Friday favorites: capturing the clouds
I have long been fascinated by the clouds–in awe of Mother Nature in general, but especially clouds. So this Friday, I wanted to share with you some of my favorite cloud pictures.
I went through my photos and chose only the most impressive. The only problem was I had selected more than 50. So I made another pass and somehow narrowed it to 15. I hope you enjoy looking at these images as much as I enjoyed putting them together for you.
Look up and behold Heaven’s gallery of art, with its countless, ever-changing, golden pictures of beauty, illuminating the gorgeous curtain of ethereal blue. ~James Lendall Basford
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore
The sky, a perfect empty canvas, offers clouds nonetheless. They shift and drift and beg interpretation… such is the nature of art. ~Jeb Dickerson
In the morning we sometimes notice the scattered specks and flakes gathering together, growing and spreading into the magnificent cumulus, stacked up in gigantic heaps—Pelion piled on Ossa—till the afternoon sun glorifies a range of sky-mountains, beside whose stupendous height earth’s loftiest range is dwarfed, and whose summits are white as no fuller on earth can white them. ~Alfred Rowland
Why do I love clouds? Because you can’t save a cloud like you can save a leaf or a flower or a rock — clouds are now! Clouds are the carpe diem of nature. ~Terri Guillemets
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ye clouds, that are the ornament of heaven,
Who give to it its gayest shadowings
And its most awful glories; ye who roll
In the dark tempest, or at dewy evening
Bow low in tenderest beauty; — ye are to us
A volume full of wisdom.
~James Gates Percival
Look up! What is that apparition of dazzling brightness rising softly upon the blue sky from behind those tall and massive elms? If you saw it for the first time in your life, you would say it must be some celestial visitant. Is it light itself from heaven taking shape, and just softened and subdued to the endurance of a mortal vision? It is nothing but a cloud!—mere vapour that the unseen wind moves and moulds, and that the sun shines on for a little time. ~William Smith
A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden. ~Terri Guillemets
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time. ~John Lubbock
Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine. ~Criss Jami
Ye glorious pageants! hung in air
To greet our raptur’d view;
What in creation can compare,
For loveliness, with you?
~Bernard Barton
***Your turn***
What are you doing this weekend to relax?
What was the highlight of your past week?
Are you a fan of clouds or all about sunshine?
My biggest highlight from last week was Eloise turning 1!!! What?!?!?!
This is not relaxing per say, but we have tickets to see the book of Mormon musical this weekend and I’m SO EXCITED! Also, Kevin and I don’t get many dates, so that aspect will be relaxing.
I prefer sun, but I love clouds too. Gotta have variation.
I cannot believe that Eloise is a year old. She sure is a doll!
Have fun on your date night. I want to hear all about Book of Mormon.
My favorite is actually blue sky with clouds — partly sunny I guess you would say.
Beautiful pictures and I love the quotes. I feel a little more peaceful now.
I’m glad you enjoyed them Heidi. ❤️
Well, I am drinking a beer right this minute to unwiind and start the weekend. Going to a baseball game this evening. We’ll see from there.
I love clouds but El Paso is the Sun City so we have something like 350 days of sun a year. Rarely see more than an wisp of clouds. But this summer has been different…we have had a lot more rain than usual and with that CLOUDS!
Your photos are stunning. You should frame them and make a collage of your favorites. You could always trade them out for new favs. I enjoyed the quotes, too. Great post.
Thanks Leslie. I may try the collage, perhaps with a couple of the quotes mixed in. Enjoy the game!
I love clouds too. Seems like the Master artist is as work. Your photos are lovely and intriguing. It was so good looking at them and the variety too.
Kathleen
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Thank you Kathleen. That is a lovely way to look at it–“the Master artist is at work.”