I love all of these especially the first video from which I screen shot this to show you what drew my eye.
But this may be my very favorite and I’m sure it is one Lia would choose for a weaving.
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I’m jealous of anyone with a view of dawn over water. We get the setting sun which is very popular where I live. But sunrise is my favorite time of the day.
One place I’ve seen sun up over water here on the West Coast is from my in-laws old place near Tomales Bay state park. This view is from the hill behind them looking over the bay but more late afternoon.
One year my school took its early retreat at Marconi conference center not far from Marshal Beach which is visible in that first photo. So I got up before dawn and drove to my FIL’s house and had coffee with him sitting at his dining room table. (No photos.) That window was on the top floor and directly above this view from the family room below.
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I am fascinated by trees with a variety of vines growing on them. This one clearly has grape and Virginia creeper. I suspect it also has poison ivy in the tangle as well.
I thought the the stream was really beautiful, too. And the sound of the trickle of water.The colors are really muted, but still dramatic with the black trees and the bleached, dried grasses.
The spare winter landscape reminds me of the film Peripeteia (2012) by John Akomfrah.
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Whoa! Much warmer in the middle of the state right now, about 26,
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Sorry, that was Thursday–I posted that early this morning! You’re right–it’s 24 here this morning. That’s quite a difference from yesterday!
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Found this article about identifying poison ivy and Virginia creeper on trees in the winter. Looks like my viney tree above probably has both on it.
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Long ago (before the web) I caught sunrise through the surf; it made every droplet golden or scarlet. I’m not sure I even still have that photo. 
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This reminds me of a spring snow that melted in the sun then froze again in the shade. A friend ended up with a mostly bare roof but in the back under the trees the drain field was a sheet of layers of frozen pulses of melt water.
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Yesterday hiked a few miles enjoying the 68°f weather in Florida’s panhandle. Nice ocean breeze. Sandy soil.
Also made a smoothie with frozen dragonfruit and blueberries seasoned with cacao powder and ground flax seed. Very antioxidant rich with different types. The anthocyanins of blieberriebsnd the betalains of dragonfruit. It’s why beets and dragon fruit are more closely related than they are to blueberries.
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And peace to you too, Mi. Looks like you’re getting some prosthetic help maybe. Better?
@Randy I’ve been feeling guilty ever since I screen captured a bit of one your photos intending to post my crop here. I had second thoughts as I wasn’t sure how welcome that would be. But finally here is the part which prompted me share what attracted me to that photo of yours.
Somewhat God-light like.
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It’s a good crop! That’s great. Thank you! I enjoyed the ice on the netlike branches, too
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The prosthetics help with some things. They help with me being able to hold a thinner cylinder plastic object like a smaller cup or something than can be squeezed in like soymilk cartons. They don’t help at all with things like larger glass bottles. Like the typical $5 glass jar of jalapeños. Does not help with knives or anything. It does help me to be able to grab car door handles and seatbelts. They don’t help with shoelaces or buttons. I can flip book pages with them and I can use them to help with my binoculars.
My prosthetic doctor though is not able to be caught. I’ve left maybe 6 voicemails in the last few months. Never had a single one returned. Called and tried to set up appointments. Never any feedback at all. Going to just drive there this weekend maybe. It’s like 80 minutes away. I’ve went twice and no one was there or they were out. It’s really annoying.
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Sounds like one of those cases where you have to yell until you’re blue in the face to get heard. Or maybe you just need a second opinion?
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Kallima inachus?
I’m good either way. It is a nominally Christian forum, after all. 
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No idea what it is.
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On second thoughts it’s not a Kallima - I’d forgotten they are Asian not American.
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Well I 99% certain this is a Geometer moth. But that still many. But they commonly have the lines though many are far more showy. This one is more plain patterned.
It seems to be brownish. Maybe some yellowish tans. The hind wings have little tails and the hind wings are very angled. So I’m guessing it’s Ourapterygini. In Alabama there are just two genre. I think this one is maybe in the Prochoerodes genus.
But there is also the Eutrapela.
They are both here in south Alabama. Many of the Eutrapelahave much more rounded off wingtips. So I guess if I was betting I would probably lean into It’s a species of Eutrapela.
So browns and tans colors. Non tenting wings. Hind wings have a curvy margin with two distinct elongated bumps. Darker line across the wings. Perhaps it’s in the Eutrapela genus of which I’m just seeing the species e. clemataria mentioned.
But I have a slight fever and I don’t know where my moth book is that contains this genus in it and don’t feel like trying to make 100% certain.
And also just to further show why it’s not Kallima besides way wrong distribution.
They rest with their wings folder up. This one has them down flat.
They have smooth margins. This one has angular and specifically cured angular wings with hing wing bumps.
Just fyi.
You can usually tell if it’s a moth or a butterfly based off if it rests with its wings fully folded up or down. Some are tricky and will half tent their wings. But in general you can normally decide if it’s moths or butterflies that way.
Then if the wings are down, you can look at
Are the hindwings much smaller than the forewings or are they about the same size. If the hind wings look like a separate set of wings , huge. It’s most likely in the hawk, geometer or silk moth families. If the hindwings wings are much smaller, or even completely hidden it’s probably in the owl family of moths.
You can look at veining too. You’ll notice that in the forewing there is a dark line going across the wings. When together it looks like one long line across them. That’s the postmedial line. The veining between that and the wing tip is spaced evenly. The owl moths have irregularly spaced ones.
But again the fore and hind wings are resting own flat and the same size roughly. But the margins are quite crenulate. “Scalloped”. That moves us toward inchworm larvae moths “geometer” moths.
Now it’s kind of hard to see if you’re not sure what you’re looking at. But in the pictures you’ll notice the wings does not have the postmedial line running perfectly. Towards the center they are broken up. That’s because the forewings are spread apart and you’re seeing the line of the hindwing between them. When you look at the hind wing you’ll see the tips are scalloped far more than the fore wings.
I added the pic again here so you don’t have to jump back and forth to see what I’m referring too.
But don’t let this discourage you. It was a great guess based off of a quick glance at colors and markings pattern. I’ve been looking at moths for about a decade. All without pinning them to. But when I find a dead one I do get lots of pics and look at leg segments, antennas and eyes and so on. Not to overhype myself but although I am definitely not a moth expert, when it comes to amateur armchair mothing I’m also not a beginner. As you look at more and more you’ll quickly learn. I always suggest with anything to begin with families. Learn the keys to the most common families. Then work from there down. Tips like wings up or down, and when down if very flat or slightly tented can instantly cut the guesswork in half .
Also look at body size. It’s thin. Not bulky.
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