You would think. 
And to trudge back up to the house, through that sunrise, after feeding the animals and moving them, and checking who is eating well and who is making more noise and telling Daisy: not long, Honey, not long , and then in for a beautiful hot cup of creamy coffee watching the dawn, before you rustle back up into gear and 
make a special cow breakfast then gently exit back into the brightened morning for the gentle milking. One thing we know is that the sunrise is always different and though it sounds like every day could be the same – it never is.
There was more to yesterday than that sunrise, but the still anchorage of a miraculous red gold sky, even though laced with calls and voices and movement, expectation and endless determination, this dawn resounds, echos and conveys us silently and carefully through the day. Those wisps of sunrise, that colour of rose, like hope.
Good morning. This morning’s dawn (as yet still under wraps) will show ice on the ground from last night’s freezing rain. They forecast snow as well, but that passed us by.
The cold is back. Have a lovely day.
celi
Enjoy your Sunday we here in NH will sit and watch the snow MELT they say maybe 50! Then what ice all over as temps. drop
New England weather if you don’t like it wait a minute 
always changing. We were socked in with heavy fog as I walked the beach yesterday with JT and had hoped to see a beautiful sunset I could share but the fog only sunk to the surface worse bad driving in it but now today there maybe a beautiful one which will probably match your sunrise 
Eunice
Morning Eunice, love the idea of walking along the beach in a fog, I grew up by the beach as you know, and we used to listen to those resonant sounds of the fog horns drifting in through our bedroom windows.. wonderful memory.. c
Sadly lighthouse was not sounding yesterday while we were down by Plum Island one but I did capture the Green light I think in a shot from across the river
I am glad I can send you some memories of the sea and you bless me with farm animals as my grandparents always had.
Eunice
Awesome.. c
is that a Border Collie in your header photo? Can’t tell
Yes that is TonTon, my dog.. I need to make an introductory post for you, it is fun trying to learn all their names at once! c
Beautiful beginning to the day, C. I hope it set a gentle tone for the rest…
We’ll enjoy one or two more springlike days before freezing again…
the cold has come back just in time, I noticed a certain swelling on a lilac yesterday, time it went back to sleep! I thought of you this morning when i realised I had completely forgotton to take a Daily View Shot!! c
Just as with sunrise, each day has its own special quality, good or bad.
So I wish you a good quality day.
Ah yes, there is always that certain quality.. morning ronnie.. c
What a beautiful start to the day. Hope it is a great one.
It is a slippery one, everything is covered in ice, i had to break into the chicken coop house with a hammer!! c
Yikes!!! Poor babies!!! Not quite the rooster alarm clock when there is a hammer whacking on your coop!!!
(laughter!) c
I had to use a hammer on the guinea hen waterer this morning to break the ice (we could do the chook and sheep water with just our hands) – and this is just Northern California! Have a good Sunday, Ceci!
I have never met the start of a day that Wasn’t beautiful.
Well said !! lovely.. c
beautiful sky! it is 60 here right now but the cold front rolls in around noon and our temps will fall quickly. as it should be for this time of year!
January is full of surprises, but I am sure we will be cold for the duration now, not too bad this morning yet though, 28 I think! c
Hi Celi! It’s cold down here too now. But in one more day I’ll be in Nicaragua where it is warm!! I’ve got my backpack packed up and I’m ready to go. I’ll be able to check email down there, but probably not daily. But I’ll check in for sure during the next three weeks! xo
Nicaragua! Goodness me! Astonishing. Have tons of fun.. c
Beautiful sunrise pictures! Isn’t it nice to see the porch light on when you’re making your way back to the house? I hope you’re wearing your ice grippers on your boots today!
Have a lovely Sunday
No ice grippers, just careful steps!! morning.. c
Sunrises and sunsets – some of Mother Nature’s best works I think!
Christine
the cold is back here also. I am just so impressed with your photos. I have seen many shots of this but not as beautiful as yours
That’s a beautiful good morning
Beautiful! Morning Celi.
Morning Missy! c
How beautiful and special to be able to capture those wisps.
Wisps of morning.. not this morning though, no sunrise at all, all grim grey clouds.. c
Beautiful pictures!
LOVE the second pic – just too gorgeous!
Mandy xo
Stay warm C.
Lovely! Oh, and I’m always a tiny but jealous of people enjoying hot cups of creamy coffee. It always sounds like such a good idea, but I can’t bring myself to like the smell or taste of coffee.
