Lucky 12/22/11

• Slept lousy again but got up with the alarm anyway.  Stepped out onto the balcony to warm and humid, sky socked in with dark clouds except for a stained glass window at the eastern horizon glowing black and red.  Had to walk the sunrise.
• A tumultuous Mother Ocean slapped foamy swells onto the sand.  A lone dolphin rolled up out of the waves.  Pelicans belly-flopped on the water, then bobbed and fished.
• The east window stayed open and let the intensifying sunrise colors through -- hot orange backdrop; blush turning the murky clouds to cotton candy and the ocean to chablis.
• Sunbella rose, pancaked between two clouds, then was gone and night returned.  The sunrise show may be the best today has to offer.  And I got to see it walking barefoot on the beach.  I'm a lucky gal.  Plus, I just got to phone convo with my SGD after he got off work.  The day begins.
• Sending a "happy birthday" shout-out to my nephew Eli.  Have a kickbutt day, Dude!