The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds ....

“Look at those clouds," said Jamie, gazing up at the sky. "Look at them." 

"Yes," said Isabel. "They're very beautiful, aren't they? Clouds are very beautiful and yet so often we fail to appreciate them properly. We should do that. We should look at them and think about how lucky we are to have them." 

"Look at the shape of the clouds," she said. "What do you see in those beautiful clouds, Jamie?"

"I see you," he said.” 

 from "The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds" by Alexander McCall Smith

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The field was bathed in a rather eerie yellow light this evening.  Intrigued, I ventured out to see what was going on.  

I was greeted by a very moody vista.  Mama Nature had got her knickers in a twist about something, that was for sure.  

I took some time just to 'be'.  To breathe, to recharge after a busy week.  It was wonderfully quiet.

No-one down this-a-way.....

No-one down that-a-way........... (apart from a red and white furry blur)

Just me and the waxing  moon

And sometimes - that's all that is needed.

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“when we look up, it widens our horizons. we see what a little speck we are in the universe, so insignificant, and we all take ourselves so seriously, but in the sky, there are no boundaries. No differences of caste or religion or race.” 

 Julia Gregson, East of the Sun

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