Thursday, May 6, 2010

Sky Watch Friday!


How time flies when you're having fun! It's time for Sky Watch! Time to share the magnificence of your skies and enjoy the beauty of skies from all over the world! Click on the icon, sign up and join the fun and the beauty.

We had one incredibly beautiful day here earlier this week and I dropped everything, including the laundry and headed for the harbor. I think the skies speak for themselves as usual. Please click on any of the pics to embiggen.



Of what I call God, And fools call Nature. ~ Robert Browning



All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
~ Marie Curie



Nature is the art of God. ~ Dante Alighieri



One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~ William Shakespeare



To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ~ Helen Keller



I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in. ~ George Washington Carver



Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
~ Rabindranath Tagore



Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. ~ George Washington Carver

82 comments:

  1. Cara Sylvia........... I just love your choice of these sublimes
    ....Declarations of love to our mother Nature.....!!!!
    ...and all the fantastic photographies : I absolutely adore the wild beach scene....!!!!

    Thank you so much for your very appreciated visits and your so lovely company on my little walks and rides, carissima Sylvia!

    Have a happy and sunny weekend!
    ciao ciao elvira

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  2. Sylvia, dear
    no words...the your photos are simply wonderful
    congrats
    have a nice day

    graceolsson.com/blog

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  3. Amazing and beautiful as always!
    Have a wonderful weekend Sylvia.

    xo

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  4. Great collection of photos. I love hulking clouds in the last one.

    You have a great weekend!

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  5. Amazing skies! But I think I love the mountain in the first picture:-)
    Wish you a blessed weekend, hugs from Norway

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  6. These are so nice - love the fluffy clouds but I really live the shapes in the sunset one - How gorgeous!

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  7. All of these are beautiful, Sylvia, it's hard to pick just one! Also love the evening, beauty and wisdom!

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  8. OMG Sylvia! What a great post of skies and water. Love it!

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  9. These are all wonderful, but that last one is simply spectacular!

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  10. You surely did have stunning skies. They are all wonderful. I always like the sky over the ocean and the golden sky is marvelous.

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  11. These are all stunning my friend. And the quotes are so appropriate. Love this :) Have a great day :)

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  12. As always, your Seattle skies are so dramatic and ever changing.

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  13. Nature, truly is an art of GOD and your blog displays that perfectly!

    Pixellicious Photos

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  14. Amazing skies. Good thing is, you captured them all and shared it here thanks for that. Happy weekend!

    SkyWatchFriday

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  15. I am SO glad you dumped the laundry! Sometimes I am so overcome with the natural beauty I see that I can only stand there. . .speechless. Such beautiful photos, Sylvia!

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  16. Sylvia, I feel deep peace viewing your photos and reading the inspirational quotes...what a lovely place to visit. Thank you.

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  17. WoW Sylvia, they're all beautiful, great captures, everyone of them!!!

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  18. Amazing shots of the sky at the harbor. This definitely is a beautiful day.

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  19. You captured so many gorgeous skies! I love them all! This is my first time playing along with Skywatch Friday and I believe you are one of the hosts of this awesome meme Sylvia? Thanks a bunch!

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  20. Very beautiful set of photos,Sylvia!I can´t say a favourit photo because they are all great!Have a nice weekend!

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  21. Thanks for taking all of us along with you through that lovely day!

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  22. Such a beautiful post Sylvia. The Helen Keller quotation stopped me dead in my tracks. Imagine only feeling that grass and lawn -- and not seeing the sky. We are so fortunate.

    Thank you for the early reminder of Skywatch -- I read your post earlier and went straight to work doing mine! For once I am an earlier number than 500 or so ;>).

    Thanks too for your work co-hosting!

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  23. Such beautiful photo's Sylvia and I love the quotes, they go so well with the photo's. have a nice weekend.

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  24. God, Nature. Beautiful views.
    Thanks for share views and quotes.
    Luiz Ramos

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  25. How lucky to be just drop everything and enjoy the beauty of your harbor! Such great skies and deep blue sea! Love the coast line shot.

    Happy Mother's Day!

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  26. You have captured a beautiful collection of skies. The mountains look so white and the water so blue. Wonderful. Valerie

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  27. OMG, these r plain great. No bad wit da quatations either. Our God(s) have different names but "they" sure makes our life beautiful at times. I especially like da first and last two pics. Thank You very much 4 sharin'!

    Happy SWF and the spring!! :)

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  28. And so right you were, as we can see in the awesome pics. A spring day to remember for sure.

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  29. Sylvia: You have such a beautiful place to capture sky. I really like that last cloud photo.

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  30. Sylvia, inspiring photos and quotes as usual. I especially like the Tagore quote.

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  31. Glorious "happy" skies over mountains and waters! Great series!

