There are days when I find it extremely difficult to get motivated to do anything productive and then to stay motivated. On such days I invariably end up concluding that I'd rather be watching clouds than trying to do anything creative or anything that is functionally resembling work.
A rare moment of "cloud iridescence" at twilight time
Earlier this evening, I spotted an iridescent cloud while emptying out the water catchment on our dehumidifier. It was just sitting out there on the horizon, glistening in rainbow colors near sundown time.
I felt quite privileged to see this thing because it's relatively rare, as far as meteorological events go. Some people call them "rainbow clouds."
It basically looks like a spontaneous rainbow in the clouds even though it's not raining. I'm told it happens because sunlight is diffracting through ice crystals at high altitude. But don't quote me on that!
Sunset, some time in February
When I was a kid, I would often sit with my auntie at her summer house and we would look at clouds and she taught me a lot about different kinds of clouds. Mostly the purpose of looking at clouds (from her perspective) was to sit still for a while and be very quiet.
When I lived in Texas it was always one of my favorite things to sit on the hill behind our house and watch the great "thunderheads" form in late afternoon during the summers.
I'm also pretty sure that at least part of my fascination with clouds has to do with the fact that high cloud cover around sunset time means we will have a spectacularly colored sunset. And perhaps I have more appreciation for beautiful sunsets than the average person.
On more than a few occasions I have found myself just pulling off the road to watch a spectacular and brightly colored sunset, especially during the winter months when twilight seems to linger longer than during the summer.
When I was a kid, I remember clouds were always one of the things that fascinated me the most about flying. They seemed so solid — like gobs of whipped cream — from the ground and from a distance and yet we just flew right through them like they were not even there.
As I was looking through my photos for something to illustrate a post with, I ended up with this post instead because of the sheer number of photographs of clouds I seem to have amassed over the years.
Maybe it's just part of human nature to look up at the sky and be fascinated by these white fluffy things drifting by. It's often one of the first things we drew, as kids. At least it was, for me.
And sometimes there are days — like today*— where I'd rather just sit and watch clouds!
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