Thursday, January 28, 2010

Sky Watch Friday!


Time to share your skies! Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and myself. Each week hundreds of people from all over the world share the beauty of their skies! Click on the icon, sign in and share yours as well! Please do read and follow the instructions on the Sky Watch site. Thank you!! Look forward to seeing your skies!

Here in Seattle we've had a little bit of everything in regards to the skies. I learned yesterday that this is the warmest January on record for Seattle, however, when it is rainy and cold and gray, it's still cold! But enough complaints here are some of the beautiful skies from our deck and particularly from the harbor where I've spent a lot of time this week.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world, but here the earth is the floor of the sky. ~Willa Sibert Cather



I don’t feel rejected by the sky. I’m a part of it- tiny, to be sure, but everything is tiny compared to that overwhelming immensity. ~Dr. Carl Sagan



More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure. ~Cecil Beaton



And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Where under crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help for it As impotently moves as you or I.
~Edward Fitzgerald



Those grey skies are just a challenge for optimists. ~Loesje



See yonder little cloud, that, borne aloft So tenderly by the wind, floats fast away Over the snowy peaks! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

85 comments:

  1. All those shots are beautiful, but that first shot is spectacular!

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  2. I love clouds! These are magnificent!

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  3. Stormy skies with a hint of clearing at the begining or end of the day are the best.
    These pictures are beautiful.

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  4. Ah, dearest, all those are very beautiful'
    I posted an area in Brasil...a desert...very beautiful

    take care and congrats
    graceolsson.com/blog

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  5. Outstanding but those storm clouds in the first picture are just plain awesome.

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  6. Hi Sylvia, Just stopped by to say hi and check out your beautiful photography. Hope all is good with you. I can't decide which one I like the best. They are all just awesome.

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  7. If those gray skies are a challenge for an optimist, then what do they do to a pessimist? Wonderful post as always.

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  8. The photos with the clouds are so good they look like paintings almost. They are wonderful. I'll be in Seattle at 10:15 tonight. WOOT !!

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  9. I've decided you must have more sky pictures than anyone I know. And possibly a krick in your neck.

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  10. Lovely combination of sky images and quotes.

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  11. Fabulous skies, Sylvia, and the accompanying quotations are wonderful.

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  12. Great sky shots, Sylvia. I love seeing that lovely harbor.
    Enjoy your day :)

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  13. Gorgeous clouds, Sylvia! I especially like those ones in the first photo - how powerful!
    Have a great weekend!

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  14. Nice peaceful photos Sylvia!!! Thanks for sharing, Have a nice SWF!!!

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  15. Beautiful sky and your are fortunate to have these views everyday from your deck and from the harbor. Beautiful quotes as usual.

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  16. Great picturees. I love especially the Willa Cather quote.

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  17. gorgeous skies as always. That second picture is so very beautiful.

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  18. I love the second image with the gold and silver colors. Amazing how metallic the sky reflections look and the boats add interesting texture.

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  19. Another awesome skies.
    Great captures!
    Have a lovely day Sylvia.

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  20. I love the second shot, with the harbor and the golden sun trying to peek out from behind the clouds. I always enjoy seeing watery shots, as there's not much water where I live.

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  21. Beautiful skies and reflections.

    Have a great weekend!

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  22. Wonderful text and skies as always:-)
    Wish you a great weekend!

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  23. lovely photos but beautiful words. You must spend all week looking for sky related words!

    happy hunting for the next week xo

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  24. Sylvia, these are magnificent photographs. It conveys the frigid air and I find myself longing for a jacket. I have been since I started perusing the Skywatch blogs. I love the snowfall effects of your blog. How did you do that?

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  25. That first photo looks like the clouds are heavy looking. Nice photos.

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  26. What a wonderful sequence of shots and quotes too. I like them all but the second shot with that gold on the water made me gasp with delight.

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  27. Great captures!the best skies !!!all the best :)

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  28. Gorgeous photos and lovely quotations! I love your post Sylvia!
    Have a beautiful weekend:)
    Greetings

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  29. The earth is the floor to the sky... LOVE IT! Great shots! Really wonderful cloud structures.

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  30. My favorite is the 2nd shot - so very peaceful! Sorry to read about Molly - so young, so sad.

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  31. favorite skies, Sylvia. my fave is the second shot too:) Have a good weekend!

    Oh, my skywatch is here.

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  32. Great skywatch photos, Sylvia! The first two are my favorites.

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  33. I always love your harbor shots. The golden sunset photo is spectacular!

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  34. Love the silvery golden lines of your second shot. You really do give us a feel for the atmosphere in the Seattle area. And it does look cold, too.

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  35. Beauty in the clouds. I enjoyed the quotes as well. Thank you.

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  36. Wonderful words and gorgeous photos!

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  37. Wow! Now those are samples of "drama" in the sky! Amazing photos and words to enhance their beauty!

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  38. All are wonderful but the clouds in the first shot are just breathtaking.

