First, overhead, there was a migration flock of sandhill cranes flying by...maybe 60 of them. I've never seen so many in flight before...they circled and finally veed off towards the northwest. We watched them fly by, calling to each other for several minutes. Then I turned around, and there was the most perfect ring around the sun. I ran inside, and snapped a few pics. Here's one of them:

Interesting day so far. For some reason, these things made me feel better. Off to go plant mustard and peas in my garden....