Goodnight Moon

Here are some pictures I had been meaning to post.  They are from a couple weeks ago and the sky was just different EVERYWHERE you looked!  Behind me was soooo dark and stormy (minus the storm?), and in front of me was so beautiful and different...the pics don't do that early evening's sky enough justice:

 And here was the dark sky behind me:

p.s. speaking of Sky- I went on my porch and the stars were wonderful!  I had a realization that I always have loved a sky full of stars, but I get that little extra flicker of happiness when I see the cut little cluster known as the little dipper.   <3