Thursday, February 18, 2010

Sky Watch Friday!


Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch Team -- Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and myself. Click on the icon and sign up to share the beauty of your skies with the hundreds of people all over the world who post theirs each week!

In spite of all the whining I do about winter and gray skies, we've actually had the mildest winter on record!! Go figure! And for what it's worth, they are predicting lovely weather for the next week. So, we're having some sun, some blue skies, but also some incredibly beautiful, colorful clouds so this week I'm focusing on them. Maybe if I'm nice to them, they'll let more sunshine slip through!

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



The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Those grey skies are just a challenge for optimists
~Loesje



The sky is God's gift to you . . . what you do with it is your gift to him.
~Bill Purdin



The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep.
~Victor Hugo, The Vanished City



The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

87 comments:

  1. Another gorgeus and magnificent skies!
    Awesome quotes.
    Thank you for sharing Sylvia.
    Have a wonderful weekend.

    "SkyWatch"

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  2. You always have such interesting clouds, Sylvia. The skies in Hawaii above my home in Foster Village are either clear blue or completely cloudy. I prefer clear blue. LOL.

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  3. All of these pictures are just gorgeous!

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  4. Beautiful, beautiful skies, Sylvia. Hope you continue to enjoy a mild winter and sunnier skies to come.

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  5. Wonderful skies and warm colors!:-)
    Wish you a great evening!

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  6. I just love the second to the last one. It is just absolutely beautiful :)

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  7. Hi Silvia, happy SWF; the photos of the ever changing sky are inspiring with a quote to match the spirit of the clouds.

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  8. This is so great.. really nice.. I featured you and your Wednesday's post on my blog today.. Hope you like it.
    www.askchacha4free.blogspot.com

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  9. Wonderful sceneries, Sylvia! I've enjoyed the whole sequence of pictures together with the nice quotes :-)

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  10. Optimism, God´s gift: beautiful shots.
    Luiz Ramos

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  11. You get such wonderful cloud shots Sylvia. Gorgeous.

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  12. Beautiful different skies. Great s.hots. We have had the worst winter ever because we have had snow for over two months now. We mostly have mild winters with only a few days of snow so this is different.

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  13. Very beautiful choice of diffrent photos of skies,Silvia!Have a nice weekend!

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  14. I could enjoy winter much more here with skies like yours!
    These are just beautiful!!
    Love the Purdin quote.
    Mine’s here: Carletta’s Captures.

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  15. More beautiful skies and quotes, Sylvia. Won't you run out of wonderful quotes about skies soon...?!
    Hope you have a great weekend,
    Janice.

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  16. Very beautiful winter sky shots. Nice colors.

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  17. Beautiful series of sky photos.And beautiful words.

    Have a nice weekend!

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  18. Beautiful, both the images and the words.

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  19. Wonderful skies, Sylvia, and so varied. That's the gift from the sea :-)

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  20. Creator sure does have a plethora of colors on His Pallet..and your Sky Photos captured them very well.
    Love those cloud patterns.

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  21. Another fabulous collection of skies for this week and all the better for the great quotes you found to accompany them.

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  22. When the clouds part enough to let the sky shine between, that is when I say "It's a beautiful day!"

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  23. Great series of sky photos Sylvia and lovely quotes as always.

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  24. Lovely clouds formations and great sunset!

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  25. Gorgeous skies and beautiful photos Sylvia, accompanied by these beautiful quotes.

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  26. Beautiful skies! We are having sunny skies now, but still cold.

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  27. So very beautiful, Sylvia. I think the Emerson quote goes a long way to explain the success of Skywatch.

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  28. Very nice cloud formations. The perspective you have taken the photos from are fabulous.

    Have a good weekend.

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

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  29. You've done it again. Beautiful skies and quotes (where do you get them?!). Hope you get those blue skies xo

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  30. Love every single one of them especially the third one.

    www.ewok1993.wordpress.com

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  31. Beautiful series of skies.
    Fantastic clouds formation.

    Have a nice weekend. Sylvia

    Gunilla

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  32. beautiful skies as always! i always look forward to your skies. have a good weekend Sylvia

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  33. Wonderful photos, Sylvia! And wasn't Ralph Waldo Emerson amazing? What wisdom!

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  34. These are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing them! WOW!

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  35. Beautiful skies and colors there, Sylvia!

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  36. Fabulous sky Sylvia, as usually:)
    Have a great weekend!

