Friday, August 28, 2009

A Perfect SWF Day


Today was a "gift" kind of day. It began in the mid 60's with no humidity, and continued as such. That makes for a most magnificent cloud-watching kind of day! Don't tell anyone, but I stopped off at one of my very favorite Saugatuck River spots to take a few photos before work. OK, it made me a bit late for work, but who can blame me with this photo to be taken?
Such a very unusual summer we've had here in the Northeast. Not many days that were hot, so much rain it's unbearably wet and all surfaces are incredibly slippery historical, and green as far as the eye can see. My lawn has been perpetually green, well, until the last week, when it suddenly began to turn brown. I think the browning is caused not by lack of water, but because my grass has finally given up the ghost along with my zucchini, cucumbers and tomatoes and simply decided the best thing to do was drown. (Don't even ASK me about the mildew on my hosta plants and maple tree leaves - it's real and it's not at all pretty - and it's the first time in 30 years that's ever happened!) The weeds? If we're not careful, they'll be growing over the top of the house next week!
So there, my friends, you have a small glance of my magnificent sky for this week. I know there are many beautiful skies all over the world, but my sky certainly ranks with one of the best! Glad it's mine!

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xoabb
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20 comments:

  1. the beauty of this sky is definitely a gift. a perfect day.

    I love your header photo, by the way.:P

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  2. And what a fabulous sky it is! Such lovely clouds against the blue!

    Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  3. It is a great sky and those clouds are the perfect accessory ..ITA with you summer rant, I feel waterlogged ... give us back out regular NE summers please .. send the rain where its needed .. California maybe

    Oh and right now, in real time, its raining here now .. FEH

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  4. I wanted to stop on my way to work the other day for soooooo many shots but alas... I didn't and have decided I need to take a trip west ward just for photo taking or I am never going to do it!

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  5. You can tell by the shot that the humidity was non-existant. I want that kind of weather...right now.

    Love this shot.

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  6. Beautiful photo, the colors are amazing! Worth being late to work for.

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  7. Oh my WORD, that's an incredible sky!

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  8. ...Love the photo! It looks like you could just reach up there and touch it...

    ...I was just over at Kate's place and read that you're sneezing and I dunno if this really works or not but I read that if you eat natural local honey from your area that you will not suffer from allergies. I know, it sounds too good to be true but many, many people claim it works, but it has to be "local" honey... If you try it, let me know if it relieves your symptoms. :o)

    ...Happy Friday! Blessings too...

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  9. Beautitul sky, Annie....looks like someone spread those clouds on with a knife. I like your attitude of the importance of photos over work :-)

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  10. And tomorrow? We can take pictures of the sky while we ride out Danny at the Duck!

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  11. beautiful streaking clouds - there is some kind of front moving in. sorry about the garden.

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  12. This is such a pretty picuture. Magnificent. I haven't seen you in a while : ). Good to know you are doing well...well, except for the mildew on the Hosta! : )

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  13. That picture spells perfect weather to me...I can just feel the air. It is a real beauty and worth being late for.

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  14. Beautiful clouds and green. You deserve that view (and to be late to work) after such a lousy summer. That kind of summer makes it seem like there was no summer at all. And what is life without summer? Maybe you have many more pretty, blue-sky days in your near future!

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  15. hmmmm.. that is a beautiful skywatch friday~ thanks for sharing

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  16. Ann: What a neat look at your river sky. That is one good reason to be late. Looks like a disapatting contrail cloud.

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  17. What an absolutely BLUE sky. Gorgeous.

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