams Crossing, named for the corporation that donated about one gazillion dollars to build it. I saw some people gliding, almost flying across the bridge.

This is them. They stopped at the western end. Two roller skaters and a scooter. No wonder they were so smooth looking going across.

This past week, I broke out the old drone and launched it from the backyard to get some skywatch shots.

Here you can see a front coming through.

I put this photo through a filter to get some color.

One day storm clouds were building up. I launched the drone but it started barking at me at about 15 meters warning of high winds. So this is a low level shot of the clouds. You can see that the drone is just a little above roof peak level and below the power lines. When the drone barks I listen to it. I don’t need it flying away in the wind. It almost got away from it once and I went through the recall procedure and it came back.

Here’s a street level photo looking east.

Another looking west.

That’s it for this week. Join me at Skywatch Friday

Skywatching at Home

Son Logan drives me around these days. So I get to take photos while he is driving like this sunset in the neighborhood.

Here is a skywatch photo from my front porch

And from the backyard

Another from the front porch looking west toward the sunset

And a skywatch photo from my driveway looking east.

While walking the dog in our neighborhood greenbelt

A sunrise looking east

And a jigsaw puzzle. These look like the Teton mountains in Wyoming.

And the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Along with a peacock.

And a jigsaw puzzle of a cool little cabin in the woods.

And a beautiful lifeguard shack on the ocean at sunset. Ignore the US flag flying in a funny manner.

Over 200 million Americans are going to get hit with a polar vortex in the next day or so. For Oklahoma it is going to be the worst since the 2011 winter storm. Here is an action shot of me shoveling snow in that storm.

And here is an action shot of our Maine Coon Chrissy during the storm. She loved the fireplace. I don’t know how she didn’t spontaneously combust.

I picked her up and took her outside after all the snow fell. You can tell that she was not a happy kitty. I’m glad I had my heavy canvas coat and leather gloves or may not have survived this photoshoot.

I’m linking to Skywatch Friday

To my fellow Americans in the path of the oncoming storm. Stay warm and safe!!

From the Moon to the Gulf of Mexico

I totally forgot to post my Full Blood Moon photo last week, so I am doing it now. The internet is forever right?

A morning sunrise shot in the neighborhood.

One afternoon I noticed low thin clouds late in the day so I went home and launched the drone from the backyard and I’m pretty happy with this.

I got a ton of skywatch photos on our vacation to Orange Beach, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico back in August so I’m still posting these.

I’m linking to Skywatch Friday

Skywatch Friday – Late Afternoon in the Neighborhood

I launched the drone the other day. It wasn’t sunset time but there were clouds and light so off I went. This is 40 meters over my backyard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, looking west.

And then I turned the drone 180 degrees to the east and pointed the camera closer to the ground.

And, as you can tell, I played with the photos a little bit. I used a program called Dynamic Auto Painter and used one of their watercolor presets.

I’m linking with Skywatch Friday

Skywatch Friday – Staying Home or Going Out?

I get lots of skywatch photos from my front and back yards, and that is great except…

I like getting out as well.

On our street looking east. I love this mackerel sky.

Another day, looking west again.

We have no daffodils in our yard though. Gotta drive to them.

I always love a flag snapping in a strong, cold, spring breeze.

The school where I tutor a first grader is honoring all their teachers, administrators, cafeteria workers, janitors, tutors and everyone else who helps out.

The other day the knee was feeling strong so I fired up the electric mower and got the job done.

On another day the wife and I went to a big box store and bought some cushions for our patio furniture. The cushions were cool but these roosters take a better photo. Can you believe stores let you walk in and take pictures of their stuff? Some stores say no photos but I ignore those signs.

The afternoon after I mowed, I decided to go take a hike at Turkey Mountain on a little bit more challenging trail. Only a mile long but the killer was about 300 feet of elevation change.

Here is some switchbacks on the 300 ft climb.

I loved the br

You can tell I really liked the bridge since I took two photos of it.

Staying in or Going out? You need to do both!!