Oh, My...

.....perhaps

the third time is the charm.

I have had 

a difficult time here

on my blog.

Let's see what happens. 

I wanted to put some photos up

from last week...

clouds that moved in

without any wind...

just drifting in

like silent dirigibles...

a gathering of clouds

that I wanted to put a name to.

They eventually merged,

married and stayed the whole week,

blotting out the sun,

and raining down on us.

I got to thinking (Whew, who knew..think, me?)

about the group terms for clouds.

I have spent an inordinate amount of time

giving names to cloud gatherings.

I do think that it depends

on your weather,

what you hope for

and what you want.

If  your are uncomfortably hot,

you might call them 

a comfort of clouds,

a relief of clouds, 

or a shade of clouds.

If your day wants no clouds,

and you are going out

to revel in the sunshine,

you may as well call them

a curse of clouds,

a doom of clouds, 

or a danger of clouds.

There could also be a

prediction of clouds,

and a harbinger of clouds.

Barring anything else,

and if one wants to be whimsical,

a person could refer to them as

a cobbler, a clabber, a slurry,

a meringue, a punctuation,

a plump....

or a douche of clouds...

or we could all revert

to that lovely time of childhood

and find magic in those clouds...

dragons, sheep, faces and images

of the joys of life when young.

As it rained all week for the most part,

I went looking for color around here. 

This green above...is the same leaf in the photo below.
Behold the beauty and magic of both sides now.

Does not this little maple seed

with the one behind it

look like a glorious insect?

p.s.

a beautiful book of group terms...

real and fanciful,

An Exaltation of Larks...

by James Lipton

I had an old copy years ago..

what is more lyrical than

an exaltation of larks?

Makes me happy,

as those of you who visit here do...

taking the time to say hello... 

there is such joy in connection.

I give thanks for that...for you.

E.