Scenes from a flight home

This past Monday, I dragged myself out of bed at oh-hell-thirty and drove to Tampa Int’l for my flight home from a writers’ conference. Even though I grumbled as I rolled my suitcase out to the rental car and headed out, I was looking forward to the trip. I’d snagged a window seat facing east, which meant I could watch the sunrise.

A few minutes after take-off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few minutes later. Watch that tiny dot of light in the sky.

 

Planet-tracking. Venus remained in view for the dusk portion of the flight. Mars was there as well since the planets were in conjunction a few days before, but I couldn’t see it.

 

 

 

 

 

The dot’s much brighter now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venus faded as the sky lightened. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Layers of cloud forming a bowl

 

Wondering if these clouds were some portion of Hurricane Nate. The flight was bumpy at times, but nothing like I feared given that Nate had passed through there the day before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love spotting shapes in the clouds:

Cloudhenge

 

Ghostliner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunrise off the starboard bow

 

Daylight, and Lake Michigan coming into view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lake, complete with early morning sailor

Home, with shades of autumn amid the green

 

 

A pleasant flight. I need to nab the window seat more often.