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  39. Fantastic shots of the sky. Lovely cloud formations.

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  40. A cloudy sky is never boring. Wonderful pictures. The first one is amazing.

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  41. Enjoyed all your varied sky views and your quotes too. Thanks for stopping by HRG ... I also shared sky views from the storm at Sacred Ruminations this week.
    Hugs and blessings,

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  42. Those clouds are just gorgeous. Thanks, Sylvia!

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  43. Great views. Thanks, and thanks for visiting My Field of Vision.

    PS...Sad about Molly

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  44. I have so enjoyed getting out for a walk every day. Maybe rain tomorrow, but we need snow in the mountains.

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  45. big giant clouds nearly touching the earth!
    stunning

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  46. Beautiful cloud formations and reflections.

    Have a lovely weekend.

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

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  47. incredibly beautiful shots!

    Happy SWF!

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  48. All such lovely shots, but the second with its golden glow and shimmering silver is particularly beautiful. Also your quotes, and the accompanying music!

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  49. Nice shy shots and I like the first one - big and dramatic cloud.

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  50. I see you at all the best blogs and decided to check you out, Sylvia.

    Wonderful skies and quotes! So glad I came by. You are most welcome to visit my Waikiki skies and quotes ANYTIME!

    Aloha, New Friend!


    Comfort Spiral

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  51. You always have such stunning photos, Sylvia!
    I also enjoy the quotes every time I visit and all the humor that's sprinkled everywhere ♥
    ~Maria

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  52. Love the different clouds at different times of the day. The golden tint is just as gorgeous as the gray skies.

    Enjoy your weekend!

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  53. Some lovely shots Sylvia, have a great weekend.

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  54. YOu've had some lovely skies this week! And sun too... Gorgeous!

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  55. I can't get over the layer of clouds in that first one - awesome shot!
    However, as always they are all so beautiful!
    Have a great weekend!

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  56. Love your Sky Quotes..
    Your skies there are simply awesome.

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  57. Lovely cloudy sky and an interesting harbor below.
    We have had a pretty cold Jan. here in So Cal , wet too!

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  58. I always enjoy your photos and your words of wisdom. They really touch my heart!

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  59. Yes, yesterday was great for taking pictures in the region. I had fun taking photos of swans and Mount Baker. Hasn't been a very cold winter overall in these parts. There are signs of spring in many places.

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  60. Great captures Slyvia, as always. Love the quotes, too First photo is my favorite.

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  61. ...MAGNIFICIENT white clouds....tender winter clouds....!!
    Cara Sylvia....wonderful impessions and words; may I though express a compliment for the fluffy white and black Panda; writing for help to Martha Stewart....?!
    .....Incredibly sweet and soo funny the lovely text.....!!!

    I love Your brilliant Humor...!!
    Have a wonderful and happy weekend!!!
    ciao ciao abbraccio elvira

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  62. So many different views all pretty in their own way. Thanks for adding to the fun of sky watch friday.

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  63. oh lovely. you are so blessed to be there to witness all these beauty.

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  64. Indeed a little bit of everything - good entertainment to divert attention from the fact it's winter.

    I'm a little late on my rounds today, but better late than never. Have a great weekend.

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  65. Beautiful skies, and I love that Cecil Beaton quote.

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  66. Wow! What rolling, boiling skies...and then so calm. A beautiful skywatch...have a great weekend! :o)

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  67. Very nice selection of beautiful skies !!

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  68. I liked the second shot the most!

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  69. That second shot of the sunlight breaking through the clouds, is lovely. Love the reflections on the water. A wonderful capture.

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  70. Beautiful images as always, I like the fourht one so grey but still beautiful.

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  71. Hi! I love the quote about gray skies being just a challenge for optimists - perfect! And in some of your pictures the clouds look so powerful and in others they just seem like a gentle blanket. So many personalities!

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  72. Gorgeous photos and the quotes you've chosen enhance all the beauty. Always nice to visit your lovely blog too, Sylvia.
    Happy Skywatch Friday!

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  73. Great quotes and sky as always. Having a hard time in Ohio finding skies like that

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  74. Fabulous clouds across your way Sylvia. I love them all, but- oh, that first shot...

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  75. Great shots, love the first picture. Thanks for visiting my blog:)

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  76. Thank you for these wonderful photos and quotes. The huge cloud on the first pic looks so heavy that it might just fall out of the sky!
    You have an amaking view from your deck!

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  77. These are beautiful Sky Watch pictures. I especially like the second photo.

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  78. Awesome shots. Thanks for the comment sylvia. Hope u come back and visit my blog again.

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  79. Big, dark and hopeful. #1 had it all.

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  80. Fantastic captures Sylvia. Hope you have a grand weekend.

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  81. Those are amazing photos! I do love all of them, but the second one grabs me - the way the sun is coming from the clouds. Wonderful.
    Happy skywatching:-)

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  82. Beautiful and varied skies you have! Great quotes, as always. I like the second photo!

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