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  37. Such lovely photos to accompany the perfect quotes. And the music! Adds to the delight of scrolling through your post. Thank you. ~ks

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  38. I love the quotes matching each photo. They are definitely something to think about...what fabulous skies and your captures are truly beautiful. Enjoy your weekend!

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  39. Lovely shots and words, Sylvia. All your work is appreciated--by me and by your many readers. Your true spirit always shines through!

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  40. Beautiful assortment, Sylvia. And methinks you saved the best for last!

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  41. you're so lucky to capture all those skies.. thanks for sharing. they are all beautiful.

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  42. Oh you are having some wonderful sunshine. Long may it last, though to be fair, you are making the most of it! Enjoy and I hope it lasts at least for the weekend.

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  43. Gorgeous, just doesn't seem to be enough of a description for you majestic sky photos.
    Lovely, Skywatch post Sylvia

    Be well, be happy...

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  44. Sylvia: You have just been having the neatest skies. I do wish you would send some of them to Ohio.

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  45. Beautiful sky shots. The 3rd is my favorite.

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  46. Sylvia those very spectacular views of the sky, I like the third photo, very lovely to look at.

    AL

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  47. Great to hear lovely weather is expected in your area, the outlook for HK is the weather will be warmer next week. It was 7.7 centigrade this morning, lowest record in this winter so far.

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  48. the daily bread of the imagination....nice :)

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  49. The clouds are as beautiful as the quotes. The colors of the orange and grays are so striking!

    Let's hope to have a great weather this weekend!

    Enjoy!

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  50. Great assortment of beautiful skies. I'm glad that I don't have to pick a favorite. :)

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  51. When the night’s begun,
    it’s not light I miss the most,
    but what light has done.

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  52. When I want to read lines and quotations, I know what to check out. Always here. And your photos are always compelling for a visit, too. Have a great week end, always.

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  53. spectacular skies there! well captured!

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  54. Beautiful skies and quotes. I love the Longfellow.

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  55. The sky is a buffet of feelings, where once touched, we learn to fly.

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  56. Wonderful skies! And a mild winter? It's cold here with lots more snow forecast!

    Have a great weekend.

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  57. Marvelous colors and sky formations!!! Wonderful photos!!!

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  58. Lovely series of sky photos. Hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead.

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  59. http://ann-mythoughtsandphotos.blogspot.com/2010/02/shakespeare-in-school.html

    I downloaded my photos I took yesterday and specially did this post for you.

    Imagine the world without Shakespeare.

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  60. Beautiful skies Sylvia. Hope your weekend is sunny :). Have a good one, Evelyn

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  61. Wow, Sylvia!

    I woke up two hours ago with a bit of stress in the veins but looking at your shots made it disappear...

    I love Loesje!

    Have a good weekend.

    Terrence looks at the sky

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  62. Beautiful glowing skies - perfect shot!

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  63. Such very pretty skies beautifully patterned with a range of clouds! Great collection!

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  64. A beautiful post. Please send some of those wonderful colors to Ohio

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  65. beautiful skies! and to think i moved from seattle to boise b/c i couldn't stand the gray :)

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  66. Lovely variety of skies Sylvia, have a great weekend.

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  67. I love that last sky the best. I'm glad to hear you are having such good weather too. Have a great weekend Sylvia!

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  68. gorgeous, gorgeous photos and wonderful quotes! a very beautiful post!

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  69. These are goreous sky shots! I love the quotes that go with them, too...perfect. Great post, Sylvia!

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  70. Beautiful skies, especially those last two. The light is simply golden.

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  71. All your skies are beautiful ! I bed you have a stiff neck now from taking all these pictures, lol !
    I still have to have sun in my heart, because outside ....

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  72. The third picture from the top is my absolute favorite in this set.

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  73. Fabulous photos! Thanks for your comment on mine and I hope you have a great weekend as well!

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  74. Sylvia pictures are really amazing...such a beauty of evenings :)

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  75. Stunning cloudy skies - simple beauty xx

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  76. These are all just wonderful, as always. What lovely scenes you watch for and capture. Lucky us!

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  77. I'm no. 81 in line to tell you have lovely your post is for SWFriday. Each cloud view is more stunning than the next.
    Enjoy your weekend as spring inches nearer~~

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  78. You have had some beautiful skies this winter and I thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures with us.

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  79. Fabulous skies here and fun post about the dogs. Thanks for sharing.
    Hugs and blessings,

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  80. Breathtaking shots! Wow! Thanks for sharing.

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