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  32. This serie of photos just have!! to be THE sky watch pictures in my hart this week. What! a place...., so very very beautiful :-)

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  33. Sylvia, your nature photos take my breath away. And the quotes are so fitting.

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  34. Love thos clouds in that last one, Sylvia. Great shot! Have a good weekend (Although we have a fe more hours to go...)

    Terrence looks at the sky

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  35. Hello Sylvia! I really enjoy your wonderful Sky Watch post! Great series of images and quotes!
    Happy Friday!

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  36. I don't blame you for dropping the laundry. I have three weeks' worth of laundry. The weather here has been really wonderful for three weeks now so the laundry had to wait.

    That's a stunning sunset.

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  37. Wonderful photos! I love them all.

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  38. I love the first cloud with legs!! So cool :)

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  39. Would that I had a harbor to run to when a fine day appears. But thanks for sharing these lovely shots, Sylvia. I especially like the last one, with the lenticular clouds forming on top of the big fluffy cumulus. Have a terrific weekend.

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  40. Lovely selection. We are getting into interesting sky season. Lovely sunrise as we speak.

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  41. Magnificent skies and thought provoking words. It makes for a beautiful combination, Sylvia. I love seeing the mountain range in the distance...

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  42. I love all your photos but the first one is my favourite!
    Have a beautiful weekend:)

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  43. Beautiful photos as always! Wish you a great weekend!
    Irene

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  44. Great shots sylvia, particularly like the cloud formations in the last pic.

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  45. such pretty pictures, Sylvia. My fave is the one with the snow-capped mountain. have a nice weekend! My skywatch is here.

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  46. wow they are all lovely skies, the first photo the clouds formation looks like its pouring rain on the ground.

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  47. Beautiful images and quotes as always, Sylvia. Have a good weekend!

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  48. A great collection of great clouds, my favourites are the first and the beach shot. You have lovely quotes to go with the photos.

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  49. Wow, Slyvia, you never fail to amaze me with your superb photography skills and splendid pictures.

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  50. I stand amazed at God's paint brush. You have captured His canvas in so many different colors and textures.

    Love the quotes you put with each. How special. You do such a great job with SWF and ABC Wed. Thanks for all you do to make blogging so fun.

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  51. How not to love all of this? These are super. I especially like the white horses coming in with the surf.

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  52. Apt inspirational words too! Have a great weekend and thanks for sharing your wonderful world.

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  53. I'm glad you took advantage of the nice day because those are great photos!

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  54. Beautiful,lovely and fantastic shots !!Simply Great ~~

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  55. Stunning skies. And what fantastic cloud formation in the first and last photos.

    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  56. Wonderful photos, - all of them beautiful and so expressive of what nature has to offer. Interesting cloud formation in the last picture.

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  57. I would also forget laundry and the rest with such skies ! beautiful !

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  58. Fabulous sky pics and great apt quotes.

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  59. With views like that, i'd be dropping the laundry too, great photos to celebrate all that we enjoy about sky watch friday.

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  60. Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos.

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  61. Wonderful series of changing skies.

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  62. Wonderful sky photos as usual! :D

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  63. beautiful skies as always. it was worth dropping the laundry for a day like this in the harbor! thanks for sharing Sylvia, have a lovely weekend! :)

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  64. What a gorgeous day with the mountains out! Hope your clear skies continue through the weekend.

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  65. I thoroughly agree with the pine needles and grass comment. Beautiful pictures. You too have a great weekend.

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  66. Sylvia I lost connection when I hit the send button so I don't know if you recieved my comment....anyway great photos of our westcoast skies and you choice of quotes are so appropriate. My favourite is the first photo and quote. Thank you for always bringing such calm to my day with your choice of words and beautiful photos.
    Blessings and smiles

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  67. Stunning and Spectacular. Always love the quotes..Have a great weekend

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  68. Gorgeous as always, a stunning set of skyscapes.

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  69. These are some really beautiful,lovely and fantastic shots !!So nice !!Great post !!

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  70. Fantastic scenery Sylvia, just about takes my breath away.

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  71. All amazing! That beach shot really calls my name though. ~Jeanne

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  72. Oh my, you had me with the first photo!

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  73. Sky, sea, light, and camera - priceless.

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  74. Awesome photos, Sylvia! I love the beach shot. the clouds are just wonderful! Happy Skywatching!

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  75. Wonderful skywatch pictures. Those are breathtaking scenery. Wish I was there too. That was paradise on earth.

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  76. Syliva~ I am so happy to have figured this thing out a little better all the while. Your images in this series are so captivating and inviting, full of spirit and I love your writings underneath, each touches a certain persona in each of us whom have the fortune to view them~ Happy Mother's Day~

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