You can’t imagine how much I relish each morning with you and your critters and camera. Last evening here in Chicago the sky was a cloud cover of palest pink. The houses on the block obscure any chance to see a REAL sunrise or sunset,;this is why I so love your photos.
I forgot you were in chicago, maybe one day the Chicago contingent of the followers of the farmy could meet for coffee.. or maybe tea at that russian tea shop near or on madison ave?! On a snowy day.. we need snow for it to be a properly lovely meeting! c
The second shot is truly beautiful. So atmospheric My eyes aren’t drawn to the sky, but to the tiny porch light that says “home”.
Thank you Roger, i do appreciate that .. especially from you.. c
Ah, but a glorious sunrise like this is enough for a day.
Beautiful, beautiful sunrise. I always want to try and paint those colors! In the 70′s here right now. Very weird. Have a lovely day!
Beautiful – Happy Sunday on the Farmy:)
Love your photo and your blog. It’s really cold in the Pacific Northwest, Western Washington the icy cold has been here from Alaska for three days and we can plan on a good week of it. The donkeys and my horse are blanketed and drinking warm water. Come on spring
Beautiful dawn skies – often bring bad weather, but are appreciated nonetheless.
I love the sky also. It does tell us so much … making our day ever so much brighter by just seeing what the sun and the clouds are doing.
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Prose becomes poetry in your from-the-heart description of sunrise on the Farmy. It is moments like this – when I look across the winter fields and see the sky afire with colours we can only dream about. How fortunate those who have this view – this ability to see the beyond. My throat catched as I read your words Celi. A glorious start to Sunday. V.
we are lucky, the sky becomes out only source of colour at this time of year.. morning virginia! c
Gorgeous!! We’ve been stuck in fog for two days. Booo! Time for me to come to the farmy for a visit.
Oh no.. fog in paradise.. well it had to happen i guess, but i bet you are snug in your beautiful new home.. c
Our “beautiful new home” is also very large and difficult to keep warm…Ha! I’m usually layered in socks and sweats, and a sweatshirt. The fog has been kind of nice actually. Puts you in that stay at home and mill around kind of mood. I wouldn’t mind seeing the sun tomorrow though.
Hope you are have a good day!!
hi Celi well we got your sunrise ourlittleacres just didn’t get out of bed to see it; it was like your just with more trees in the background and hills Beautifully outstanding.
Friends home from NZ last night, son in law back from Fiji…all greeted
with a lovely 5 degrees at the Denver airport !! Just plain rude !!
It all the way up to 14 so I am sure they are still wrapped in their toasty
beds ! It’s The National Western Stock Show’s fault…these temps
are kindly known as “stock show weather ” It never fails !!
I love having winter, makes spring seem all the more amazing !!
Always ready….always grateful……love your porch..I’ve never seen
it !! Stay warm..
We’re expecting the cold this week, oh well. What am awesome view, I love the sky, so beautiful.
Cecilia, That would so much fun. Even more fun–a few glasses of wine. If you’re thinking of the place I’m thinking, there’s a Russian Tea Time on Adams St. a few steps from the Art Institute.
Yes that is the one, i have never been there but i have heard good things.. i need to consult with my chicago john.. see what he thinks! c
Beautiful sunrise, Celi, and we didn’t fare any better, snow-wise. Yes, it’s colder but there are nothing but mostly blue skies in the forecast. I hope they’re wrong.
Russian Tea Time would be a perfect place to meet, Celi. It’s near the subway and just a few feet off of Michigan Ave, making it quite easy to reach. You can read all about it here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/russian-tea-time-chicago
Have a great evening!
We should make a plan John.. Daisy is almost settled and The Matriarch and I are about ready for a gad about! c
Am certain a dawn like that does set you up for a gentle day . . . it has even made me feel good at 10 am [:) !] on an Australian summer morning. Of course the Powers above did bring us some gentle Camelot rain for an hour or two, so that this gal well and truly slept thru’ our dawn . . .
Celi – you are a poet. this was beautiful
What a lovely sunrise. I’ve grown to appreciate a good sunrise more and more. Almost more than sunsets. I hope you had a great day. No snow here either…just cold.
That was an exceptionally beautiful sky.
A sunrise like that just starts the day off right…. beautiful….
Red sky at night- sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning – sailor take warning….(warning of freezing rain, I guess.)
Great way to start the day – just seems that all is right with the world – even for a little bit
Gorgeous.
Your vivid words of the sunrise rang in my head with the voice of a preacher capturing me for a brief moment. Beautiful.
May the feeling it brought carry you through the cold gray icy mornings. wt
First ,Happy 2013! What a beautiful sunrise……just wonderful!