Beautiful skies and not so beautiful skies

SKY WATCH FRIDAY time! I am busy busy with stimulus yuck, so I might not get a chance to say hi. Please don't take offense. Our hosts: Klaus Sandy Ivar Wren Louise Fishing Guy

Thanks, also,to Dot and Tom, who were instrumental in the success of this blogging event. You should definitely come fly with us!This is the sky a year ago. I just happened upon this "ranch" in time to capture this charming shot. This year, nothing like this around here... Don't get me wrong, yesterday's sky was incredible... not unlike something I've seen before, but it was astoundingly beautiful. It was covered in blankets of altocumulus clouds. Amongst that, cirrus clouds swooped in, as if stamped randomly on the sky. I will see if I can find something similar, because in very atypical dew-likeness... I neglected to take a shot. (Aghast!) I was gazing up, truly in awe, but I never snapped a shot. (WHAT?!) I must be coming down with something. OK, so the shot I have is not exactly like yesterday's sky, but it is similar.

So, what's in weather today??? Well, the ridiculous ridge has finally settled down some, which has eased up some of those outrageous high temps we've been seeing, and it has freed up the pattern in New England, over the past 24 hours, they have been inundated with heavy rains and some wind. The rain has come in such hard and fast amounts that flooding is a big concern. In fact, flash flood warnings are currently in place. A slight chance for severe weather is in place. If they can get enough of a break in cloud cover, sufficient instability could develop, which would allow for the severe stuff. We shall see. Today is my fake Friday, so I will leave you with this... my favorite excerpt from The Velveteen Rabbit...

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."

-- by Margery Williams, from The Velveteen Rabbit --

Have a great day!
~Dewdrop