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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Sky Watch Friday!




Sky Watch Friday is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch Team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy, Louis and myself. Each week hundreds of people from all over the world share the beauty of their skies! Won't you join us and share yours?
Click on the icon, sign up and show us the beauty of the skies in your part of the world. PLEASE do read and follow the instructions on the home page before you sign in. Thank you and enjoy!

First of all I'd like to wish each and everyone of you a very Wonderful Holiday Season for the year! And my shots for the day were taken last evening at the harbor and one from my deck. Beautiful skies have been enjoyed, written about, painted, photographed, these are just a few samples of why that is so!



Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore



In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Frederic Lawrence Knowles



The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary.
Author: Alfred Kreymborg



All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds.
Richard Brautigan

58 comments:

Joe Todd said...

Beautiful skies and a very Merry Christmas

Anonymous said...

Sylvia, have a GOOD ONE!

Anonymous said...

Just gorgeous...every single one of them my friend. Merry Christmas to you and your entire family :)

Redzlan said...

Great Orange Sky!
Happy Holiday! ;)

eileeninmd said...

Sylvia, Happy Holidays to you and your family! Your skywatch photos are fantastic.

storyteller said...

Lovely sky views and wonderful quotes. Merry Christmas to you and yours ;-)
Hugs and blessings,
My Sky Watch

Unknown said...

Beautiful, Sylvia! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

love and peace,
Gina

Rajesh said...

Gorgeous sky shots.

Merry Christmas.

Cathy said...

Beautiful skies Sylvia! Merry Christmas!!!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Merry Christmas Sylvia,

Samson said...

Beautiful photo's Sylvia... love the last one...

Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas

Colin Campbell said...

Lovely. Have a lovely festive season Sylvia.

clairz said...

Lovely shots, lovely words. The very best of holiday seasons to you, Sylvia. You bring joy to so many all year around!

Carver said...

Sylvia you have really outdone yourself. I always love your posts but this was exceptional. Wishing you and yours a happy healthy year ahead.

The Good Life in Virginia said...

beautiful captures and inspirational words...happy holidays sylvia...

lazyclick said...

Very beautiful sky.
Merry Christmas to you.

bobbie said...

Your card is very beautiful, as well as your skies.

Happy Christmas!

Coffeedoff said...

Super set of sky photos!

Jom Manilat said...

Wonderful series!
Merry Christmas!

Victoria Tsavdaridou said...

Amazing shots, all of them are great!!! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas

Diane AZ said...

These images and quotes are all so beautiful, Sylvia. The clouds in the last one make the sky look so big. Merry Christmas!

Photo Cache said...

simply breathtaking, especially the first one.

merry christmas.

Tara R. said...

Beautiful skies! I really like the Kreymborg quote.

Kay said...

Such lovely Christmastime skies, Sylvia. Have a wonderful holiday!

Anonymous said...

Simply stunning skies - beautiful colours and such amazing cloud formations. Entertaining for sure.

Happy Holidays!

April said...

Amazing skies! Beautiful photos and quotes! Merry Christmas!

JTG (Misalyn) said...

Fantastic and breathtakingly beautiful! So serene.

I love the quotes too. Thanks for sharing those quotes.

Happy holidays Sylvia.

Alexander said...

Beautiful photos of the sky.

Merry Christmas!

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

Xavi said...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!! Sylvia

Anonymous said...

Such pretty skies, Sylvia! And I love the tiny snowflakes floating through your blog.
Happy, Jolly, Merry!

Anonymous said...

Such pretty skies, Sylvia! And I love the tiny snowflakes floating through your blog.
Happy, Jolly, Merry!

Bill S. said...

Beautiful pictures of the sky. I have not seen the sun for four days and I miss it a lot. Maybe tomorrow. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Sylvia: I always love photos over water and these are special.
I hope you have a great Christmas and hope you remember the reason for the season.

VioletSky said...

Beautiful skies.
Merry Christmas

I don't normally like hearing music on blogs, but your choices are so lovely.

FAB said...

FABulous skies and words to match.

Seasons Greetings Sylvia...Frank.

Anonymous said...

absolutely beautiful skies & photos, especially the 1st shot - WoW!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you & yours - Be safe & have lots of fun!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm gonna follow your blog so I can come back often!!! Thanks

Elisabeth said...

Lovely captures! Hope you have the Happiest Holiday!

SandyCarlson said...

Very beautiful skies, my friend. Thanks for your kind words. Merry Christmas!

Elaine Yim said...

Your skywatch pictures are indeed breathtakingly beautiful. Have a blessed Christmas!

marianne said...

beautiful skies! thanks so much for hosting skywatch friday, and merry christmas!

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas! I love the second one with the fringe of pines at the top!
Have a wonderful week!

Inday said...

Pretty dreamy skies Ma'am Sylvia.

Thanks for all your kind comments and for having me on board.

Have a safe and blessed season. :)

chrome3d said...

Evening wisdom blended so beautifully with the beauty of the sky. I wanted to disagree with the east/west statement but for the sake of christmas I drop it.

~Cheryl said...

Beautiful Sky Watch post! Merry Christmas!

Unknown said...

Hi Sylvia
Wonderful pics!
Merry Christmas, Evelyn

Pietro Brosio said...

Sylvia, it's a wonderful Sky Watch post, great pictures.
I fully agree with Lawrence Knowles!
I wish you a very Happy Christmas!

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magiceye said...

superb skies!!

Anonymous said...

A marvellous sunset.. so different to our own one of heavy-laden snow clouds.

Coffeeveggie addict. said...

lovely photos ang lovely blog...thanks for visiting my blog and being part of sky watch friday... merry christmas

joo said...

Merry Christmas to you Sylvia:)

Steffi said...

Very beautiful photo´s Sylvia!

" Merry Christmas " to you and your family!

Jan K. alias Afanja said...

These are very nice sky shots again, Sylvia.
I wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas!

Mridula said...

Such beauty, I thoroughly love the concept of Skywatch.

Tania said...

Your shot are so beautiful!:-) Thanks for the concept of Skywatch:-)
Marry Christmas!

Robin said...

So beautiful. What a treasure to be able to see them right from your deck.

Have a wonderful holiday Sylvia.

kRiZcPEc said...

WOW! I'm speechless.

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