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April 2018 in photos (Photo essay)

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The upside of Spring's arrival, however fleeting, is that the snow clouds disperse and we start seeing more of the wispy clouds which I love. On this day, I was able to get 3 shots, as the afternoon slid into disk. You can see a sliver of the moon. Contrails...'X'must be the spot! Sun has slowly moved toward setting. While I was out that afternoon, I shot the next two photos: Not sure what these are but there was a patch I found. Not sure what these husks were that were tangled in the bush. The next image I think is rather unique. I was in the kitchen and noticed the lace sheer that covers the kitchen window was creating a shadow on the floor. The sheer has rose-like flowers that spread across the floor. Yesterday afternoon, it suddenly clouded over and got really dark. I opened the shades and caught these images: The wind had picked up and the temperature dropped. The clouds actually looked more like snow clouds. We ...

Looking up at the clouds

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What do you see??? Even as a child, the sky has always been mysteriously beautiful to me. I can't remember there ever being a time that I wasn't looking up...watching the sky, the clouds and even storms rolling in.  What follows, is a journey through the last week of such sky-watching. 5/10/2012 The photo above was taken on a gray day, but the clouds did not bring the much needed rain. sunset 5/15 I love when I can capture the rays coming off the clouds like this one. Sometimes the clouds roil and roll...often before a storm, but not always. This was a storm from building...5/21/2012 And building... This one looks like an explosion behind the tree! 5/21/2012   Sometimes...the colors put me in awe, as well as the way the layers of clouds do: I love the depth of colors and layers... 5/21/2012 Here's another, only minutes later The following night, May 22nd, these were what we were seeing at sunset: Notice again the layers...a...