Last night it poured rain off and on, a rarity here in the Sonoran desert but familiar to me visiting from the Pacific Northwest. The power went out before first light, we made drip coffee by headlamp and went down to the beach to watch the sunrise. Because of the dense cloud cover, there was no colored light show to demarcate night from morning, just a gradual fade of night.
Overcast lighting conditions are my favorite for photographing my medleys, so Jasper and I returned to the beach with my pile of save special shells to get down to work. It was a glorious morning spent with the gulls and pelicans on the beach.