Thursday, January 21, 2010

SkyWatch ~ Sunny Summer Afternoon

Before the sunset the swallows massed for a grand display
flying fast and low, set off against the afternoon clouds.

















when my attention veered to concentrate on the clouds instead.


First some screaming banshees, followed by piano keys.
Do enlarge to get the full force of colour.

A cobweb curtain? The banshee's flying grey hair or souls
ascending to the heavens?

Finally a few obliging swallows cross my lens after all.





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38 comments:

  1. Looking to the sky and seeing that my Arija is okay. Are you okay today sweet friend.

    xoxox

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  2. Can you put the air conditioner on max. If not I am coming to blow on you. Unfortunately I am only full of hot air.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  3. Arija it is not easy being green is it.

    This feels better, that feels worse. This works that doesn't. Bugger is right.

    xoxox

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  4. My favorite crayon when I was a girl was called "sky blue". This makes me realize why.

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  5. Gorgeous sky pictures, as always. :) Your blog is a delight.

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  6. These are my kind of skies, Arija, just beautiful!

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  7. so like how the cloud formations sweep our vision up and around and across and down...lovely captures.

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  8. Those clouds as "souls ascending to the heavens"--that is a nice thought!

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  9. Such gorgeous skies, Arija, and marvelous captures and words as always. I do hope you are doing better. I'm holding good thoughts for you. Take care and have a good weekend!

    Sylvia

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  10. Such a beautiful variety of clouds. Nice of the birds to fly in. Gorgeous captures Arija.

    It's raining so hard here I may have to build an ark, if I can brace against the strong winds.

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  11. Swallows - oh Arija I am full of longing for the warm weather and the return of the swallows - still three months away. Lovely skies too.

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  12. Arjia,those are spectacular cloud shots.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  13. Wonderful shots of playful and fun clouds! Love the Swallows darting into shot too!

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  14. What a lovely series. Beautiful skies to dream away ...

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  15. I love how the terrain looks like a silhouette in broad daylight! Great shots, Arija.

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  16. Lovely summer skies!
    Enjoy the weekend Arija.

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  17. Oh my Arija, this is spectacular and your words bring the sky to life.
    B.

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  18. Lovely summer skies - the blues so soft and gentle.

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  19. Amazing skies, Arija! I enjoy all the images!
    Happy weekend!

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  20. one of my favourite things is birds in flight...

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  21. Glorious clouds... and yes, I can definitely see ghoulish faces in that curtain of clouds...

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  22. Beautiful clouds formations. I like your perspective.

    Have a good weekend.

    Alexander
    Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

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  23. I'm living in a snowglobe right now so I just wanted to send some cool air over to you through some kind of portal.

    xoxoxo

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  24. Hope you are having a good day and enjoying seeing the show nature is putting on for you. Thanks for sharing the view with us in Sky Watch Friday.

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  25. oh Arija...I miss so much teh sunny of the summer....hahahhahahahahahah
    Just cause I dont have always

    have a nice day
    graceolsson.se/mittliv

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  26. The cloud formation is so beautiful.

    Come to New Zealand, we have no snakes.

    I am curious about the crocodile people think is in the Gold Coast river.

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  27. Looking up is a beautiful thing to do.

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  28. Oh how I love wispy cirrus clouds! They are so engaging... the way they waft around.

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  29. Arija, what a wonderful Skywatch post. So beauitful and wild and full of imagination!

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  30. Found you through Colored Garden ~ just stopped to say 'hi' and to let you know how much I like your photos. Such a beautiful sky!

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  31. The first two photos look like an explosion of clouds racing across the sky from a point near the lower left corner. Very nice captures!

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  32. Gorgeous clouds up there. Your description sounds so exotic...

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  33. Isn't it wonderful how everyone can see something different in the clouds? One of them looks like wolves to me.

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