Another lazy Sunday afternoon watching the clouds going by even if small like popcorn kernels.
Popcorn Clouds
Picture of the Day for August 18, 2013
Watching the clouds go by on a warm, lazy, summer afternoon.
Lazy Summer Day
Picture of the Day for August 4, 2013
On a lazy summer Sunday afternoon, one might end up by the pond watching cloud formations.
Thunderhead Building
Picture of the Day for May 25, 2013
When I was mowing lawn yesterday, I had to stop several times to take some pictures of the clouds. There was a ring around the sun and other clouds had rainbow colors in them. Away from the sun, the ‘horse tail’ clouds or Cirrus clouds filled the sky.
The Cirrus clouds consist almost exclusively of ice crystals that appear on the sky in white delicate patches or narrow bands, and it was those ice crystals that caused the colorful ring around the sun and the rainbow clouds.
The common English name for a cirrus cloud is Mare’s Tails since the long threads of cloud often resemble a horse’s tail. Cirrus clouds are sometimes a sign that wet and stormy weather might be coming. And that it did, as it rained during the night, which won’t help getting the fields planted.
Mare’s Tails
Picture of the Day for May 20, 2013
After the storm moves through and the rain stops, the cows and calves leave the shelter of the barn and resume grazing and playing in the pasture.
After the Storm
Picture of the Day for May 7, 2013
I think spring has been skipped over this year. The crocuses must have bloomed under the snow since I never saw any blossoms but the later bulbs are blooming. So it is going from winter to summer as today there is still a little snow but I already had a woodtick attached to me and a mosquito tried to bite me saying summer is here. The air is so moist from the melting snow that several times during the day the clouds had mini rainbows in them. They reminded me of northern lights even if I was looking south.
Rainbow Clouds
Picture of the Day for March 23, 2013
To close out this week’s summer clouds theme, haying during the summer time quickly comes to mind. Haying methods have changed over the years but I know it is much easier to look at the hay in the fields than to be stacking hay bales on a wagon!
Summer Bales
Picture of the Day for March 22, 2013
Some summer skies aren’t filled with white, puffy clouds but are bursting with fiery red instead. Maybe a blazing sky can melt the snow and allow spring to appear.
Blazing Sky
Picture of the Day for March 21, 2013
It felt more like the first day of winter instead of the first full day of spring when the temperature was below zero overnight so the thought of a warm summer day is still on my mind.
Needing Summer
Picture of the Day for March 20, 2013
Spring did not arrive today and I nearly got myself stuck in a snow drift trying to get out to the field to take this picture as the snow was up to my waist.
Installing Spring
