I have been sitting on the back porch watching the sun rise, bundled up with the camera on a tripod and using a remote cable. Today I thought I'd try to get a series of photographs beginning with grey clouds over the distant mountains and then taking photographs as the clouds change colors and the sun makes it way above the mountains — below is the result:

THE NEW YEAR 2023
 

The last couple of days the early morning have been warmish creating thick fog. As it's a winter sun, the colors are very golden-yellow and I love what the color and fog does to the grounds, trees, fences, etc.

Japanese Chestnut

Fence on north side of tree